The Trade's Dispatch - August 2021

AUGUST 2021

Vol. XXII No. 7 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997

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Montana hay hotline

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As severe drought conditions and wildfires persist across the state, the Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding agricultural producers of the availability of the Hay Hotline, an online tool that connects those interested in buying, selling, or donating hay or pasture. Producers can list hay for sale or donation using Montana Hay Hotline.

The Hay Hotline allows producers to enter new listings with descriptions of the forage they have available to sell or donate.

It also provides users with an option to search for available hay or pasture. The online tool is maintained by the Montana Department of Agriculture as a service to the agricultural industry with the expectation that all buyers and sellers will treat each other in an equitable and lawful manner.

The Hay Hotline is housed on the MDA website at agr. mt.gov/Hay-Hotline. For more information on the Hay Hotline, contact the Agricultural Development & Marketing Bureau at (406) 444-2402 or danielle.jones@mt.gov.

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Aug 3 - 17, Pate Auction Co. Heavy Equip, Tools, & Vehicles, Online............ A3 Aug 21, Mills Auction Service, Lyda Ranch, Broadus MT.............................. A4 Aug 28, Shobe Auction & Realty, Horse Progress Days, Moore MT............ A11 Sept 2, RK Statewide Auction, Dawson County Land, Glendive MT.............. A6 Sept 11, RK Statewide Auction, Antique Gun & Slot Machines, Sidney MT....A10 Sept 11 - 12, RLP Auctions, Western Auction, Hamilton MT.......................... A8 Sept 18 - Oct 2, Pate Auction Co., State of Montana Surplus, Online........... A9 Sept 25, Kamerman Auction Co., Rahn Farms, Three Forks MT.................. A12 Sept 25, Weaver Auctions, Robinson Ranch & Fall Consignment, Racetrack MT...A17 Sept 30, Shobe Auction & Realty, Bob Ryffel Tractor Collection, Raynesford MT....A11

PRODUCTION SALES

Aug 28, Montana Columbia Sheep Breeders Show & Sale, Lewistown MT...A2 Sept 15 & 16, Montana Sheep Company, Online.......................................... A12 Sept 15 & 16, Montana Wool Growers Assoc, Ewe & Ram Sale, Miles City MT...A6

Nebraska Grazing Conference

By Daren Redfearn, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Do you want to learn more about grassland management and productivity, as well as conservation? Make plans now to attend the Nebraska Grazing Conference in Kearney at the Younes Convention Center on August 9, 10, and 11.

A preconference tour on August 9 in the afternoon at Larsen Land and Livestock, near Lexington, kicks off this year’s conference activities. Discussion topics include conservation practices, grazing management, prescribed burning, and plant identification.

Sessions on Tuesday, August 10 feature speakers presenting information on grazing lands topics related to conservation, the value of pollinators in grassland habitat, and managing wet meadows.

On Tuesday evening, we will host a Zoom webinar panel on Grassland Carbon Credits and Markets. Scheduled speakers are Greg Ibach, Dave Aiken, and Roric Paulman.

The conference will conclude on Wednesday, August 11 with sessions on grazing systems and risk management.

OTHER DATED EVENTS

Aug 14, Edgewater Farms, Tractor Pull, Townsend MT............................... B20 Aug 21 - 22, South Central Montana Antique Tractor Show & Threshing Bee, Huntley Project MT....................................................................................... A2 Sept 17, Montana Organic Association, Bitterroot MT................................ A12 Sept 17, 18, 19, Teton Antique Steam & Gas Threshing Assoc, Threshing Bee and Bazaar, Choteau MT.............................................................................. A8 Sept 21, Montana Dept of Ag, Pesticide Disposal, Havre MT........................ A8 Sept 22, Montana Dept of Ag, Pesticide Disposal, Great Falls MT................ A8 Sept 23, Montana Dept of Ag, Pesticide Disposal, Lewistown MT................ A8 Sept 24, Montana Dept of Ag, Pesticide Disposal, Bozeman MT.................. A8 Oct 26, Montana Organic Association, Havre MT........................................ A12 Dec 2 - 4, Montana Organic Association, Bozeman MT.............................. A12

Breauna Erickson of Pondera County enlisted the help of Reagan Aaberg (a future 4-Her) in showing her Beef Breeding project at the 2021 Marias Fair held in Shelby, Montana. Many 4-H kids spend countless hours working on their projects in hopes of getting top placement in their category. Be sure to visit your local fairs to see our future generations of leaders in the ag industry.

Seeing the future of rangeland health in Phillips County

Ranchers in Phillips County will showcase their conservation efforts on the 2021 Montana Range Tour taking place in Malta and south Phillips County on September 8th and 9th.

The tour will kick off with a registration and breakfast at the Tin Cup Bar and Grill in Malta, Montana the morning of September 8th. From there, the group will load buses and head to the Craig and Conni French (C Lazy J) Ranch, south of Malta. Craig and Conni French are the 2020 Leopold Conservation Award winners, and Craig serves on the Phillips Conservation District board as a Supervisor. The Frenches and Patti Armbrister, Agrarian Food Web Consultant, will discuss soil health and dung beetles. Retired NRCS Rangeland Specialist, Rick Caquelin will discuss intensive grazing practices as well that morning.

Lunch will be catered by the Phillips County Cattlewomen at the French ranch, where diners will be treated to a presentation

by The Nature Conservancy’s Jason Hanlon on drone usage.

After lunch, Kelsey Molloy, TNC Range Ecologist and Martin Townsend, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Pheasants Forever Coordinating Biologist, will talk about RSA

conservation projects as well as cropland restoration projects that have been implemented in Phillips County.

The 2021 Montana Range Tour banquet will take place Wednesday evening at the Tin Cup in Malta. Diners will enjoy a prime rib dinner where the keynote speaker, Dr. Brady Allred, University of Montana Professor will be discussing large-scale wildlife ecology. The 2021 Phillips Conservation District Conservationist of the Year award, as well as the 2021 Leopold Conservation Award winners will be announced.

Day two will begin with a pancake breakfast served by members of the Malta FFA Chapter at the brand-new Malta Readiness Center (Armory). Dr. Julia Haggerty, Associated Professor Resource Geography, Rural Geography, Resilience will be presenting on Rural Socioeconomics

PRIVATE TREATY

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NE Water Center conference

University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News After postponement in 2020, the Nebraska Water Center’s annual conference will return this August.

Entitled “The Shape of Water in Western Nebraska,” the conference will be held Monday, August 16th at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff. An all-star lineup of Nebraska water professionals will discuss water infrastructure in the panhandle, western Nebraska’s unique hydrogeology, and innovation in water and agricultural management.

Additionally, the conference will feature a research poster session and evening banquet at the Legacy of the Plains Museum. On August 17th and 18th, a post-conference water tour – organized by the North Platte Natural Resources District (NRD) – will meander through natural landmarks, canals, recreation areas and working farms and ranches in western Nebraska.

“We are grateful the pandemic has reached a point that allows us to again offer an engaging, in-person conference,” said Nebraska Water Center Director Dr. Chittaranjan Ray. “Furthermore, we’re excited to co-host the conference and tour with the Panhandle Research and Extension Center and the North Platte NRD.” Round trip transportation will be offered from Lincoln to Scottsbluff on a first-come, first-serve basis and will depart Sunday, August 15th and return Thursday, August 19th.

Learn more and register for the conference at https:// watercenter.unl.edu

YF&R Committee to hold leadership conference

Montana Farm Bureau Federation Ag NewsWire The Montana Farm Bureau Young Farmer & Rancher Committee announces that the 2021 YF&R Leadership Conference is slated for October 15-17 in Bozeman. The top-notch agenda for this event will include relevant keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions, agricultural industry tours, networking events and more.

“Whether you’re a young (ages 18-35) producer, an agribusiness professional, student, or someone who is simply supportive of the people who grow our food and fiber, this promises to be an excellent conference,” noted YF&R Committee Chair J.M. Peck. “Our committee is working hard to put together a fantastic agenda, so be sure to mark this on your calendar and plan to attend the third weekend of October.”

Montana Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmer & Rancher Committee is proud to continue the tradition of this conference, formerly known as the Young Ag Leadership Conference. The integrity of the content presented, as well as the format and audience, will remain the same and all are welcome to attend.

Keep watching for more details as well as registration information at https://www.facebook.com/MTYFRConference. Find out more about the MFBF YF&R Committee at mfbf.org.

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Managing for drought

K-State Research and Extension News Just as agricultural economists advise beef producers to follow a risk management strategy when it comes to cattle marketing, those same principles are important when anticipating drought, said the experts at Kansas State University speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.

“Having both a plan and a contingency plan is important for mitigating the risk when it comes to drought,” said Brad White, Beef Cattle Institute director and veterinarian.

Nutritionist Phillip Lancaster said there are several options for producers to consider.

“One option is to plant drought tolerant crops that could be harvested for feed in the future,” Lancaster said.

Another option is to take the cattle off the pastures early to conserve the feed resources. Lancaster termed this practice destocking.

“One way to destock the pastures is to wean the calves early at four months of age,” he said. By doing that, the cow will stop producing milk and maintain her body condition with less feed resources.

“A lactating cow consumes 20-30% more forage than a non-lactating cow per day, so by weaning the calves early, the forage consumption will decrease,” Lancaster said.

Looking ahead several months, Lancaster suggested producers consider alternative feeds to meet the energy requirements of the herd.

“Purchased hay is an expensive option relative to the energy value it provides; feed resources such as distiller’s grains or soybean hulls offer energy at a cheaper cost,” Lancaster said. “Feeding the cattle a more moderate energy diet that uses less forage while still meeting the herd’s nutritional requirements can really reduce the feed bill.”

To know if they are facing a drought situation, White offered this tip: “With a yardstick, measure the height of the grass in the pasture in June, July and August and then compare those images from year to year to see if there is a pattern.”.

To hear the full discussion, listen in to the Cattle Chat podcast online at https://ksubci.org/2021/05/21/high-commodity-prices-drought-management-implants-in-youngcalves-vaccinating-in-warm-weather/

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AUCTION

Heavy Equipment, Tools & Vehicles 2955 Cottage Rd. • East Helena, MT

Bidding ends Tuesday, August 17 3 Excavators • JD Backhoe • End Dump Trailer • 2 Mini Excavators • 2 Truck Tractors • KW Water • 4 Cable plows Cat 936 Loader • Skid Steer • Firearms Tractor • Flat Deck and Step Deck Trailers Trucks • 3/4 ton & 1 ton pickups • JLG Manlifts • Mixer Truck • Woodworking Tools • Shop Equipment & More!

Download the Pate Auction App to your mobile device or go online and bid your price on this line of tools & equipment!

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LYDA RANCH

AUCTION Sat., August 21, 2021 at 10 am

Auction will be held at the Lyda Ranch 22 miles west of Broadus, Montana or 22 miles east of Ashland, Montana on Highway 212 then 15 miles south on Sonnette Road. Road will be posted!

Lunch by Sonnette Ladies TRACTORS, LOADERS & 4 WHEELERS

JOHN DEERE 2950 4x4 CAB & AIR, 3 POINT, 2 HYDRAULIC OUTLETS — JOHN DEERE 260 LOADER WITH GRAPPLE — JOHN DEERE 4030 2WD, 3 POINT, WITH 2 HYDRAULIC OUTLETS — JOHN DEERE 1530 3 POINT, WIDE FRONT, 2 HYDRAULIC, UTILITY TRACTOR — ALLIS CHALMERS WD45 WIDE FRONT TRACTOR — ALLIS CHALMERS D14 WIDE FRONT TRACTOR — ALLIS CHALMERS D15 WIDE FRONT TRACTOR — ALLIS CHALMERS 7045 DIESEL TRACTOR — ALLIS CHALMBERS B MODEL TRACTOR WITH LOADER — NEW HOLLAND S14 LAWN TRACTOR TILLER-MOWER-FRONT BLADE — MASTERCRAFT 12.5 HP RIDING LAWNMOWER — TURF POWER 3 IN 1 LAWN TRACTOR — DUAL 3100 LOADER WAS ON JD 4030 — ALLIS CHALMERS LOADER FOR WD 45 TRACTOR — FARMHAND F10 WITH GRAPPLE & HAY HEAD — 2006 HONDA FOREMAN 4 WHEELER — 2001 HONDA RANCHER 4 WHEELER — HONDA BIG RED 4 WHEELER — HONDA 250 DIRT BIKE — HONDA 90 3 WHEELER — HONDA 554 ROAD BIKE — HONDA 250 3 WHEELER — HONDA FOURTRAX 4 WHEELER — (2) HONDA MOTORS.

HAY & FARM EQUIPMENT

HESSTON 6450 12 FT. AUGER HEAD CAB & AIR SWATHER — NEW HOLLAND 1100 12 FT. AUGER HEAD WITH CAB & AIR — HESSTON 5500 BIG ROUND BALER — VERMEER 505 SUPER ROUND BALER — HESSTON 4590 INLINE SQUARE BALER, PTO — INTERNATIONAL 30 CHAIN BIG BALE RETRIEVER — NEW HOLLAND 55 & 56 SIDE DELIVERY RAKES — NEW HOLLAND 1045 SELF PROPELLED BALE WAGON — HIGHLINE BALE PRO 6600 BIG BALE PROCESSOR — MILLER PTO TUB GRINDER — JOHN DEERE 4400 SQUAREBACK COMBINE (WEAK ENGINE) 22 FT. HEAD — 18 FT. HEAD — 13 FT. PICKUP HEAD FOR 4400 — JOHN DEERE 3 BOTTOM ROLLOVER PLOW — JOHN DEERE 4 BOTTOM PULL TYPE PLOW — ALLIS CHALMERS SNAP COUPLER 3 BOTTOM PLOW — JOHN DEERE VAN BRUNT 12 FT. SINGLE DISC STEEL WHEEL GRAIN DRILL — JOHN DEERE DEEP FURROW DRILL WITH PACKERS — MELROE DOUBLE DISC GRAIN DRILL WITH STEEL PACKERS — INTERNATIONAL 18 FT. VIBRA SHANK — TRIPLE K 20 FT., 3 PT. STINE CHISEL — BRILLION 15 FT. ROLLER PACKER — JOHN DEERE 12 FT. TANDEM DISK — ROCK PICKER 10 FT. HYDRAULIC — JOHN DEERE 100 14 FT. TOOL BAR, SPRING SHANKS, REAR HARROWS — JOHN DEERE 210 14 FT. TANDEM DISK — JOHN DEERE KILLIFER 12 FT. ALFALFA CHISEL — JOHN DEERE MANURE SPREADER — MILLER 10 FT. OFFSET DISK — (2) 20 FT. FIELD DRAGS — BRUSHOG 8 FT. 3 POINT — PICKUP FIREFIGHTER SPRAYER WITH 200 GAL. TANK — SPRAYER BOOM 24 FT. — FOSTER CHAF WAGON — BEE GEE 3 YARD DIRT SCRAPER — 3 POINT BIG BALE FORK — SPIKE TOOTH HARROW 16 FT. — ALLIS CHALMERS TRAIL MOWER WITH 7 FT. BAR — NEW HOLLAND 352 GRINDER MIXER — SPEED KING 35 FT., 6’’ AUGER WITH GAS ENGINE — MAYRATH 20 & 16 FT., 4’’ AUGERS — JOHN DEERE 55 COMBINE.

RANCH & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

DANHAUSER POST HOLE AUGER, 6 & 12” AUGERS — (2) 500 GALLON FUEL TANKS ON STANDS — (2) 100 GALLON PICKUP FUEL TANKS — CLIPPER FANNING MILL — WINPOWER TRACTOR PTO GENERATOR — WINPOWER GENERATOR — CEMENT MIXER, 3 POINT, 1 YARD — BROADCAST SEEDER, 3 POINT — JENSEN WELL PUMP JACK — SHAVER 3 POINT, POST DRIVER — WOODEN FEED BUNKS — (4) 8X16 CALF SHEDS — (1) 8X17 CALF SHED — SEVERAL CATTLE PANELS, VARIOUS LENGTHS — WW CALF TABLE — BRANDING POT — (6) 100# PROPANE BOTTLES — POWDER RIVER CALF CHUTE — VERN 4 FT. GATE PANELS — 10 FT. FIBERGLASS TANK —LOOMIX TANK — SEVERAL REA POLES — WOOD POSTS — STEEL POSTS — RAILROAD TIES — MISCELLANEOUS COW CAKE & SALT — CALF PULLER — PICKUP STOCKRACK — SEVERAL BAGS GRASS & ALFALFA SEED.

VEHICLES

1977 FORD 600 2 TON WITH 20 FT. BALE BED — 1960 INTERNATIONAL 160 WITH 16 FT. BED & HOIST — 1974 INTERNATIONAL LOADSTAR 2 TON WITH 16 FT. BOX & HOIST — (2) 1979 CHEVY 1500 PICKUPS — 1998 CHEVY S10 PICKUP — 1947 CHEVY 1 ½ TON DUMP TRUCK — 1976 FORD ½ TON WITH SERVICE BODY — 1975 FORD WITH FLATBED — 1969 CHEVY ½ TON WITH SERVICE BOX — 1970 FORD F100 PICKUP — 1969 FORD ¾ TON WITH DEW-EZE BALE BED — 1969 CHEVY ¾ TON WITH FLATBED — 1953 FORD 1 TON WITH STEEL BOX — 1956 DODGE POWER WAGON — 1946 WILLYS JEEP — 1956 FORD STATION WAGON — 1947 MERCURY 2 DOOR COUPE — 1970 FORD 500 (WRECKED) — 1960’S FORD CAR — (2) SNOWMOBILES — 1947 CHEVY 1 ½ TON TRUCK — 1954 WILLYS JEEP — 1950’S INTERNATIONAL 2 TON TRUCK — 1950 GMC PANELWAGON — 1959 FORD COP CAR — 1960 INTERNATIONAL 160 TRUCK CAB — 1954 FORD PICKUP — 1960 CHEVY SHORT & LONG BOX — 1967 CHEVY PICKUP (PARTS) — 1966 CHEVY CAB & CHASSIS — 1956 WILLYS JEEP — 1969 PONTIAC 4 DOOR — 1952 D2 CATAPILLAR — 50 FT. VAN TRAILER — (2) CASE LA TRACTORS — CASE COMBINE.

SHOP & MISCELLANEOUS

BELSAW 16 INCH PLANER — MICS ROUTER TABLE — TROY BUILT WOOD CHIPPER — LARGE BEARING PRESS — MISCELLANEOUS NEW & OLD LUMBER — 10 FT. GARAGE DOOR — SMALL AIR COMPRESSOR — 100# SHOP ANVIL — SOME FORGE TOOLS — CRAFTSMAN BELT SANDER — SAWMILL FRAME — BELSAW SAW MILL —MILLER ROUGHNECK WELDER GENERATOR — POWER KRAFT 200 AMP STICKWELDER — SPARK PLUG CLEANER — BENCH DRILL PRESS – BANDING MACHINE — STIHL CHAIN SAWS — CHOP SAW — 900x20 TRUCK TIRES — SEVERAL USED TIRES, PICKUP, CAR — TRACTOR CHAINS — PLASTIC PIPE — BALER TWINE — OLD PROPANE FURNACE — BOOMERS — CHAINS — SHOVELS — FORKS — BARS — SPADES — PLUS MANY HAND TOOLS.

COLLECTABLE & MISCELLANEOUS

WAYNE UPRIGHT GAS PUMP M+E5-90002 — COAL & WOOD HEATING STOVE —UPRIGHT PIANO — SINGER TREDLE SEWING MACHINE — HOWE STORE SCALE FROM SONNETTE STORE — OLD POST OFFICE CAGE & BOXES FROM SONNETTE STORE — MISCELLANEOUS CHAIRS & CUPBOARDS — SADDLES — TACK — HARNESS & COLLARS — HAMES —WHITE CEDER — OAK — WALNUT WOOD —MISCELLANEOUS OTHER LUMBER — SEVERAL TONKA TOYS — MURRAY LADIES BIKE — ELK & DEER HORNS — (5) TRUNKS – SCAMPER POP-UP CAMPER — PLUS MORE.

Auctioneer’s Note: Dennis & Bonnie have leased out their ranch and will liquidate a lifetime of

dreams, and machinery. This will be a great sale for the fixer uppers and a good chance to update some good tractors and haying equipment as Dennis took pride in his machinery and had the ability to keep it in good shape. Plan to be with us on the 21st!

OWNERS: DENNIS & BONNIE LYDA 406-427-5485 or 436-2985 --- Sale Conducted by --

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Rural areas of Kansas are ‘mental health deserts’

K-State Research and Extension News Fluctuating commodity prices, weather challenges and other factors mean farmers are used to a certain amount of stress. But the pandemic in the past year added that much more, according to a Kansas State University behavioral health specialist.

“Farming is difficult in the best of circumstances, and to add a layer of stress such as the pandemic makes it more difficult to do the work and to recover from a mental health perspective,” said Bradley Dirks PA-C, K-State Research and Extension Behavioral Health Specialist and associate director of the university’s Physician’s Assistant program.

“There are so many things impacting our mental health in rural areas. It’s almost like a perfect storm,” said Dirks, who noted that everyone has a different response to stress.

“Some stress is good – it creates movement. It makes me be engaged. It makes me be involved in my environment.

But when stress becomes too great, it begins to break down some of those natural abilities we have to deal with stress in our life,” he said. “The same behaviors that often are perceived as positive – that ability to ‘power through it’ or ‘pull ourselves up by our bootstraps’ -- push us to work that much harder and can sometimes fray the edges of what people are trying to accomplish, even to the point of coming unraveled.”

Dirks noted that in rural communities and particularly in farming operations, people often work in solitary situations.

Those stretches of time spent alone are typically balanced with church, school, community or other social gatherings.

The pandemic made it difficult if not impossible to have that social balance, which further isolated many people.

That isolation plus mental health resources that are few and far between can magnify the problem for those seeking help. Even telehealth sessions with a counselor are difficult or non-existent for those lacking good broadband internet.

Dirks said some indications of stress include a lack of sleep, resulting in fatigue which magnifies everyday problems. Too many days like that result in a lack of concentration, irritability, anxiety, and changes in appetite which can cause further isolation. Some people turn to alcohol or other substances as a means to cope, which can further negatively impact our relationships.

“One of the things that makes us successful is our ability to power through. One of the things that impairs our ability to be healthy is our unwillingness to say we need help,” he said.

He described rural Kansas as a “mental health desert,” saying farmers often must drive long distances to find someone to connect with or who understands farm or rural stress.

Part of the solution is to educate people, Dirks said. More than 50% of us will feel depressed or anxious at some point in our lives so we are not alone or unique in our struggles.

To help connect rural Kansans with resources, the K-State Research and Extension Stress and Resiliency Transdisciplinary Team was assembled.

“We’re in a great position with our extension agents and our extension system as a whole, to be able to identify the problem as well as be part of the solution,” Dirks said. The team works in both rural and urban areas.

Any group across the state – bank group, church group, or farm related organization -- can contact team members Rebecca McFarland at rmcfarla@ksu.edu or Rachael Clews at rclews@ksu.edu to request a one- to two-hour program on the topic of mental health.

Numerous people on the team have been trained in QPR (Question, Persuade and Respond), Dirks said. That program is focused on people who are potentially suicidal – those who see no way out. Some team members are also trained in what he called mental health first aid, not as therapists but to recognize what to do when they know someone is struggling.

Dirks encourages anyone who is struggling with mental health challenges or who knows someone who may be, to seek help. See the sidebar for additional resources.

An Agriculture Today podcast featuring Bradley Dirks speaking on this topic is available online at https://agtodayksu.libsyn.com/mental-health-concerns-and-resourcesfor-ag-producers-and-rural-kansans.

Olympic events Olympic show jumping has been dominated by Germany.

The nation has won 13 gold medals, more than any other country.

Germany has more team dressage medals than any other country (18 golds, 7 silvers, and 7 bronzes).

Olympic three-day eventing has traditionally been dominated by the United States.

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• 40-ft. • Excellent condition • Good belts Buy or Lease to own

$5008/yr - oac

2018 John Deere R4045

Call For Price!

2015 John Deere S670

2018 John Deere 9570R

• Leather • Like New! • Factory warranty Buy or Lease to own

$38,235/yr - oac Farmer to Farmer

• 814 separator hours • Full GPS • Power tops Buy or Lease to own

$37,404/yr - oac

2016 John Deere S670

“We purchased the combine about noon on a Friday and had it delivered by 3 p.m. the next day as promised. We were cutting with it by 5 p.m.”

Flat Coulee Farms, new owners of a John Deere S670

Call For Price!

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SAWMILL FOR SALE Heavy duty stationary sawmill, 45” circular saw blade.

Complete. Will trade for a tractor with loader.

Phone (406) 363-4907, Forsyth, MT

MONTANA BRAND FOR SALE Horses - left shoulder Cattle - right rib

$5000

Price is negotiable

Phone (406) 431-0513

July 9 hail damage 13 miles northwest of Hemingford (winter wheat ).

Farmers: know how to respond to hail damage

By John Thomas, Crops and Water Extension Educator, Box Butte County and Northern Panhandle; Jessica Groskopf, Extension Educator, Ag Economics, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln crop to respond for proper evaluation.

In the aftermath of the severe hail (on July An important resource is the “Hail Know” 9 in Box Butte County and elsewhere in the web site from the University of Nebraska: area this summer), farmers in the affected (https://cropwatch.unl.edu/hail-know). areas need to notify their insurance agent This site discusses the hailstorm, how of damage. Producers must receive written to assess damage, handling the insurance, permission from the insurance company to decision making surrounding replanting, replant, abandon, or destroy a crop. managing crop recovery, and considering When evaluating hail damage in row crop the potential or value of a cover crop. it is critical to wait 7-10 days to allow the

DAWSON COUNTY LAND

+/-638.8 ACRES THURSDAY, SALE WILL BE HELD AT SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 GLENDIVE, MT, MOOSE LODGE 2:00 P.M. 415 N. MERRILL AVE. OWNERS: Spencer Inc., Marvin Dewayne Spencer, President whose address is 24 Seven Mile Drive in Glendive, MT will offer the following property to the public at auction. The final bid will be subject to their approval. The Owner’s reserve the right to accept or reject any, and all bids

LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL I 638.8+/- TOTAL ACRES W/486.3+/- ACRES OF LAND (JUST CAME OUT OF CRP IN 2020), +/- 152.5 ACRES OF GRASSLAND Section 01, T19 N, R50 E, ALL FRL CONT 638.80 AC IMPROVEMENT: Corral Creek runs through the property.

MINERAL RIGHTS: Any mineral rights held by the Spencer Inc. will transfer on this parcel of land.

For more information contact:

www.r-kauction.com

Rick Kniepkamp (406) 485-2548 • (406) 939-1632 cell AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Here is an opportunity for someone to own a prime piece of property in Dawson County. There is a good well near the middle of this land. Corral Creek runs through the property with pheasant, sharp tail and deer on this land. Hope to see you on THURSDAY, September 2nd!

Rick

July 9 hail damage 10 miles west of Hemingford (corn).

Federation Equestre Internationale Founded in 1921, the Federation Equestre Internationale (F.E.I.) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) as the international body governing equestrian sport. There are 135 affiliated national federation within the F.E.I. The F.E.I. is the sole authority for regulations and approval for international events (including the Olympic Games) in dressage, jumping, eventing, driving, endurance, vaulting, reining, and para-equestrian (riders with physical disabilities).

In 2006, France was the country that organized the greatest number of competitions

(249), followed by Germany (179), and the United States (162).

Jumping is the F.E.I.’s largest discipline for number of events, followed in order by eventing, endurance, dressage, driving, reining, vaulting, and para-equestrian.

The F.E.I. takes a strong stand on the humane treatment of horses and has a code of conduct that reads: “At all stages during the preparation and training of competition horses, welfare must take precedence over all other demands.”

Transporting water to livestock assistance

If you’ve incurred additional operating costs for transporting water to livestock due to an eligible drought, assistance may be available to you through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP).

An eligible drought means that part or all of your county is designated D3 (extreme drought) or higher as indicated by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Eligible livestock must be adult or non-adult dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo and beefalo, as well as alpacas, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, reindeer, or sheep. Additionally, the livestock must have been owned 60 calendar days prior to the beginning of the drought and be physically located in the county designated as a disaster area due to drought. Adequate livestock watering systems or facilities must have existed before the drought occurred and producers are only eligible if they do not normally transport water to the livestock.

Livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot are not eligible for transporting water. ELAP covers the additional cost of transporting water and does not cover the cost of the water itself.

You must file a notice of loss on form CCC-851 the earlier of 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent to you or

by January 31, 2022. Additionally, the deadline to submit an application for payment for 2020 ELAP assistance is January 31, 2022.

You’ll have to provide documentation to FSA that shows the method used to transport the water, the number of gallons of water transported and the number of eligible livestock to which water was transported.

To make an appointment to sign up for ELAP and to learn more about eligibility, application and documentation requirements, contact your local USDA Service Center or visit fsa.usda.gov. ##### If there was a tunnel that would go straight through the Earth from one side to the other and you jumped in it, it would take you 42 minutes to emerge on the other side.

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BALER FOR SALE

New Holland 268 small square baler, works great, knotter upgraded, always shedded................................................................................ $2500 Phone (402) 475-0235, Lincoln, NE – Call evenings

obo

Call now to order your new 2022 Spyder

Currently offering early buyer discounts until after August 15

DBL Sales and Service, LLC

US Dealer for K-Hart Direct Seeding Disc Drills Dave and Brock Linker • 6960 North Coffee Creek Rd, Coffee Creek, MT 59424

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AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

2-Westgo 1310 grain augers, 65-ft. hydraulic swing augers, 1 left, 1 right side.

Phone (406) 278-3068, Conrad, Montana

TETON ANTIQUE STEAM & GAS THRESHING ASSOCIATION

37th Annual Threshing Bee & Bazaar

September 17, 18 & 19, 2021 Choteau, Montana

2 blocks south of the City Park

EXHIBITORS & VENDORS WELCOME! Grounds open at 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m. Sept 17.

7:00 am until 5:00 pm Sept 18 & 19.

CONTACTS: Dan Lannen (406) 590-4488 or Rick Corey (406) 466-5409

Montana Department of Agriculture 2021 Pesticide Disposal Program If you have any old pesticides - insecticides, herbicides, rodent poison or fungicides - laying around unused, the Montana Department of Agriculture will take them off your hands. The agency will hold waste pesticide collections in central Montana in September. The collections are scheduled in Havre on September 21; Great Falls on September 22; Lewistown on September 23; and Bozeman on September 24. The disposal program is a non-regulatory, service progam that offers pesticide users the opportunity to dispose of unwanted and unusable pesticides in a safe and legal way that is economical and convenient. Disposal costs are free for the first 200 pounds and $1.00/lb. per pound for additional amounts over 200 pounds. Disposal by other services can cost 5 to 10 times more. Additional information and the required pre-registration forms are available by contacting Carli Davis in Richland at (406) 465-0531; mail to Dept. of Agriculture, Pesticide Disposal Program, 508 Prairie Dell Rd, Richland, MT 59260; email Carli.Davis@mt.gov; website http://agr.mt.gov/pesticidewaste-disposal-program

WESTERN AUCTION

Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 10 am at RLP Sale Barn, Hamilton, MT

Preview: Friday, September 10 - 12:00 - 5:00 pm

Offered online through icollector.com

Cowboy Collectibles, Native American, Americana, Guns, Gold & Tack

RLP Auctions (406) 369-2640

www.rlpauctions.net

Harvest drought-stressed small grains as forage

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The unprecedented hot, dry weather in forages. Therefore, having a proper analysis the upper Midwest continues to deteriorate to determine the nitrate content of smalllarge acreages of the small grains. grain forage before feeding it to livestock In some cases, grain yield potential has is important. declined to a point where harvesting the For help collecting forage samples, insmall grains as forage may make more terpreting nitrate sample analysis results sense than waiting to harvest the crop as and additional information regarding nitrate grain, according to North Dakota State poisoning in cattle, sheep and goats, visit University (NDSU) and University of https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/liveMinnesota Extension specialists. Reports stock/nitrate-poisoning-of-livestock. of producers chopping small grains for forHarvesting age already have come in from dry areas of “As drought conditions intensify, the North Dakota. lower leaves on small grains will dry out, “Before doing anything, begin having which increases leaf loss potential when conversations with your crop insurance harvesting as forage,” Goplen says. “Cutprovider,” advises Jared Goplen, Univerting and harvesting small grains prior to sity of Minnesota Extension crop educator. excessive leaf loss will improve yield and “There are provisions related to harvesting quality. However, small grains will likely drought-stressed crops as forages. To enhave lower nitrate concentrations as the sure crop insurance payments, you need to plants mature.” provide a notice of loss to your insurance Chopping small grains at 60% to 70% provider and get those acres released. For moisture is best to make good silage. In additional information, contact your crop drought-stressed situations, the moisture insurance agent.” content already may be below this level, Additional information from the U.S. meaning direct chopping likely will be Department of Agriculture’s Risk Managebest. If the moisture content is still 70% or ment Agency can be found at https://tinyurl. greater, allow wilting time to decrease the com/5aapxk5n. moisture content.

Small Grains Make Excellent Forage The hollow stems in small grains cause Small-grain hay and silage can make some challenges in eliminating oxygen. excellent forage. That is good news for proUsing a shorter cut length of 3/8 to 1/2 inch ducers because forage supplies will tighten will assist with packing. Whether piling or if the drought conditions persist. bagging, insufficient packing will result in “The forage quality of small grains is greater storage losses. Allow a fermentation largely determined by the growth stage period of at least 21 days before feeding. when small grains are harvested,” says “Another benefit of ensiling is it can Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota reduce nitrates by 30% to 70%, meaning Extension agronomist. “If your primary obensiling is the preferred harvest method jective is tonnage, waiting to harvest small for crops with concerns about high nitrate grains until the dough stage will maximize levels,” Goplen says. yield but will sacrifice forage quality.

Small grains can be made into dry hay, “The heat and dry conditions have sped especially if nitrates are not a concern. More small grains along, meaning many are at mature small grains can be deceivingly dry or beyond the boot stage already,” he adds. in some cases due to moisture present in “Quality will continue to go down as the developing heads, which can take more time small grains mature. If small grains are to dry, compared with moisture in the stem. severely drought-stressed and withering Ensure baled small grains are dry enough, away, additional biomass will not accumuespecially before storing inside buildings, late without additional moisture. Drought to prevent hay fires. Using a conditioner will likely not have a substantial impact on can aid in dry down. If the crop is later in forage quality compared with conditions maturity, conditioners may increase shatterwith adequate soil moisture.” ing losses, however.

Forage samples should be collected from An alternative to making dry hay is all harvested forage to test for forage qualmaking baleage, which works well for stority. Some additional information regarding ing small grain forage. Regardless of the forage quality testing can be found at https:// moisture content at which hay is harvested, extension.umn.edu/forage-harvest-andensure enough wrap is used (at least 6 mils), storage/measuring-forage-quality. which typically means seven to eight wraps Check for Nitrates when accounting for the stretch of the plasThe primary concern with harvesting tic film. drought-stressed small grains as forage is For more information: an excessive accumulation of nitrate. This • Harvesting small grains for forage: can lead to nitrate poisoning without proper https://extension.umn.edu/small-grainscare. harvest-and-storage/harvesting-small“Prior to harvesting, small grains can grains-forage be tested for nitrates with NDSU’s Nitrate • Managing feed high in nitrates: https:// QuikTest,” says Zach Carlson, NDSU Exextensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/html/ tension beef cattle specialist. “This screeng1779/build/g1779.htm ing tool assesses the nitrate level in standing • Testing silage and hay moisture at forage. Extension agents who are certified home: https://extension.sdstate.edu/silagecan conduct the test in the field or, if necesmoisture-testing-tips sary, at the office.

“Producers should provide a representa##### tive sample containing at least 20 stems by Lord, help me put first things first, such clipping the forage at ground level while as waiting for the microwave timer to go traveling in a zigzag pattern across the off before leaving the room. Otherwise field,” he adds. “The Nitrate QuikTest is I’m likely to find a cup of cold tea in there not designed to analyze nitrate content in tomorrow. harvested forages.” ##### Following harvest, when submitting forO Lord, what is with me? This mornage quality samples, be sure to have samples ing I tried to crack an orange instead of an tested for nitrate content. Nitrate content egg – until you tapped me on the shoulder. does not decrease through time in harvested Thank you.

AUCTION

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2021 State of Montana Surplus Property

Helena, MT • Bidding open Sept. 18 and ending Oct. 2

Sale Site: 16 W. Custer Ave., at the corner of Custer Ave. & Henderson, next to the Lewis & Clark Co. Fairgrounds.

1/2 TON PICKUPS (4wd & 2wd) 3/4 TON PICKUPS (4wd & 2wd) 1 TON TRUCKS (4wd & 2wd) 1 TON DUMP TRUCKS CARS (Full size, compact and hybrid) MID-SIZE PICKUPS (4wd & 2wd) SUV’s, VANS & MINI VANS HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Download the Pate Auction App to your mobile device or go online and bid your price on this line of vehicles & equipment!

DUMP TRUCKS & PLOW TRUCKS SWEEPERS MOTORCYCLES BOATS

ONLINE ONLY AUCTION Viewing will be held Thursday, Sept. 30 and Friday, Oct. 1 from 8 am to 5 pm each day.

Removal: Monday, Oct. 4 thru Friday, Oct. 8 from 8 am to 4 pm each day.

Online registration available on our mobile app or on the website.

SNOWMOBILES SNOW PLOWS Assorted tools & shop equipment Machine Shop Equipment Lawn mowers

Download the Pate Auction app to your mobile device or go to www.pateauction.com for a complete listing of auction items!

Viewing: Thursday, September 30 & Friday, October 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day!

Pate Auction Inc.

2814 Billings Ave. • Helena, Montana 59601 Doug 406- 439-8855 • Dan 406-439-5561 www.pateauction.com

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MONTANA BRAND FOR SALE Cattle - right rib, Horses - right jaw

$3500 obo

Phone (406) 350-0792

STOKES FENCING Conrad, Montana

Lance Stokes (406) 450-2149 Fencing Done Right

ANTIQUE GUNS & SLOT MACHINES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 10:00 A.M. Location: SIDNEY, MT PARISH CENTER, From Central Ave turn East at the Loaf & Jug on 7th Street for 3 blocks. (Located on the left -310 7th Street SE.)

• 50+/- Lever Action Winchesters • 5 Slot Machines • 2 - $500 bills • 1 - $1000 bills Full listing @ www.r-kauction.com For more information: Rick Kniepkamp (406) 485-2548 • (406) 939-1632 cell

LR FFA Advisors Dave @ Johnny Ference , Alex Flessner, Brodie Darnell, Tye Bruha, Treaven Scheideler, Vickie Ference , Larry Schultz (Information/Education Coordinator) and Megan Grimes (NE State Envirothon Coordinator).

Environthon

By Dave Ference, Ord FFA Advisor FFA Members will represent Nebraska Resources. Each year over 25,000 high in the National Conservation Foundation school students across the United States, (NFC) -Envirothon. The students are Vickie Canada and China learn and compete in Ference , Tye Bruha, Alex Flessner, Brodie environmental natural resource conservaDarnell and Treaven Scheideler. The team tion problem solving, team building and was coached by Dave and Johnny Ference leadership experience. The Lower Loup FFA Advisors and Ag.Ed. Teachers at Ord NRD professionals have been teaching High School.The students will compete our students a great deal about the natural with 35 different states and two additional resources. The NE State Envirothon Direccountries.( Canada and China will each have tor Megan Grimes and the UNL -Lincoln 3 teams per country). We are so proud of Professors taught our students on water our dedicated and intelligent students. Each conservation, soil conservation,and wildand every one of these students understands life. The Ord and surrounding communities the importance of conserving our Natural and businesses have been very supportive..

Pandemic assistance to livestock producers for animal losses

Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack announced the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) in [recorded] remarks at the National Pork Industry Conference in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The announcement is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. Livestock and poultry producers can apply for assistance through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) July 20 through September 17, 2021.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, authorized payments to producers for losses of livestock or poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020 through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. PLIP payments will be based on 80% of the fair market value of the livestock and poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens and turkeys.

PLIP Program Details Eligible livestock must have been depopulated from March 1, 2020, through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. Livestock must have been physically located in the U.S. or a territory of the U.S. at the time of depopulation.

Eligible livestock owners include persons or legal entities who, as of the day the eligible livestock was depopulated, had legal ownership of the livestock. Packers, live poultry dealers and contract growers are not eligible for PLIP. PLIP payments compensate participants

for 80% of both the loss of the eligible livestock or poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal based on a single payment rate per head. PLIP payments will be calculated by multiplying the number of head of eligible livestock or poultry by the payment rate per head, and then subtracting the amount of any payments the eligible livestock or poultry owner has received for disposal of the livestock or poultry under the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or a state program. The payments will also be reduced by any Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 1 and 2) payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated.

There is no per person or legal entity payment limitation on PLIP payments. To be eligible for payments, a person or legal entity must have an average adjusted gross income (AGI) of less than $900,000 for tax years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Applying for Assistance Eligible livestock and poultry producers can apply for PLIP starting July 20, 2021, by completing the FSA-620, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program application, and submitting it to any FSA county office. Additional documentation may be required. Visit farmers.gov/plip for a copy of the Notice of Funding Availability and more information on how to apply.

Applications can be submitted to the FSA office at any USDA Service Center nationwide by mail, fax, hand delivery or via electronic means. To find your local FSA office, visit farmers.gov/service-locator.

Livestock and poultry producers can also call 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer assistance.

Find us on Facebook: Montana Horse Progress Days

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Reuben Miller Farm • 826 Kirkeminde Rd • Moore, MT

2016 QH Gelding

2018 Spotted Draft X Gelding

2007 AQHA Gelding

2014 Dutch x Stan. Gelding

Driving & Riding Horses • Mules • Teams Wagons, Buggies & Carriages • Harness • Tack Live Auction with Internet Bidding on Horses, Carts & Wagons

2017 Gypsy x Gelding

2008 Appaloose Gelding

2004/2005 Belgian Geldings

2012/2011 Perch X Geld/Mare

2010 Friesian x Arab Gelding

2016 Clydesdale Geldings

2003 Standardbred Gelding

2016/2017 Perch Geldiings

For more information Reuben 406-374-2287 Steve 406-374-2517 Mardi 406-366-4667

Bob Ryffel

TRACTOR COLLECTION uction A Thursday, September 30th, 2021 • 10 a.m. mdt

1920 Waterloo Boy N

Location: 14599 South Peak Road, Raynesford, MT (35 miles Southeast of Great Falls, MT)

Driving directions: From Raynesford, MT, go North 2 miles on Cty Rd. 217, then west on Cora Creek Rd. 6 miles, then N. on South Peak Rd for 2.5 miles.

From Great Falls, MT go East on Hwy 87 to Armington Junction Weigh Station, turn North onto Armington Rd., and go 2 miles, then go N. on Willow Creek Rd for 1 mile, then E. on Cora Creek Rd. for 6 miles, then N. on South Peak Rd. (aka.Geyser Rd.) for 2.5 miles. Watch for Auction Arrows

Live auction with Internet Bidding Available @www.ShobeAuction.com (Note: Auction begins @ 10 a.m.; Internet bidding on tractors begins @ 12 noon)

1928 JD D Spoker JOHN DEERE TRACTORS

1945 JD LA Peanut Planter

1938 JD A

1951 JD MT

1953 JD 40

1949 JD M

Terms: Cash or Check day of Auction

1920 JD Waterloo Boy N • 1925 JD Model 1955 JD Model 40 • 1938 JD Model A • 1945 JD Model GM 1928 JD Model D • 1943 JD Model B • 1954 JD Model R 1947 JD Model G • 1953 JD Model 60 • 1949 JD Model M JD Model M • 1952 JD Model AR • 1940 JD Model H 1949 JD Model B • 1946 JD Model B • 1943 JD Model AR 1952 JD Model A • 1949 JD Model A • 1926 JD Model D 1940 JD Model B • 1938 JD Model A • 1951 JD Model MT 1929 JD Model GP • 1931 JD Model D • 1953 JD R

OTHER TRACTORS

1922 Cletrac F

1926 IHC 6 speed

1939 Oliver CLetrac HG42

1936 Case RC

1929 McCormick Deering Model 1530, no serial#, belt pulley, NR 1950 Case LA, s# 4613075, belt pulley 1936 McCormick T20 crawler, s# FT6148 1936 Case RC, s# 303905, single front, belt-drive mower 1947 Allis Chalmers Model C 1949 Minneapolis Moline ZTU RE

CRAWLERS

1948 Oliver Cletrac HG42 w/loader, 3 roller w/trip lever, s#41GA010 1922 Cletrac Model F, 54136, total width: 41.5”, tracks are 5.5” wide 1956 JD 420C w/dozer, s#88773, 8’ blade, pto, 28 hp 1944 IHC TD18, non-runner, w/Bucyrus 12’ dozer, weighs 28,000#

VINTAGE

1929 McCromick Deering

408 W Main • Lewistown, MT

Single Seat Buggy

JD Model F Manure Spreader

406-538-5125 www.ShobeAuction.com

JD Iron Clad grain/freight wagon, excellent cond.

(2) JD manure spreaders, horse drawn JD Model F stationary engine, 1.5 hp Assorted JD tractor/ implement manuals 1929 IHC 6-Speed Pickup, restored Horse buggy w/shaves

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Drought conditions favorable for toxic cyanobacteria

Montana Organic Association 2021 Events SEPTEMBER 17, BITTERROOT FARM TOUR* OCTOBER 26, ORGANIC UNIVERSITY, HAVRE, NORTHERN AG RESEARCH CENTER* DECEMBER 2 - 4, MOA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THE COMMONS, BOZEMAN, LOOK FOR DETAILS IN LATE SUMMER WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2021!

STAY IN TOUCH WITH MOA FOR MORE DETAILS.

JOIN MOA TODAY!!

MONTANA ORGANIC ASSOCIATION (406) 546-6572

Sponsor MOA!!

www.montanaorganicassociation.org

FARM AUCTION

Rahn Farms

SATURDAY, SEPT 25TH * 10 AM 154 Wheatland Rd, THREE FORKS, MT

KAMERMAN AUCTION CO. wkauction.net WES @ (406) 580-2202

Auctioneer’s note: Having recently retired from their grain farm operation, Dennis & Irene are offering an excellent lineup of Machinery for Public Auction. Being a meticulous mechanic and fabricator, the equipment has been well maintained & cared for. Also to be noted, Dennis made the Grain Boxes himself! Kamerman Auction Co. is looking forward to hosting this one-of-a kind live farm auction with opportunity to bid online. To be noted, this sale will not last long as there are very few small items.

Keep checking our website as more information is posted. Hope to see you on sale day! -Wes

TRACTORS TRUCKS & TRAILERS *2008 JD 8230 Tractor, Powershift Trans, Front & Rear *2005 PETERBILT 379 C15 Acert Engine, Twin Turbo, Weights, 600/65R28 & 20.8R42 Duals, 4253 hrs, 13 sp, Jake Brake & Retarder, 20’ Aluminum Box and *1978 BIG BUD TRACTOR 475 HP, Cat 3406E Engine, Hoist, Aluminum Wheels 20.8XR42 Triples *2001 PETERBILT 379 6NC315 Cat Engine, 550 HP, *JD 730 Wheatland, Diesel *JD 730 Row Crop, Diesel 13 sp, Jake Brake & Retarder, 20’ Aluminum Box and TILLAGE Hoist, Aluminum Wheels *2) FLEXICOIL Model 820, Tool Bar, 9” & 12” spacing *1988 PETERBILT 379 w/ Cat 3406B Engine, 425 HP, *JD Model 331 DISC, 28” blades *2) NOBLE 5000 Jake Brake & Retarder, 20’ Grain Steel Box & Hoist, RIPPERS, 9) 5’ & 6’ Blades, Aluminum Wheels * FLEXICOIL System 82 Harrow 80’ *1985 FREIGHTLINER, Cab Over, w/ Cat 3406B *FLEXICOIL Model 67 Pull Type Sprayer Engine, 20’ flat bed & hoist, Aluminum Wheels *CALKINS 60’ ROD WEEDER *JD 30’ Model 250F *2008 MERRITT 38’ Grain Trailer, Aluminum Wheels Tool Bar COMBINE & WHEEL LOADER GRAIN VAC & GRAIN AUGERS *JD 9750 STS, 3991E & 3403S, 20.8R42 Duals, MISCELLANEOUS FARM EQUIPMENT 28L-26, w/ Tank Ext Addt’l Consignments may be added. Check the web*JD Model 925 Grain Auger Header site for updates! *CAT Model 980B WHEEL LOADER, 8 1/2 yd Bucket

www.wkauction.net

Other Info: Onsite Registration: 9 AM Day of the Sale Online Registration: Provided by Equipment Facts. Check our website to find the link to register.

Terms for Onsite bidders: Cash or Bankable Check Terms for Online bidders: Wire Transfers, Cashier Checks or Business/Personal Checks with bank approval to include a 4% Buyer premium, capped at $1500.

Preview: September 24 * 8-5 or by appointment. Wes (406.580.2202) or Dennis (406.539.7246)

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can produce toxins that are harmful to livestock, wildlife and people.

The growth of this bacteria is aided by high temperatures.

“The hot, dry conditions we are experiencing are perfect for the production of cyanobacteria,” says Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Much of the state is at an increased risk due to the widespread drought affecting 99% of the state.”

Given the current conditions, producers and the public should be on the lookout for cyanobacteria blooms.

Blue-green algae often occurs in stagnant ponds or dugouts with elevated nutrient levels, forming large colonies that appear as scum on or just below the water surface. Live cyanobacterial blooms can be green, but also red or yellow, and often turn blue after the bloom dies and dries on the water surface or shoreline.

Some species of cyanobacteria can be toxic when livestock and wildlife ingest them. Toxicity is dependent on the species consuming the water, the concentration of the toxin or toxins and the amount of water ingested.

“Cyanobacteria can produce neuro and liver toxins,” says Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension veterinarian. “Signs of neurotoxin poisoning can appear within five minutes to up to several hours after ingestion. In animals, symptoms include weakness, staggering, muscle tremors, difficulty in breathing, convulsions and, ultimately, death.”

Animals affected by liver toxins may exhibit weakness, pale-colored mucous membranes, mental derangement, bloody diarrhea and, ultimately, death. Typically, livestock are found dead before producers observe symptoms. If cyanobacterial poisoning is suspected as the cause of death, producers should check the edges of ponds for dead wildlife.

When collecting a water sample, follow NDSU Extension’s “Livestock Water Testing Guidelines” (https://tinyurl. com/NDSU-LivestockWaterTesting). Contact your local Extension agents for a sampling container or assistance with collecting samples.

Be sure to wear gloves because cyanobacteria can be toxic to humans. Collect a sample of the suspected cyanobacterial bloom from the surface of the water and deeper in the water. The sample should be kept cool but not frozen and submit it to the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory or a commercial laboratory.

The sample can be evaluated microscopically for algae, or the water can be analyzed for several of the toxins at commercial labs at a higher cost.

For more information on sample collection and submission, contact your NDSU Extension agent.

Here are some ways producers can prevent cyanobacterial poisoning of livestock: • Reduce nutrient levels entering the water source by implementing a nutrient management plan or establishing buffer strips with perennial plant species.

• Create a designated drinking area where the risk of cyanobacteria is minimal.

• Fence off the pond and pump water from the pond to the water tank.

• Use water from other sources following periods of hot, dry weather.

• Pump water from the center of the water body well below the surface, where the bacteria are unlikely to concentrate, to a water tank.

If a producer suspects cyanobacteria poisoning as the cause of a livestock death, a veterinarian should conduct a necropsy. Contact your veterinarian to determine which samples would be appropriate for your situation.

Livestock loses due to cyanobacteria during drought may be eligible for compensation through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Indemnity Program. Contact your local Farm Service Agency office for more information.

Clever Hans

In 1888 in Germany, Wilhelm von Osten trained a horse in basic arithmetic. Clever Hans became famous the world over for his counting skills, tapping out with his hoof mostly correct answers to basic counting questions. The horse was estimated to have the mathematical ability of a 14-year-old child. However, in 1907 it was proved that Hans was responding not to the questions, but to almost imperceptible visual cues in this human observers.

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Livestock forage loss assistance

Say you saw it in the Trader’s Dispatch

Livestock producers in 44 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass, and forage sorghum.

LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or leased land or fire on federally managed land.

County committees can only accept LFP applications after notification is received by the National Office of qualifying drought or if a federal agency prohibits producers from grazing normal permitted livestock on federally managed lands due to qualifying fire.

The following 44 Montana counties have triggered the 2021 LFP drought criteria as of July 22, 2021: Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, McCone, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux and Yellowstone. Producers must complete a CCC-853 and the required supporting documentation no later than January 31, 2022, for 2021 losses.

For additional information about LFP, including eligible livestock and fire criteria, contact the local USDA Service Center and/or visit www.farmers.gov and/or fsa.usda.gov/mt.

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Water Law 101: Part 5, more groundwater – wells

University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News Part 5 of a series about basic water law domestic (including human needs related to in the United States, predominately in the health, fire control and sanitation, and also western part of the country, and how it af“domestic livestock as related to normal fects this finite resource. Water law can be farm and ranch operations”), agricultural traced back to Roman times and also has (including aquaculture), and manufacturing roots in English common law. Across the or industrial.

United States, it varies from state to state, Reasonable pumping depths is a statute and from East to West. When conflicts arise, in some states to deal with well interference courts usually determine the outcome, conflicts; in which the senior may be reunless there are state or federal laws or quired to deepen his / her well to a “reasonprevious case studies to resolve the issue. able depth” in order to be protected from the Exceptions to the law can arise from differdeeper junior well. If the senior doesn’t have ences in each state’s water laws. the well drilled to the “reasonable depth”, Part 1: Basic concepts and legal terms, the junior well can pump “out of priority” including riparian doctrine and prior apregardless of priority. propriation.

A dry-year plan is a management plan Part 2: Other types of water rights and that has been developed by a governmental legal doctrines and concepts. agency (or agencies) to be implemented in Part 3: Terms and definitions used in the event of a drought or dry year and scarce administering surface-water rights. water supplies, so that all water users share Part 4: Groundwater terms and definicorrelatively in the reduction of water availtions ability and use.

Part 5: Groundwater - wells Quick response wells (In Nebraska) are Nebraska has an estimated 2.15 billion irrigation wells that lie within 2.5 miles of a acre-feet of groundwater in aquifers underhydraulically connected stream or river that lying the state, according to the Groundcould be called on to reduce pumping (by water Atlas of Nebraska (1998 edition), 50 percent) under a dry-year plan. published by the Nebraska Conservation Upland wells (In Nebraska) are the reand Survey Division (CSD) and the Groundmaining irrigation wells (under a dry-year water Foundation. plan) that lie outside of the 2.5-mile boundIt might be hard to visualize such a huge ary from the stream or river; that could be quantity of water. But if somehow all that called on to reduce pumping (15 percent), water were to cover Nebraska’s 49.5 million but not as much as the quick-response wells. acres of surface area, it would be about 43 Sporhase vs. Nebraska Ex Rel. Dougfeet deep. las, a case from the U.S. Supreme Court that “Though some states may have greater originated in Nebraska affects Nebraska and precipitation, more water in lakes or greater all other states. Sporhase, who owned adstreamflow, few can challenge Nebraska joining land in both Nebraska and Colorado, with respect to the amount and general was denied a well permit in Colorado. He availability of water stored and moving drilled a well in Nebraska and pumped water underground in porous rocks,” the Groundacross the border to Colorado to irrigate his water Atlas says. “In terms of total volume crops. Nebraska had a statute that required of good-quality groundwater available for a permit to export ground water into anuse, Nebraska could be called The Groundother state. In order to get the permit, there water State.” had to be “reciprocity” between the states.

The largest of these aquifers is the High Colorado did not have reciprocity and did Plains Aquifer, which includes the Ogalnot allow its groundwater to be exported lala Aquifer. About half of Nebraska’s to another state. The issue was whether groundwater is underneath the Sand Hills groundwater was subject to the interstate of Nebraska. commerce clause of the U.S. constitution, Wells, ranging from a few feet to thouwhich authorizes Congress to regulate the sands of feet deep, are the main means of movement of goods across state lines (“intransporting groundwater to the surface. terstate commerce”). The court ruled that Irrigation is the largest use of groundwater ground water was an article of commerce, in Nebraska by far, according to the 2013 regardless of whether groundwater could edition of CSD’s Groundwater Atlas. About be marketed in Nebraska or not. (The right 94 percent of all groundwater withdrawals to use groundwater now is marketed, folare for irrigation water; public water supply lowing the passage of Legislative Bill 962 is a distant second at about 3 percent. in 2004, which put an end to expansion of Regulating the use of groundwater wells groundwater use in many parts of the state.) and solving conflicts between well users can Congress can regulate interstate combe complicated and difficult. Here are some merce, but, in addition, states can’t regulate of the concepts and legal doctrines that commerce unless the regulatory effects come into play in the laws and regulations on commerce are only incidental. Now regulating wells in Nebraska: states must allow their groundwater to be Well spacing: In Nebraska, irrigation exported, subject to reasonable regulations wells must be spaced at least 600 feet from (that aren’t designed to prevent exports). neighboring registered irrigation wells, So, if Denver, on the Front Range of and at least 1,000 feet from neighboring Colorado, or California, wants groundwater registered industrial and municipal wells. from the Ogallala Aquifer under the SandThere is no spacing protection for domestic hills of Nebraska, could they get it? or stock wells.

State law (Section 46-613.01) provides Well interference is where the pumping for transfers to other states, but also spells of one well interferes with the groundwater out the process that must be followed: withdrawals from the other well. If the two Those seeking a transfer must apply to wells are used for the same purpose, the the Nebraska Department of Natural Rewells share the available ground water or sources (NDNR) for a permit. The director correlative rights. If the wells are used for of NDNR will take into consideration the different purposes, the lower-preference nature of the proposed use; the availability user may have to pay for the restoring the of alternative sources of water to the apground water supply of the higher preferplicant; any negative effect of the proposed ence user. The groundwater preferences withdrawal on groundwater or surface water in Nebraska are (in order of preference): CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

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supplies to meet Nebraska demands; adverse environmental effects; the cumulative effect of relative to above when considered in conjunction with all other transfers; and any other factors the director deems relevant to “protect the health, safety and welfare of the state and its citizens.”

Any permit issued for transfer also must comply with the rules and regulations of the NRD from which the water is to be withdrawn.

And to repeat the question that concluded previous parts of this series: What is water worth?

NEXT: Sharing water.

National Marshmallow Toasting Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on August 30 During eleven out of the twelve months of the year, we enjoy a wide range of holidays.

When we get to August, there is a major shortage of big holidays to celebrate. Perhaps that is why many Europeans take the month of August off for vacation.

Perhaps it as just as well that there are no big holidays to compete with National Marshmallow Toasting Day. After all, how could any holiday compare with this day!?!

Enjoy today or tonight by a campfire or bonfire, toasting a big, soft, sticky and sweet marshmallow, or two, or three, or….. Summer would not be the same without a campfire and this great campfire treat. Summer is short. Summer is good. Let’s enjoy it while it is still here. Toast a marshmallow and forget about everything else.

Thought for Today: “I can resist everything except temptation.” - - Oscar Wilde

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Three-peat! Five-peat!

Crossroads Columbias of Simms, Montana has established a winning tradition, earning Grand Champion Fleece at the National Columbia Wool Show THREE YEARS IN A ROW!! “Shiner Bock”, the ram that sheared this year’s top fleece, also sheared the Grand Champion Fleece in 2019. A “Shiner” son sheared the over-all top fleece in 2020—as a lamb.

Conner is a former Montana Starter Flock recipient. He and his mother, Heidi, also have consigned ram lambs to central ram tests to get objective measurements of additional economically important traits, such as rate of gain and carcass quality. In 2016-2017, the final year of Montana Ram Test, one of their rams earned top honors with the highest rate of gain among all rams and the largest ribeye area among all rams—a whopping five square inches.

Prairie Island Columbias (Margaret and Jim Eller), a nearby neighbor of Klick’s, exhibited both the Reserve Champion and Third Place ewe fleeces at this year’s CSBA National Show and Sale.

Other Montana fleeces of note were a Fourth Place ewe fleece shown by junior member, Faith Gasvoda, and a 23.4 micron ram fleece shown by Hart Sheep Company that earned Fourth Place.

2021 marks the fifth year in a row that a Montana fleece has won the CSBA National Wool Show.

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By Ben Beckman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Corn silage harvest may seem like a long way off, but preparation for a successful harvest begins now. Improper silage storage and fermentation can result in losses up to 20% prior to feeding. Plan your storage now to keep excessive storage losses from happening to you.

Preventing oxygen from entering your silage should be a top priority when considering silage storage. Bagged silage is a versatile option that allows the storage location to move year to year. Placing the silage in a bunker is optimal for excluding oxygen, but make sure to check these structures for cracks and repair any that are found to maintain their integrity. If silage is a feedstuff on your operation, the reduction in losses that a permanent structure provides can offset the costs when spread out over several years.

Silage piles are the more traditional approach and can allow for greater volumes of silage to be stored in a smaller area. Oxygen exclusion in piles that lack a permanent structure can be enhanced with some planning. Before harvesting, line the sides with bales and place oxygen-limiting plastic down the sides and for several feet under the bottom to seal the sides of the pile. At a minimum, placing plastic on top of the pile is an investment worth the time, labor, and money. By covering the pile, we can reduce oxygen from moving into the pile from the top and reduce precipitation exposure. Increased moisture can lead to spoilage, and result in the pile “weeping” and leaching out valuable energy and protein.

Corn silage is a valuable feed resource but suffers from high dry matter losses when stored incorrectly. Keeping oxygen out of your silage requires planning now. Pick an appropriate location for harvest and feed out success and store correctly to minimize feed losses.

Drought creating forage shortage

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News will increase the chance of establishment The majority of livestock producers in and reduce the overall risk of a total failed North Dakota are faced with forage shortcrop. A diverse cover crop also will have the ages due to drought.

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Racetrack, MT ( 7 miles east of Deer Lodge) tially low yields.

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K-State Research and Extension News Kansas State University swine nutritionists say that lower prices for wheat compared to other commodities currently makes it a good value for pig diets.

“Wheat is an excellent feed grain for swine, but usually is not competitively priced with corn in the United States,” said Mike Tokach, a swine nutritionist with K-State Research and Extension. Wheat, he noted, is more traditionally part of swine diets in Canada, Europe and Australia.

In most situations, corn and sorghum are less expensive grain sources in the United States. Lower prices for wheat – as well as corn’s higher demand for export and ethanol markets – has vaulted wheat to being the more economical option.

“As long as diets are balanced, wheat can replace all or part of the corn in swine diets without affecting growth performance,” Tokach said.

Tokach noted that the concentration of starch and fiber in wheat is similar to corn, though wheat contains significantly less oil and thus is lower in energy content (91% to 97% relative to corn, according to industry research).

But wheat does offer greater values for crude protein, phosphorus and amino acid content, particularly lysine, threonine and tryptophan; and the ideal digestibility of the amino acids is “relatively high and similar to that in corn,” according to Tokach.

“Because wheat is lower energy than corn, feed efficiency will be a little worse with wheat unless fat is added to balance the diets for energy,” Tokach said. “But even with the change in feed efficiency, wheat is economical at the current time.”

He added: “When wheat is used, less soybean meal and more feed-grade lysine can be used in the diet, which also favors the economics for wheat. These advantages will lower the feed cost per pig if wheat is used at the current time.”

Changing prices for commodities will naturally affect the current opportunity for feeding wheat, Tokach said.

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By Ben Beckman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln It’s August and fall is just around the corner. Could you use some extra pasture or hay in late September and October?

Oats might be your answer.

Oats may be one of our most under-used fall forages. It grows fast, thrives under cool fall conditions, has good feed value, and can produce over 2 tons of hay or pasture yet this year. Plus, it dies out over winter, so it protects soil without causing planting problems next spring.

Oats also play well with others. Need a bit of spring growth? Mix in some winter small grains like cereal rye, wheat or triticale. They won’t produce much fall growth but can provide early grazing next spring. Want a high-quality grazeable forage in the late fall/early winter? Select a long season oat that won’t go to seed and add in a brassica like a turnip or forage rapeseed. Oat-brassica mixes can produce large amounts of forage in the fall, then hold quality well into the middle of winter even when they aren’t green.

To plant oats, drill about 3 bushels of oats per acre in early August for maximum yield potential. A fully prepared seedbed usually is best, but you can plant oats directly into weed-free wheat stubble or other crop residues when soil moisture is available. Avoid fields with herbicide carryover.

For an added boost, topdress 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre unless the previous crop was heavily fertilized.

With good moisture, oats will be ready to graze about 6 to 8 weeks after emergence. Calves and yearlings can gain over two pounds per day. Consider supplementing with magnesium to avoid grass tetany on lush oat pasture, and don’t suddenly turn livestock out on oat pasture if they have been grazing short or dry pastures. Sudden respiratory and digestive problems can occur.

For hay, cut oats soon after plants begin to dry out following a killing freeze, or cut earlier if plants reach a desirable growth stage. Oats can accumulate nitrates, so test hay before feeding.

If you have good soil moisture, give fall oats a try. Some of your best forage growth may still be ahead of you.

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Esther McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension As I was gardening last weekend, a super highway of insects buzzed around me as they flew from the front of my house to the backyard.

What caught my attention was that I kept seeing flashes of green. Intrigued, I looked closer. Each insect was carrying a tiny bit of a leaf.

To investigate, I went to the front of my house. Sure enough, the leaves on my rose bush looked like someone had taken a hole punch and punched out little disks of leaf tissue.

Did I go look for insecticide? Absolutely not! The holes in the leaves are a sign that my yard is a hospitable habitat for an important native pollinator known as the leaf cutter bee.

I then followed the bees to the backyard and saw that they were taking the leaf disks to a crack in one of my wooden planters.

Leaf cutter bees are 1/2-inch bees that are darker than our yellow honeybees. These dark gray bees cut semicircular disks from the leaves of roses, ash trees, lilac shrubs and Virginia creeper vines.

The leaf disks are used to line a cylindrical nest in which the mother bee lays up to 12 eggs. Each egg is sealed in its own leaf-lined cell and is provisioned with a mixture of pollen and nectar to nourish the larvae when they hatch.

Leaf cutter bees build nests in rotting wood but will take advantage of man-made openings such as in my wooden planter. They cannot tunnel into wood that isn’t disintegrating.

The leaf damage to the rose shrub is minor and will not harm the plant. If I had reached for an insecticide, I might have killed an important pollinator of native plants.

Across the yard, huge bumble bees were collecting pollen from the false indigo plant (Baptisia). False indigo is in the same family as beans and peas. Their flowers are unique in that the five petals enclose the stamens and pistil. It takes a hefty bee such as a bumble bee to push down the lower two petals and access the pollen and nectar.

Am I afraid that the bees in my yard are going to sting me?

No! Leaf cutter bees and bumble bees are not aggressive.

They won’t sting you unless you are intentionally trying to disturb them. I’ve had bumble bee nests in my garden and they never have bothered me as I work.

In all the years I have gardened, I never have been stung by a bee. However, I did experience a painful sting from a yellow jacket wasp. Wasps and hornets are generally more aggressive than bees and require more caution.

North Dakota State University Extension Master Gardener Caitlin Stegmiller has created the acronyms WASP and BEE to distinguish wasps from bees. Wasps have the following characteristics: • Waist is defined and narrow • Attracted to meat and soft drinks • Shiny appearance • Predator In contrast, bees have the following characteristics: • Bushy, hairy body • Eat pollen or nectar • Easy going and unlikely to sting unless threatened For more information on gardening for pollinators, see the following NDSU Extension publication: https://tinyurl. com/2yr3b7pm.

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Northern Pulse Growers Association The NPGA has been working with the North Dakota Department of Ag in sponsoring a special classroom project. ND Department of Ag is working with Mandan FFA assembling chickpea/hummus kits for North Dakota classrooms. The kits will be going to over 200 classrooms, reaching over 4,500 students.

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From 4 large pastures to 30 smaller pastures How one Montana Rancher went from 4 large pastures to 30 smaller productive pastures without any additional fencing On their 25,000 acre ranch near Malta, Leo Barthelmess, along with his brother Chris and their wives, have dramatically reduced their labor input, better utilized the grass, and reduced the stress on their cattle simply by trialing a new technology called virtual fencing.

A recent US startup company, strives to not only increase the productivity and soil health of pasture land but also improve the quality of lives of the rancher and their families. They have accomplished this through the use of GPS-enabled wearable collars that control where the cattle can graze and for how long without the need for any additional fencing.

The rancher digitally creates the borders of the pastures and then can control the moves from a tablet or smartphone. If the cow strays too close to the virtual fence line, the collar will first emit a warning noise. If that doesn’t get her attention, the collar will give a light electrical shock, comparable to that of an electric fence.

When the Barthelmess’ heard about this technology they knew they had to give it a try. So when the company was looking for volunteers to be part of a trial, the brothers jumped at the opportunity. Leo and Chris had great results from the trial and are excited to share their experience with other producers. According to Leo, “This new technology creates a situation that helps grazers explore the ‘art of the possible.’”

Knowing many Montana ranchers would be highly interested in hearing about the trial and how this could be a gamechanger for rotational grazing, Western Sustainabil-

ity Exchange (WSE) is more than happy to host Leo at their next “Bull Session” Zoom call slated for Sunday, August 29th at 7 pm.

These Bull Sessions were started over a year ago to give ranchers an opportunity to ask questions, listen in, or offer advice to anyone interested in not only improving their soil health but also increasing their ranch’s productivity and profitability. To date, WSE’s network has grown to almost 100 ranchers all at varying stages of converting to regenerative ag practices, which strive to improve soil, grass, and ecological health.

“The great thing about these calls is they give producers the opportunity and confidence to dip their toe into new and innovative ways of improving their operations,” explains Holly Stoltz, WSE communication manager and facilitator of the Bull Sessions.

“It’s amazing how welcoming and helpful these producers are and their willingness to share their own experiences, good or bad.”

Since 1994 Western Sustainability Exchange, a nonprofit organization based in Livingston, Montana, has supported stewardship of western ranchlands by working with ranchers, businesses, and organizations to balance the health of soil, water, climate, and wildlife habitat while increasing ranch profitability through regenerative agriculture practices. They offer tools, workshops, webinars, and profitable opportunities such as their Montana Grasslands Grazing Carbon Program, the second largest grassland carbon capture program in the world.

If you want to learn more about regenerative ag practices be sure to tune in on Sunday August 29, 2021 at 7 p.m. Please text or call Holly at (406) 229-0279 or email your contact information to hstoltz@ wsestaff.org.

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Wide front end ment equal to the lesser of the calculated payThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $200 million ment amount or $2,000 as applications are $400 to provide relief to timber harvesting and approved. A second payment will be made timber hauling businesses that have expeafter the signup period has ended based upon Call remaining PATHH funds. rienced losses due to COVID-19 as part of (406) The maximum amount that a person or USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers 596-6622 legal entity may receive directly is $125,000. initiative. Loggers and truckers can apply for Dillon, MT Applying for Assistance assistance through USDA’s Farm Service Loggers and truckers can apply for Agency (FSA) July 22 through October 15, PATHH beginning on July 22 by complet2021. The Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers program (PATHH) ing form FSA-1118, Pandemic Assistance is administered by FSA in partnership with for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program the U.S. Forest Service. application, and certifying to their gross revThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, enue for 2019 and 2020 on the application.

2021, authorized this critical assistance for Additional documentation may be required. the timber industry. Timber harvesting and Visit farmers.gov/pathh for more information hauling businesses that have experienced a on how to apply. gross revenue loss of at least 10% during the Applications can be submitted to the period of January 1 and December 1, 2020, FSA office at any USDA Service Center compared to the period of January 1 and nationwide by mail, fax, hand delivery, or December 1, 2019, are encouraged to apply. via electronic means. To find a local FSA “USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Prooffice, loggers and truckers can visit farmducers initiative promised to get financial ers.gov/service-locator. They can also call assistance to a broader set of producers 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA and today’s announcement delivers on that employee ready to offer assistance. promise,” said Secretary Vilsack. “On top As USDA looks to long-term solutions to of the existing challenges associated with build back a better food system, the Departnatural disasters and trade, the pandemic ment is committed to delivering financial ascaused a major disruption for loggers and sistance to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural timber haulers including lack of access to producers and businesses who have been wood processing mills. This industry plays a impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions. critical role in our nation’s economy and we Since USDA rolled out the Pandemic Assisare proud to support these hard-working logtance for Producers initiative in March, the Department has announced over $7 billion gers and truckers as they get back on track.” in assistance to producers and agriculture “Like many facets of the agriculture inentities. For more details, please visit www. dustry, the logging industry has experienced farmers.gov/pandemic-assistance. its share of financial hardships throughout the pandemic,” said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “We’re happy to work with the U.S. Forest

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Piled-up stress during a drought can lead farmers and ranchers to develop physical or mental health issues, but they can take steps to reduce stress and create healthy ways to manage it, a North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension expert says.

“Farm and ranch families often experience pressure, conflict and uncertainty, especially during times of drought or other weather concerns,” says Sean Brotherson, Extension family science specialist. “If feelings of frustration and helplessness build up, they can lead to worrisome problems involving spouses or partners, children, parents and other relatives. If left unresolved, these feelings can lead to costly accidents, poor decisions, strained relationships, health concerns and risks, including suicide.”

Using strategies such as controlling events, attitudes and responses can help manage symptoms of stress, according to Brotherson.

“Farmers, ranchers and their family members and employees can learn to manage their stresses well, even during drought or other times of difficulty,” he says. “The key is to be flexible and maintain a balanced lifestyle. Make time daily to take care of yourself because your work is vital to all of us. Your health is your most important asset on your farm or ranch operation.”

To help manage stress, Brotherson suggests: • Taking control of events by planning ahead - Discuss who can be available to help before key seasons or decisionmaking times. Make time to set priorities so you can focus on what needs to be done today and what can wait.

• Taking control of attitudes that influence you - Identify the sources of the stress you have, and which ones you can and cannot change. Shift your focus off worrying and onto problem solving. Notice what you have achieved rather than what you did not accomplish. Set goals and daily expectations that are realistic. How you view a situation is a key factor in creating or eliminating stress.

• Controlling your responses to stressful conditions - Take a break when feeling stressed and focus on relaxing your body and mind. Take multiple deep breaths slowly and let go of unwanted stress. Think positive thoughts, balance work and play, find someone to talk to and seek help when you need it.

Brotherson encourages farm and ranch family members to get additional resources from NDSU Extension’s Farm and Ranch Stress website (https://www.ndsu.edu/farmranchstress), talk to trusted friends or associates such as pastors or counselors, or call North Dakota’s 2-1-1 help line.

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K-State Research and Extension News For farming and ranching families, summertime often brings with it hay cutting. Knowing when to cut the hay is key for optimum nutrition, said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.

“When grass gets to the boot stage, where it puts up that first seed head but before it fully emerges, that is the best time to cut it because of the balance in digestibility and the number of pounds of grass harvested,” said Phillip Lancaster, a BCI beef cattle nutritionist.

He added: “From that point on the forage declines in digestibility as it increases in its biomass.”

Because of the constraints of weather and many acres to cut, veterinarian Bob Larson said producers are left with a diversity in the quality of their hay.

“You want to store the hay in such a way that you know where the best quality hay is located so you can feed it at the right time in the cattle cycle,” he said.

Lancaster said cows in early lactation or replacement heifers are two segments of the herd that may benefit the most from the higher quality hay.

K-State veterinarian Brad White added: “Because we may not be able to cut all the hay at the right time, it is important to look at the nutritional needs of the herd and feed the hay accordingly.”

To hear more of this discussion, listen in to the Cattle Chat podcast online (https://ksubci.org/2021/07/02/cowcalf-software-baling-hay-research-roundup-creep-feedingmilk-fever/).

The fight against Palmer amaranth

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Emily Matzke, American Society of Agronomy Specializing in For the past 25 years, many farmers Palmer amaranth. They compared weed • Aluminum across Nebraska have relied on the chemiremoval in fields sprayed with pre• Stainless Steel emergence herbicides to those with no cal glyphosate for weed control to have a • Traditional Welding pre-emergence herbicide applied. successful crop harvest.

• Lathe & Mill Work For the fields sprayed with pre-emerHowever, due a to a not-so-simple change in the genetic makeup of Palmer gence herbicide, the team compared two Portable welding amaranth, a pesky weed found in soydifferent management techniques. One 29 McNamara Ave. Big Sandy, MT 406-265-4881 treatment used a pre-emergence herbicide bean fields, that no longer works. In fact, with one active ingredient (flumioxazin), six weeds in Nebraska have become reand the other was a mix of three herbicide sistant to glyphosate, including Palmer active ingredients (flumioxazin, metribuzamaranth.

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American Society of Agronomy, whose The team then compared timing of latest research aims to help farmers fight Palmer amaranth removal at different this weed. Jhala’s research was recently soybean growth stages to determine the highlighted in Agronomy Journal. best management practices.

“Soybeans are the second most imporResults indicate that using a preemergence herbicide with three active tant crop grown in Nebraska,” says Jhala. ingredients applied at soybean planting “Not only is the crop important here, but was the most effective. it’s grown across the U.S.” “When Palmer amaranth is common Some common weeds, such as palmer in a field, farmers should consider using amaranth and waterhemp, have become herbicide with multiple sites of action,” resistant to the herbicides used to manage says Jhala. them. This is challenging for farmers, and “If farmers don’t use any chemical in it can decrease crop production in their 1987 Volvo White, Big Cam 4 Cummins, 9 speed transmisa pre-emergent application, the field can fields. sion, air ride suspension...................................... $13,500 be overrun with Palmer amaranth and Palmer amaranth is problematic beCall Wayne for further information (406) 274-5511 they will see a high yield reduction,” he cause it can outcompete most crops, leadexplains. ing to high yield loss.

Historically, the chemical glyphosate has been used to control the weed in glyphosate-resistant cropping systems. The crops in these systems, often corn and soybeans, are resistant to glyphosate. This means it doesn’t affect crop performance, but it kills the weeds.

Since glyphosate is no longer effective in controlling resistant Palmer amaranth, farmers need alternate management practices.

Management of Palmer Different fields amaranth is challenging and cannot be controlled by have different just one chemical. Herbicides work in various ways, climates, different soils, called sites of action. The different weeds, and team recommends using a herbicide with a mixture different rainfall levels. of chemicals that can work in multiple sites of action.

One option farmers have is to apply pre-emergence herbicide, which is applied on soil after crop planting.

Depending on weed growth in the field after the soybeans emerge, another It used to be that farmers chose CoAXium® wheat spraying should be done to kill the weed species. because they were desperate to control grassy weeds.

“The main objective of our study was to deterNow, they are choosing mine the critical time of Palmer amaranth removal CoAXium wheat because in soybeans and how it is it controls grassy weeds affected by pre-emergence herbicide,” says Jhala. like nothing else AND “The weeds compete is available in a long with the crop for nutrients, moisture, space, and light. list of superior varieties If they outcompete, there developed for specific is large yield loss,” he explains. “We need to know environmental conditions. the best time to remove the weeds to avoid yield loss in soybeans.”

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New director of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station

University of Wyoming Extension The new director of the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station joined the University of Wyoming (UW) Tuesday, July 6, in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Eric Webster previously was director of the Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Iberia Research Station and assistant regional director of the LSU AgCenter’s southwest region. Research at the station includes cattle grazing and herd management studies and row crop research including wheat, soybeans, sugar cane and rice.

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dean Barbara Rasco said Webster will be a great addition to the college administration team.

“His experience in plant biology, crop production and technology transfer will help the college move forward with our initiatives to support Wyoming agriculture and more specifically to improve crop and forage production and control invasive plants across the state,” she said. “We look forward to him leading broad, college-wide initiatives in research and infrastructure improvements across the state.”

The WAES is the college’s research arm and also directs research and extension centers at Laramie, Powell, Sheridan and the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research Center near Lingle. More information about AES is at bit. ly/wyoming-aes.

Webster’s research has focused on weed control in conventional rice and herbicide-resistant rice and has become highly visible across the U.S. and internationally, according to LSU. The southwest region has 15 parishes (counties) and two research stations, including Iberia, near Jeanerette in southern Louisiana. He was named assistant regional director in 2013 and director of the Iberia station in 2015.

He has published more than 570 publications as senior or co-author, published 92 journal articles and semi-technical publications, 61 research reports, 56 extension publications and 36 press articles.

Webster joined LSU as a weed science assistant professor in 1997, became an associate professor in 2001 and full professor in 2005.

His teaching duties included plant/herbicide physiology and weed biology and ecology. He received his Ph.D. in weed science from Mississippi State University, and his master’s in weed science and his bachelor’s degree in agronomy and soils, both from Auburn University.

Summer heat and forage growth

By Jerry Volesky, University of Nebraska, Lincoln As we move into the heart of the summer, hot temperatures are common. How these temperatures affect our pasture and forage plants depends on the type of plants we are dealing with.

The two primary plant classifications are warm-season and cool-season, and this is based on basic plant physiology and their specific photosynthetic pathway. Practically speaking, and as their names suggest, every plant species has a specific temperature range in which it maintains growth.

When it gets hot, 90 plus degrees, cool-season plants such as bromegrass, orchardgrass, fescues, needlegrasses, and wheatgrasses all struggle and will have a very slow growth rate, even if there is plenty of moisture. If conditions are very dry, these cool-season grasses might completely stop growth and go into a summer dormant state.

High night temperatures also have forage quality implications for cool-season plants. They can cause rapid respiration rates, burning off valuable nutrients that plants accumulated during the day.

Warm-season grasses are just the opposite. Millet, sudangrass, sorghums, and our native bluestems, gramas, switchgrass, and other warm-season grasses thrive when the temperature is around 90 degrees. Their metabolism runs at peak efficiency when it is hot, so they grow rapidly while maintaining reasonable forage quality and good root growth.

As you graze or hay, be aware of the stress weather is putting on your forage. When it’s too hot, allow plants a longer recovery period before the next grazing. And don’t expect high feed values or good animal gains when the nutritional goodies are burned right out of the plants.

Proper expectations and management adjustments can limit the stress from hot weather.

Use caution when selling livestock to unknown buyers

The Montana Farm Bureau is urging caution to any rancher hoping to sell livestock over the internet, via classified ads or other sources.

“Sadly, with the drought conditions and lack of hay, many ranchers are needing to cull their stock, and some are choosing to do so via the internet or dealing with people they are unfamiliar with. We’ve been hearing tales of people not getting paid even after the livestock have transferred ownership,” noted MFBF Executive Director John Youngberg.

The best defense is to know your buyer, said Youngberg.

“Don’t sell to someone completely unknown. Make sure you are paid beforehand or at the very least, get a down payment.

Be sure to set your terms before you make any transaction.

If you have animals to sell, contact your local auction yard in advance and have your animals sold to a reputable buyer.

It’s wise to tell the auction yard well beforehand how many pairs you will be selling so they can find buyers in advance.”

The Montana Department of Livestock keeps a record of certified, bonded cattle dealers.

“Unfortunately, in hard times like we are seeing now, people get more susceptible to scams. If some deal sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t a good deal,” noted Board of Livestock Executive Officer Mike Honeycutt. “If you’re retaining ownership of cattle going to a feedlot you are unfamiliar with, check sources to ensure you are putting your animals with a reputable business. Call the Montana Department of Livestock who can help you determine if you’re working with a reputable dealer. In addition, our office keeps a list of livestock scams.”

Youngberg reiterated to be cognizant with whom you are doing business. “Unfortunately, when hard times hit, there is always an element out there who feel the time is ripe for bilking someone out of their money or in this case, out of their livestock. Be alert and protect yourself. Times are hard enough without adding unscrupulous people into an already stressful situation.” ##### House pets? Plants grow better when you pet them.

##### You can get savory flavored Oreos! It might sound weird as you might be used to the sweet taste of Oreos, but in some countries, they are a hit. In August 2018, China released two savory flavored Oreo fillings, hot chicken wing, and wasabi. ##### With the rise of selfdriving vehicles, it’s only a matter of time before we get a country song where the guy’s truck left him too.

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NTP Sale $2$32,995 5,000 1-Brandt Belt Conveyor with swing away. . .....................................................................................

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NTP 1,000 Sale bu. $120,000 self-contained hydraulic system w/remote controls.

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Retail $134,000 NTP Sale $90,000 electric clutch............................................................................................................

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Two -Tebben 3 pt. mowers rotary 60” .....................................................Reg $1,575 NTP Sale $1,200 One HD 200 gal 3 pt.

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Homestead by FS sprayer w/30’ boom, hose reel w/wand.

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Vet shares tips for managing cattle heat stress

By Shelby Varner, K-State Research and Extension intern Not only do hot summer days make people uncomfortable outdoors, it can also impact livestock.

K-State Research and Extension beef veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff said temperature, humidity, wind speed and solar radiation all affect cattle. Not only do producers need to watch daytime temperatures, Tarpoff said nighttime temperatures are just as important in preventing heat stress.

“They really need about six hours of nighttime cooling to dissipate the heat load they accumulated during the day,” Tarpoff said.

Two forecasting tools Tarpoff recommends are the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center’s heat stress monitor and the Kansas Mesonet.

To minimize the amount of heat stress on the cattle, Tarpoff advises producers to finish all processing or handling work with cattle before 10 a.m. on hot days, and potentially to push feeding times to later in the evening.

“When we feed cattle, they will actually increase their heat load just from digestion for the next 4 to 6 hours,” Tarpoff said.

He also recommends reducing the stocking load, which increases spacing and allows for better air circulation and easier access to water.

“During the summer months we want to increase wind speed as much as we can just to be able to dissipate some of that heat load,” he said.

Another strategy that Tarpoff recommends is providing cattle bedding and shade so that animals have a cool place to lay. “Cattle have an immense shade seeking behavior,” he said.

Tarpoff said water misters should only be used in the morning and evening for evaporative cooling of the pen surface.

“We don’t wet the cattle to cool them during the heat of the day,” he said. “That can be disastrous because we can actually increase the humidity at the pen level at that time of day.”

Tarpoff recently discussed heat stress on a recent edition of the weekday radio program, Agriculture Today. That podcast is available online at https://agtodayksu.libsyn.com/956-cattle-heat-stress-managementattracting-landscape-pollinators.

Amygdalin in almond nectar can reduce viruses

Jessica Ryan, Agricultural Research Service Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have found that a component in almond nectar and pollen can reduce honey bee viruses and gut parasites, which are some of the leading threats to bee health and colonies.

The study, published in the journal Insects, showed amygdalin – a naturally-occurring chemical compound found in the nectar and pollen of almond trees – decreased levels of chronic bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus and deformed wing virus. The bees also showed increased levels of beneficial gut bacteria and lower levels of the gut parasite Lotmaria passim.

“We have found nectar chemicals can work as an antibiotic in bees, even against important viruses,” said Jay Evans, USDA-ARS research entomologist. “We were interested in amygdalin as a possible inhibitor of bee disease, because it is so important to the diet of honey bees.”

In California, honey bee colonies in bee boxes are placed in an almond orchard to pollinate the crop.

The bees were fed natural concentrations of amygdalin over a two-month period as part of the study conducted in a bee yard at the Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. In the treatment group, bees received a sugar solution supplemented with dissolved amygdalin from a supplier.

The control group just received sugar water.

The findings showed that amygdalin, which was previously reported to cause malaise in bees when fed sugar syrup, did not cause any negative effects to bee behavior.

Amygdalin is not only found in the nectar and pollen of almond trees, but in a variety of other crops, such as cherries, nectarines and apples. During almond pollination season, western honey bees inevitably consume the natural compound since almond crops are almost exclusively pollinated by honey bees.

Managing for pinkeye

K-State Research and Extension News Anyone who has experienced dust blowing in their eyes, knows how uncomfortable that can be. In much the same way, cattle’s eyes can be irritated by dust, tall grass, sunlight and flies. In some cases that will cause them to develop pinkeye, said Kansas State Beef Cattle Institute veterinarians on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.

“Cattle with pinkeye often will blink more than normal, and their eyes tear up and appear inflamed,” said Brad White, BCI director and veterinarian. “This is a painful condition and, if left untreated, can cause impaired vision.”

Pinkeye, also known as infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, is an infectious disease that peaks in the summer, according to White, who added that calves are more susceptible to this condition than adult cattle. One of the main vectors of the disease is face flies, White said.

The other fly that is common with cattle in the summer is horn flies. White said that face flies are larger in size and fly on and off the animal’s face, while horn flies are smaller and tend to stay on the calf’s body and move with the animal.

“To keep the face flies away, you need to get the insecticide near the calf’s face frequently with either an ear tag or wipes,” veterinarian Bob Larson said.

Veterinarian Brian Lubbers added that pinkeye is hard to prevent and should be approached with a whole herd protocol.

“Because the face flies move around from one calf to another, it can easily spread in the herd,” Lubbers said.

If pinkeye does appear, Lubbers said there are treatment options.

“There are a couple of antimicrobials labeled for pinkeye that work pretty effectively,” he said.

White added if those treatments don’t clear up pinkeye quickly, then it is time to investigate further with a veterinarian.

White said: “If untreated, pinkeye can progress really rapidly. The earlier we catch it and treat for it, the better the outcome will be for the animal.”

To hear more of this discussion, listen in to the Cattle Chat podcast online (https://ksubci.org/2021/06/25/researchroundup-beef-calves-from-dairy-pinkeye-replacing-cornwith-wheat-cow-vaccinations/).

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Test forages for nitrate before grazing or feeding

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News * Consider delays in harvesting to allow With greater than 60% of North Dakota plants to mature because nitrate levels are in extreme or exceptional drought, crops typically greatest in young plants. Keep in across the state are facing significant quality mind that mature plants still can contain and yield challenges. excess nitrate and this strategy also can In addition, livestock producers are conresult in decreased forage quality. cerned about having adequate forage for “Producers planning to graze nitratehay and grazing. Utilizing drought-affected accumulating forages should take additional crops for livestock feed is a common pracsteps to minimize risks,” Block advises. tice; however, producers must consider the “Nitrate concentration can be extremely potential risks. One factor that needs to be variable within areas of a field and predictconsidered is the risk of nitrate toxicity. ing and managing grazing animals’ intake Nitrate toxicity is a potential issue for is difficult.” livestock consuming small-grain forages Here are some other ways to help reduce (wheat, barley, oats, etc.), brassicas, millet, the nitrate risk: sorghum and sudangrass, and standing corn * If possible, avoid grazing by pregnant, or corn harvested for hay. Although nitrates sick or thin animals due to increased sustypically are not an issue on rangelands, ceptibility. pastures with nitrate-accumulating weeds * Stock lightly so that animals can select such as kochia, lambsquarter, pigweed, leaves and are not forced to eat the lower quackgrass and thistle also may be a probportions of stems. lem. Nitrate toxicity is most commonly * Ensure that cattle receive a full feed of a problem in ruminants, with cattle more hay before turnout and observe cattle fresusceptible than sheep. quently for the first week or so of grazing.

“Nitrate is a common form of nitrogen * Provide energy supplements to help found in the soil, which is taken up by plants rumen bacteria convert nitrate to protein. and converted to protein through the pro“The most important recommendation is cess of photosynthesis,” says Janna Block, to test for nitrates prior to grazing or hayExtension livestock systems specialist at ing,” Block says.

North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Many NDSU Extension offices have Hettinger Research Extension Center. access to a Nitrate QuikTest, which is a “Under normal growing conditions, nitrate screening tool to assess whether nitrate is does not accumulate in the plant. However, present in standing forage. Extension agents when plants encounter stressful growing who have been certified can conduct the test conditions, photosynthesis is inhibited and in a field or office setting. Producers should the potential for accumulation of nitrates is provide a representative sample of at least increased.”

20 stems by clipping them to ground level Block notes, “It is important to recognize while traveling in a zigzag pattern across that drought is not the only condition that the field. can lead to nitrate accumulation; however, it “If nitrates are present in the sample, is the condition most commonly associated producers should delay grazing or harvestwith nitrate issues. Prolonged cool temperaing for several days and then retest,” Block tures and cloudy conditions also can disrupt says. “Samples also can be submitted to the conversion process and cause nitrate to a laboratory for quantitative analysis to build up in plants. Additionally, nitrates may further assist with management decisions.” accumulate due to conditions that reduce The Nitrate QuikTest is not designed to leaf area and limit photosynthesis, such as evaluate nitrate content in harvested forfrost, hail or disease.” ages. The best testing strategy for forages The risk of nitrate toxicity increases when that already have been cut and baled is to high rates of nitrogen fertilizer have been use a bale probe to collect core samples and applied. submit them to a laboratory for analysis.

When beef cattle consume increased Ideally, 10% of bales or at least 20 core quantities of nitrate, it overwhelms the abilsamples per lot of forage should be colity of rumen microbes to convert nitrate to lected. A lot is defined as hay harvested protein. This results in a buildup of nitrite within 48 hours from the same field. in the rumen, which is 10 times more toxic Nitrate concentrations do not decrease than nitrate. through time in stored forages because Excess nitrite is absorbed into the bloodphotosynthesis is required for conversion of stream, which removes the blood’s ability to nitrates in the plant. Ensiling can decrease carry oxygen and causes the animal to suffonitrate content through fermentation, but cate. Cases of lower-level, chronic toxicity samples still should be submitted for analyalso can occur. In those cases, producers sis after the fermentation process has taken may observe weight loss, night blindness place to determine accurate levels. and abortions in their cattle.

“Producers need to understand the potenHere are several strategies to reduce the tial risks of nitrate toxicity and the factors risk of nitrate toxicity: leading to nitrate accumulation in plants,” * If applying nitrogen fertilizer, divide Block says. “Determining actual levels of the total application into two or more treatnitrate present in grazed and harvested forments. ages hay is critical to be able to utilize these * Control potential nitrate-accumulating feedstuffs in a safe manner.” weeds in pastures.

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Eric Hamilton, American Society of Agronomy Each year, American farmers raise billions of chickens, more than enough for a “chicken for every pot,” as Herbert Hoover’s campaign once promised.

But all those birds mean a lot of something else: manure.

Poultry litter is the mix of manure and bedding materials coming from the poultry industry. Farms produce millions of tons each year.

Like other animal wastes, poultry litter is a natural choice as farm fertilizer. Although it’s widely used, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how — and if — poultry litter helps crops.

In new research, scientists in Mississippi tested just that.

They looked at how applying poultry litter to fields over several years would affect the soil and crops grown afterward.

The work was recently published in Soil Science Society of America Journal.

“Our goals were to develop sustainable management practices and guide farmers to increase row crop production while keeping nutrients in the field and improving soil health,” says Gary Feng, member of the Soil Science Society of America and lead author of the new study.

Farmers often come to Feng and his colleagues asking how to best use poultry litter. So, the team has been researching the best answers.

On Mississippi State University test fields, they came up with three fertilizer treatments. In one, they would apply poultry litter. In another, they would use commercial chemical fertilizers. The control treatment received no nutrients.

After five years of these treatments, they planted soybeans for three years and measured how well they grew. The scientists also tested the soil, which has a big effect on crops.

Feng’s group found poultry litter has a significant impact on the soil. The soil that received poultry litter was less compacted. Soil compaction is a common problem that can reduce how well water moves through the ground.

The soils with poultry litter also had the ability to hold a lot more water, and they allowed water to soak into the ground quicker.

The upshot was that soil receiving poultry litter could save farmers about one watering event a season. That means money saved.

“In other words, the soil could let more rainwater get into soil and hold more rainwater for rainfed crops to use when the field is dry or save irrigation costs for irrigated land,” says Feng.

Another important component of soil is how much carbon it holds on to. Carbon-based organic matter usually improves soil.

Although the poultry litter added a lot of carbon over the years, that carbon tended to evaporate as carbon dioxide in the hot and humid region. So, at the end of the experiment, the soil carbon didn’t change a lot.

Because carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, tracking soil carbon also gave the scientists insight into greenhouse emissions.

“Our results overall provide bases for developing guidelines for greenhouse gas emission predictions and for more realistic expectations of soil carbon improvement from applying poultry litter,” says Feng.

Soybeans planted in the fields grew better in the years after poultry litter was added to the soil. One year later, soybean yields were 8% higher. And three years later, yields got even better. They were 11% higher than in fields that received synthetic fertilizers.

“Left over nutrients from litter in the previous consecutive application can maintain higher soybean yield for three more years after stopping litter application,” says Feng.

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2 (21 ounce) cans peach pie filling 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix 1 cup chopped pecans, divided ½ cup butter, cubed 2 cups toffee baking bits Build a campfire and allow the fire to burn until it has accumulated a bed of coals. Rake the coals into a flat bed on one side of the fire. Line a 12-inch Dutch oven with parchment paper. Pour in peach filling; spread evenly. Sprinkle cake mix on top, followed by 1/2 cup pecans. Stir peach mixture briefly. Sprinkle butter cubes, the remaining 1/2 cup pecans, and toffee chips evenly over the peach mixture. Cover with lid. Carefully place medium-hot coals over and under the Dutch oven; cook until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

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Amagwinya Day

Date Celebrated: August 30th Are you a fan of Johnny Cakes? Do you salivate when someone mentions Dutch Oliebol? Does it feel like an instant fiesta when you get your hands on a Sopalillas? Then Amagwinya Day is going to fill you with another burst of joy by introducing you to the Afrikaner Amagwinya, a fried dough bread that is absolutely incredible, and is popular throughout the entire South African Region. If you’ve never heard of any of these breads then you’re in for a fantastic treat as you discover just how amazing fried bread can be!

History of Amagwinya Day It seems that almost every culture that has encountered flour has discovered that if you create a light yeast-based dough and drop it in boiling oil that something magical will happen. Like most fried dough breads Amagwinya has a distinct similarity to the doughnut in texture and composition, though its most popular preparations are a far cry away from the sweet and creamy fillings that most people associate with doughnuts. The word Amagwinya is Zulu in origin, and can be translated as simply ‘fat cake’.

Amagwinya is thought to find its roots in the Dutch Oliebol that found its way down thanks to trade and travelers, and has become a common favorite of the populace. Its two most common preparations involve frying the dough, opening it up, and stuffing it with a savory curry based meat filling, or this same combination only the meat is sealed in the bread before it’s fried. If you’re a lover of all things savory and fried, then Amagwinya Day is going to be your opportunity to dive into a whole new set of cuisine that follows a familiar theme.

How To Celebrate Amagwinya Day Unless you happen to have an African food restaurant or market nearby, the best way to celebrate this holiday is by digging your hands into the kitchen and making some of your own. Common recipes can be found online to provide you with a foundation to start from and a flavor profile to play with.

Recipe: 1. Sift 4 cups flour, 10g yeast, 1t salt and 2t sugar into a bowl.

Add the water and stir until well combined. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until the dough is soft and pliable. Cover and leave in a warm place for 40 minutes or until doubled in size.

2. When the dough has doubled in size, punch it down and knead for a minute. Divide into balls. Set aside on a tray in a warm place and leave to double in size once more, about 10 minutes.

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Check the temperature from time to time by dropping a small piece of dough into the oil. It should cook through without browning too quickly. When the oil is ready, add 2–3 dough balls and cook for 3 minutes, turning halfway. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Cook the remaining dough in the same way. Place each ball on onto a small skewer.

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The 4-H Horse Show was a great way to end the 2021 Dawson County Fair. Variety and quality are obvious characteristics of the show. The judge, Billy Jo Shrad-Bogle of Brady, NE, put these official placings on the day’s show.

SHOWMANSHIP Special recognition in the form of trophies were presented to the top individuals in the three age divisions of Showmanship. Winning the Junior Showmanship trophy was Piper McCarter (Overton). The Intermediate Division was won

by Taylor Kramer (Lexington), and Sarah Treffer (Cozad) captured the Senior Showmanship trophy.

Junior Division – Purple ribbons: Piper McCarter (Overton) and Candice Bender (Lexington). Blues: Parker Tufford (Lexington), Hailey Jensen (Cozad), Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg), and Gus Barnes (Gothenburg).

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Senior Division – Purple: Sarah Treffer (Cozad) and Helene Keiser (Gothenburg). Blue: Mayla Sutherland (Cozad).

Red: Kylie Sellers (Lexington) and Greg Treffer (Cozad).

ENGLISH PLEASURE Purple ribbon: Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Blues: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg) and Greg Treffer (Cozad). Red: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

ENGLISH EQUITATION Purple ribbon: Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Blues: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg) and Greg Treffer (Cozad). Red: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

WALK TROT PLEASURE White ribbon: Kylie Sellers (Lexington).

WESTERN PLEASURE Junior Division – Purple: Candice Bender (Lexington).

Blues: Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg) and Piper McCarter (Overton). Reds: Braelynn Anderson (Gothenburg), Gus Barnes (Gothenburg), Hailey Jensen (Cozad), and Parker Tufford (Lexington).

Intermediate Division ‑ Purple: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

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2 & 3 YR. OLD SNAFFLE BIT Purple: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg).

WALK TROT HORSEMANSHIP Purple ribbon: Kylie Sellers (Lexington).

WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP Junior Division – Purple ribbon: Candice Bender (Lexington). Blues: Piper McCarter (Overton) and Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg). Reds: Parker Tufford (Lexington), Braelynn Anderson (Gothenburg), Gus Barnes (Gothenburg) and Hailey Jensen (Cozad).

Intermediate Division - Purple ribbons: Annabella Tufford (Lexington) and Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

Senior Division ‑ Purple ribbon: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg). Blues: Greg Treffer (Cozad) and Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Red: Mia Rowe (JL) and Mayla Sutherland (Cozad).

TRAIL Junior Division – Purples: Piper McCarter (Overton) and Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg). Blues: Candice Bender (Lexington), and Parker Tufford (Lexington). Reds: Gus Barnes (Gothenburg) and Hailey Jensen (Cozad).

Intermediate Division – Purples: Taylor Kramer (Oconto), and Anabella Tufford (Lexington).

Senior Division – Purples: Sarah Treffer (Cozad) and Greg Treffer (Cozad). Blue: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg). Reds: Mia Rowe (Johnson Lake), Kylie Sellers (Lexington), and Mayla Sutherland (Cozad).

RANCH RIDING Junior Division – Reds: Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg), Gus Barnes (Gothenburg), Candice Bender (Lexington) and Hailey Jensen (Cozad).

Intermediate Division – Blue: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

Senior Division – Purples: Greg Treffer (Cozad) and Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Blue: Mia Rowe (Johnson Lake).

REINING Junior Division – Reds: Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg), Gus Barnes (Gothenburg), Candice Bender (Lexington), and Hailey Jensen (Cozad).

Intermediate Division – Purple: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

Senior Division – Purple: Greg Treffer (Cozad). White: Sarah Treffer (Cozad).

POLE BENDING Junior Division – Purple: Piper McCarter (Overton).

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Blues: Braelynn Anderson (Gothenburg) and Dallee Barnes (Gothenburg). Red: Hailey Jensen (Cozad). White: Gus Barnes (Gothenburg).

Intermediate Division – Blue: Taylor Kramer (Oconto).

Senior Division ‑ Purple: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg).

Blue: Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Reds: Mayla Sutherland (Cozad) and Greg Treffer (Cozad). White: Kylie Sellers (Lexington).

BARRELS Junior Division – Purple: Piper McCarter (Overton). Blues: Braelynn Anderson (Gothenburg) and Dallee Barnes (Go‑ thenburg). Reds: Gus Barnes (Gothenburg), Candice Bender (Lexington), and Hailey Jensen (Cozad).

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Senior Division – Purple: Helene Keiser (Gothenburg).

Blues: Sarah Treffer (Cozad), and Greg Treffer (Cozad).

Reds: Kylie Sellers (Lexington) and Mayla Sutherland (Co‑ zad).

For the first time this year a high point performance award was used for the contest. Each 4-H’er could select five classes to accumulate points.

In the junior division, the grand champion was Piper Mc‑ Carter (Overton), and Braelynn Anderson (Gothenburg) won the reserve champion trophy.

In the intermediate division, Taylor Kramer (Oconto) was the grand champion and Anabella Tufford (Lexington) was the reserve champion.

In the senior division, Sarah Treffer (Cozad) accumulated the highest number of points and won the grand champion trophy and Helene Keiser (Gothenburg) was awarded the reserve champion honor.

THERAPEUTIC RIDERS EVENT Each year the 4-H Horse 4-H’ers work with therapeutic riders on a weekly basis. The program builds up confidence in the riders as well as working in the hearts of the 4-H’ers.

Joe Ratkovec (Cozad), Kreighton Tuma (Lexington), Lawson Worthing (Lexington), and Miguel Mendez (Lexington) were enrolled in the program this year.

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K-State Research and Extension News Kansas State University officials say a new swine facility that officially opened in late May will give students experience with facilities that closely represent what they will see in their future workplace.

The university’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry opened its newly built swine farrowing unit to the public on May 27. The facility is located at the K-State Swine Teaching and Research Center north of the main campus in Manhattan and replaces an aging facility that was built in 1968.

“In our old facility, we have equipment that is generally similar to what is used in industry, but the reality is that farrowing crate styles have changed, flooring has changed, ventilation systems have changed…” said Joel DeRouchey, a swine nutritionist with K-State Research and Extension.

“What we’ve been able to do here is improve those things so that they are very similar to what students will see when they go into the industry.”

Ernie Minton, dean of the College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension, hailed the opening as a boost to education, research and extension at the university.

“We are one of the last remaining land-grant universities with teaching and research facilities located so close to campus,” Minton said. “We’re facing, like so many landgrants, a really significant deferred maintenance backlog.

So, chipping away at that problem, while adding things like this new farrowing facility, is so important in keeping our facilities modern and relevant for students and the research community.”

“When we can add modern facilities, we are able to show students this is what they’re going to see in the industry.”

K-State’s facility was funded primarily through private investments, DeRouchey said. That includes a start-up donation by Roy and Linda Henry of Longford, Kansas, but was boosted by support from the Kansas Soybean Commission, Kansas Pork Association, the Livestock and Meat Industry Council, the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, alumni and faculty.

“It is really rewarding to see many of our former students donate money back into the swine program,” DeRouchey said.

The donations included some equipment that helps researchers provide information that swine producers are seeking, he added.

“Producers always want information generated in a facility that is close to what they have in their own operations,” DeRouchey said. “What we have with this facility…matches almost identical to what producers are building or have built in the last 10 years. So, they can trust the information on nutrition, reproduction, animal care, management or any of the areas that we’re producing because it’s going to mimic the conditions they have in their own facility. That’s certainly a big plus.”

DeRouchey noted that in addition to hands-on teaching capabilities, the facility will accommodate research by graduate and undergraduate students.

Madie Wensley, a K-State doctoral student in swine nutrition, called the farrowing unit “an exciting opportunity to conduct applied research for swine producers and to help in my education experience as a swine nutritionist.”

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The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is pleased to announce its plans to prioritize mental health through a comprehensive program aimed at alleviating stress for Montana farmers and ranchers.

The Montana Department of Agriculture recently secured a $500,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN), a program authorized through the Farm Bill to connect individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs.

“Working in agriculture is stressful—plain and simple,” said Christy Clark, Acting Director at Montana Department of Agriculture. “Montana’s farmers and ranchers are carrying heavy workloads, braving the elements no matter the weather, not to mention taking care of equipment, animals, family members, and everything else that comes along with their work of feeding the world. Our department is excited to roll out resources to ensure our producers are taken care of first and foremost, because they are truly the most important part of their operation.”

The Montana Department of Agriculture’s stress assistance program includes Montana-specific initiatives to reduce the negative stigma tied to mental health and connect producers with tangible, effective resources. To address the limited access to mental healthcare services in the state, the department will provide vouchers to Montana farmers and ranchers for free, confidential counseling services, both inperson and tele-health, to be provided by in-state providers who have ties to Montana communities and an appreciation for agriculture. MDA will also work in partnership with Montana agricultural groups and organizations to provide grant funding that can be used to help pay for mental health programming, such as a speaker or workshop.

Montana has ranked in the top five states for national suicide rates for the past three decades and suicide rates among agricultural producers and workers are higher than national averages. These unfortunate statistics can be attributed to the inherently high-stress nature of the profession, including financial pressures driven by commodity prices and market volatilities, extreme weather events, and social isolation. The Montana Department of Agriculture aims to help Montana’s agricultural community cope with and manage stressors they may be experiencing.

In addition to the counseling voucher and grant programs, MDA will promote existing resources such as the Montana Ag Producer Stress Resource Clearing House developed by the Montana State University and the Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Programs to continue enhancing mental health among those involved in Montana agriculture.

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Trees are tough

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By Joe Zeleznik, Forester, NDSU Extension

23,000 seeds from that single tree, and it I’m a terrible gardener. looked like I had barely touched it.

How terrible? One year, I couldn’t even What would happen to all those remaingrow a zucchini. It’s true. ing seeds? Certainly not all of them would This year, our peppers and tomatoes – survive to germinate and produce new in pots on the deck – are looking awful. I black ash trees. And that’s when I began to finally realized that the problem was a lack understand that this tree – indeed, all plants of nutrients, not overwatering. After adding – are feeding the ecosystem. They’re feedsome fertilizer last week, they do finally ing the bacteria, fungi, worms, insects and look like they’re pulling out of it. other small critters. Those animals become That’s one of the reasons I love trees so food for field mice, voles, birds and other much. They’re so forgiving. I’ve planted small animals. Those in turn feed the larger them too early, too late, too shallowly and animals. But it all starts with the trees and occasionally too deeply. And yet they usuother plants. ally survive, and even thrive. Long-lived As I said at the beginning, I’m a terrible perennials have to be tough like that, adaptgardener. The tomatoes and peppers need ing to an ever-changing environment, even some TLC. But trees have to be tough. Bathough they’re stuck in place. sically, I put them in the ground and then Right now, trees are cranking away with walk away. And they usually do just fine. photosynthesis, using the chlorophyll in their leaves and energy from the sun to combine carbon dioxide and water and ##### make sugar. That sugar then moves around If the police arrest a mime, do they tell the tree to produce wood, bark, new twigs him he has the right to remain silent?

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It’s an amazing process. The amount Why do they put Braille on the driveModel 1032, 1033, 1036, or 1037. of sugar that’s produced is huge, and then through bank machines? it moves around a biological system that can be 80, 90 or even 100 feet in the air. And there’s a widespread below-ground system that’s just as big that we rarely see.

Trees are so tough that CHOOSE YOUR DISPLAY they don’t even need all of their leaves. Let me explain.

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Melon Day

Date Celebrated: August 9th Cantaloupe, Honeydew, and Galia Melons, just to name a few. If you’re a lover of fresh crisp melon on a hot day, then you already know why it deserves a day of its own.

But let us tell you of the Turkmenbashi melon, a melon of pride in Turkmenistan.

Melon Day started off as a holiday in Turkmenistan.

However, it has now been honored in many different places around the world. If you are someone who enjoys eating this tasty fruit in any sort of variety, you can definitely cel3460 Grant Creek Road ebrate Melon Day. The Turkmenbashi melon, in particular, Missoula, Montana has been praised for its large size, taste, and aroma. It is a type of muskmelon. Other varieties of muskmelon include Call Mike - (406) 207-0875 casaba, Crenshaw, and the ever-popular Honeydew. They are characterised by their smooth skin.

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M & W Machine, Three Forks MT .................. C2 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls MT....C40 Milk River Ag, Chinook, MT ........................... B5 Montana Ag Safety Program ....................... B16 Montana Department of Agriculture .............. A8 Montana Farm Bureau, Bozeman MT ......... B16 Montana Farrier Supply, Livingston MT ........ B4 Montana Fence, Belgrade, Billings, Great Falls, Kalispell MT ............................................... C30 Montana Fiberglass Inc, Lewistown MT ........ B5 Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig, Norm Schertenlieb, Great Falls MT.................................... A36 Montana Livestock Ag Credit, Helena MT... B16 Montana Metal Fabrications, Great Falls MT...C21 Montana Quality Structures, Stevensville MT .... ................................................................... A29 Montana Shed Center, Great Falls MT .......... C7 Montech Seed Group, MT ........................... A28 Morris Land Surveys, Choteau MT.............. A30 Mountain Equipment, Cody WY .................. C28 Mountain States Oilseeds, LLC, American Falls ID ............................................................... B17 Mountain View Metal Works, Wilsall MT ..... C29 Mountain West Ag Services, Garneill MT .... A44 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville MT ..................................................................... C4 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup MT ..... ...........................................................C22, C23 Nature Safe, Darling Ingredients Inc........A3, C6 New Homes of the Future, Billings MT ........ B21 NM Machinery, Missoula MT ....................... C41 North Star Equipment, John Myers, Simms MT ................................................................... C39 Northern Ford, Cut Bank MT ....................... B13 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point MT...C20 Norwood Sales, Inc., ND & NE .................... C21 Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc, Conrad & Great Falls MT.............................................................. A14 Oxbow Engineering LLC, Randy Pierce PE Three Forks MT...................................................... B6 Paramount Service & Supply, Glendive & Sidney MT.............................................................. C32 Pete’s Auto Sales, Great Falls MT ............... A15 Poteet Construction, Missoula MT .............. A44 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton MT....A13 Precision Truck & Trailer, Havre MT ............. C35 Prescription Tillage Technology, DBL Sales, Denton MT ....................................................... C12 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula MT.... ................................................................... C36 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser MT ..... C42 RDO Equipment, Kalispell, MT .................... A41 RDO Equipment, Missoula MT .................... A41 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell MT... C34

Reinke, RPH Irrigation Services, Choteau MT. ... ................................................................... C36 Rockvale Properties, Joliet MT.................... A31 Rockwell Scales, Simms MT ....................... A22 Rocky Mountain Compost, Billings, MT ........ B4 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River MT .................. A32 RPH Irrigation Services, Reinke, Choteau MT ... ................................................................... C36 Rydelle Enterprises, Drummond MT ........... C29 Safflower Technologies International, Fairview MT.............................................................. A34 Severinsen Irrigation, Zimmatic & GSI, Fairfield MT..........................................................B6, C9 Shop Specialties, Valier MT......................... C34 Shortline Ag, Scobey MT............................. A30 Sod Buster Sales, Polson MT ...............B4, C42 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ...... A31 SprayFlex, Doug Henke Chester, MT .......... B18 Steel Etc, Great Falls MT ............................ C27 Steinhatchee Inc, Lance Nelson, Stevensville MT.............................................................. A37 Stokes Fencing, Conrad MT........................ A10 Stricks Ag, Chester MT ................................. B9 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad MT...C26 Super SmartRooms/Superform ICF, Jerry Gangstad, Avon MT ................................... A24, A40 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester MT.. A23, B20 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby MT ....................... B3 TCB Transport LLC, Todd Bedosky, Geyser MT ..................................................................... B6 That Guys Fab Shop, Havre MT .................. A41 The Fagenstrom Co. Great Falls MT ........... A41 The Gear House, Helena MT ......................... C9 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester MT ..................... A39 Tilleman Equipment Company, Havre MT ... A21 Tom’s Shop, Grass Range MT....................... C2 Torgerson’s LLC, Ethridge, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Billings, Lewistown, Belgrade, Hysham, Kalispell, Denton MT ................................. A35 Transport Equipment, Missoula MT ............ A22 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield MT ............... A31 Tri County Implement, Sidney MT ............... C13 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton MT........... A43 Triple T Sales, Chinook MT............................ C5 TT&E Inc, Victor MT..................................... A32 Up In Smoke Diesel Tuning, Brian Keller, Great Falls MT ..................................................... A15 Valley Trailer Sales, Belgrade MT ................ B15 Vaughn Truck, Havre MT ............................. C13 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester MT ............ C17 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad MT ................. A36 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula MT ... ................................................................... C29 Westfield, Power Motors, Fort Benton MT .. A13 Wichman Ag Supply LLC, Hilger MT ........... C42 Wild Horse Seed, Havre MT ........................ B15 Y Bar Fence, Roundup, MT ......................... A14 Zimmatic, Severinsen Irrigation, Fairfield MT...C9

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Cabela’s funding helps undergrads pursue research interests

By Cory Matteson, SNR Communications gas. The chemical approach utilizes lanthaSeven undergraduates in the University num, a soft metal that can be used to remove of Nebraska–Lincoln’s (UNL) School of phosphorus from the water column.

Natural Resources (SNR) are conducting Removing nitrogen and phosphorus from conservation-centered research this summer water supplies is one of the most prevalent through $3,000 grants from the Cabela’s water quality issues in the Midwest, McApprenticeship Research Project.

Cright said, and the research funding will Among them is Abigail Schoup, a senior allow her to learn about environmental refisheries and wildlife and pre-veterinary mediation in the field after building experimedicine major, who will join a research ence working in Professor Steven Comfort’s team looking at how wastewater contaminalab since last October. tion linked to the AltEn ethanol plant near “After learning about Dr. Comfort’s reMead has impacted frogs. search, I arrived at my own questions and “I will be working with frog species to began designing experiments,” said Mcanalyze the impacts pesticides may have on Cright, a senior fisheries and wildlife and these species,” Schoup said. “Amphibians, environmental restoration science major. including frogs, are great sentinel species “By developing my interests and working for informing the way that other animal with Dr. Comfort and his team, I found my species and even humans may react to pespassion and project. I am excited to work in ticides in their environment. By working a group with similar interests and have the with many other researchers, we hope to opportunity to conduct my own experiences study the impact of pesticides in the broader and refine my goals.” ecosystems and environments surrounding The funding, she said, allowed her not Mead and how this contamination may imonly to purchase needed materials, but to pact the health of the environment, animals secure housing near the lab and field sites and humans.” where she’ll be spending much of her time.

High levels of pesticides and fungicides Jay Cleveland, a junior fisheries and wildhave been detected in wastewater at the Allife and grassland ecology and management tEn site. In early February, state regulators major who will be working on the Urban ordered the plant closed until a plan was Wildlife Information Network Project, said made to safely dispose of the wastewater his Cabela’s funding allows him to purchase and repair lagoons. After the closure, a pipe supplies for data collection, analysis and connected to a 4 million-gallon digester travel expenses as he works to improve tank ruptured, and wastewater traveled wildlife education in urban communities more than 4 miles downstream from the to help people and wildlife coexist in cities. plant. Numerous questions about the plant’s Schoup said her project is the perfect environmental impact remain. intersection of her interests.

Schoup said the Cabela’s funding is “Through this project, I get to focus on helping her purchase testing supplies and field work, research, wildlife and animal equipment while also providing her a wage health, which are all areas that I hope to for her work. pursue in my future career,” she said. “I was “This is very helpful, since I would othalso interested in this particular part of the erwise likely not be able to afford room and project because I am not as familiar with board in Lincoln for the summer,” she said. amphibians as I am with other wildlife speChristopher Chizinski, associate profescies. I saw this project as a great opportunity sor in the School of Natural Resources, to expand my knowledge and gain experisaid the Cabela’s apprenticeship has alence in a field that I haven’t explored before, lowed SNR undergraduates to immerse while also preparing me for the career that themselves in research projects that reflect I hope to have someday.” their personal and professional interests.

The four other SNR students who reStudents work with faculty mentors, partner ceived Cabela’s research grants are: agencies or nonprofits to get their projects • Brenna Krueger, a junior fisheries and to the finish line. wildlife major, who is researching edible “Students are given the space to delve plants and mushrooms in prairie corridors. into their interests, whether it’s Nebraska • Brittni McGuire, a senior fisheries and fur trappers, hyenas in Africa or birds in the wildlife major, who is conducting a census Prairie Corridor,” Chizinski said. of seedlings and collecting environmental With the Cabela’s funding, Callie Mcdata along gradients in the forested canyons Cright said she is able to focus more on the of the Niobrara Valley Preserve. research and development of the project she • Jordan Springer, a senior fisheries and is pursuing — an effort to mitigate nitrate wildlife and grassland ecology and manand phosphorus water contamination with agement major, who is researching prairie both biological and chemical approaches. violet populations.

The biological approach suspends floating • Alexis Moss, a senior fisheries and wetland species in a framework that allows wildlife and ag production systems (animal submerged roots to take in nitrogen and science) major, who is studying a genetic phosphorus from the water, while microbes mutation found in the plains garter snake. on the plant roots convert nitrate to nitrogen

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But, let’s not limit our thinking to days long past. Kool-Aid continues to be enjoyed by millions upon millions of today’s kids, as they build their own future memories. There’s plenty of “not so young” kids who frequently drink it as well, brining back fond memories of fun filled summer days.

During the Great Depression the company cut the price in half. As a result, Kool-Aid remained popular throughout the Great Depression. During WWII packages of Kool-Aid, minus the brand name, were included in soldier’s rations.

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By Laurie Kerzicnik, Associate Extension Specialist II, -MSU and Katrina Mendrey, Orchard Program Manager-WARC biofix to target the greatest period of egg hatch. Degree days and percentage of egg hatch are calculated by using the equation below and table from this website https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/ pubs/insect/05613.pdf Degree days= ((maximum daily temperature + minimum daily temperature)/2)) -50°F (base temperature of codling moth development) Several chemical controls are available.

Some of the organic options include the active ingredients spinosad, Bacillus thuringienHosts: Apple, pear, crabapple sis var kurstaki (or Btk) (please note: Btk reDamage/symptoms: Caterpillars tunquires repeated applications with complete nel inside the fruit and deposit excrement. coverage), Kaolin clay, horticultural oil, Holes and egg-laying spots are also evident on the outside of the fruit.

Life cycle: Codling moths overwinter as pupae in tree bark cracks and soil near trees.

As temperatures warm in the spring (approximately above 50°F), adults emerge, mate, and begin laying eggs near fruit sites on trees. After eggs hatch, larvae feed on leaves, shoots, and later burrow into fruit until they pupate to emerge again as adults. Depending on temperature, there can be up to three generations in Montana per growing season.

Management: Pick up and dispose of dropped fruit. In and the codling moth granulovirus (CpGV small plantings, individual fruits can be or Cyd- X). Conventional controls include protected by pruning each cluster when the the active ingredients carbaryl, malathion apples are about the size of a quarter. This and permethrin. Subsequent sprays should can reduce larval burrowing between touchbe applied according to the label of the chemical chosen. You can use a nearby weather station to calculate degree days and estimate emergence of larvae using the Online Phenology and Degree Day Model provided

by USpest.org. The Western Agricultural Research Center (WARC) has resources specific to home growers which emphasize non-chemical controls and a page specific for commercial growers. ing fruit. Remove small or weakly attached fruits until there are about 1-2 apples. Then the fruit can be wrapped in nylon footlets.

Staple the footlet at the top. Trees can also be wrapped in corrugated cardboard, which can help trap larvae that are leaving the apples to find a place to pupate. The cardboard should be removed and destroyed before adults emerge. Mating disruption is a management technique that involves releasing a male sex attractant into the air to attract males and to disrupt mating. This works optimally with areas of 10 acres or greater. The timing of chemical controls is critical and coincides with egg laying, which is after flowering and dependent on the number of accumulated degree days (based on weather-see following page).

Never apply a chemical spray during bloom.

The initial emergence of moths is referred to as biofix and involves the capture of male moths in pheromone traps (Fig. 4).

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RMA extends deadlines, waives interest deferral for emergency drought relief

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Additional Drought Assistance USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance to improve irrigation efficiency and water storage in soil, helping producers build resilience to drought. In response to drought this year, NRCS targeted $41.8 million in Arizona, California, Colorado and Oregon through Conservation Incentive Contracts, a new option available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, focused on drought practices.

FSA and NRCS also offer a broad suite of programs available to producers to help recover losses from drought. Disaster assistance programs and loans are available to help producers offset losses and get financing to help with recovery. Producers should visit farmers.gov, where they can use the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool or Disaster-at-aGlance fact sheet to learn more about program or loan options.

More Information RMA staff are working with AIPs and other customers by phone, mail and electronically to support crop insurance coverage for producers. Farmers with crop insurance questions or needs should contact their insurance agents about conducting business remotely (by telephone or email). More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus.

Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator. Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at rma.usda.gov.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its Risk Management Agency (RMA) will authorize Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) to extend deadlines for premium and administrative fee payments, defer and waive the resulting interest accrual and allow other flexibilities to help farmers and ranchers through widespread drought conditions in many parts of the nation.

Producers now have additional time to pay premium and administrative fees, and interest will be waived for 60 days or the termination date on the policy, whichever comes first.

RMA also authorized AIPs to waive interest for an additional 60 days for Written Payment Agreements due between August 1 and September 30, 2021.

“Farmers and ranchers are weathering tough drought conditions this year, and we want to help ease the burden by extending payment deadlines and deferring interest accrual,” RMA Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy said. “USDA is using all of the tools in the toolbox to help producers amid the drought, including these crop insurance flexibilities.”

These new crop insurance flexibilities are part of USDA’s broader response to help producers impacted by drought. On July 13, 2021, RMA authorized emergency procedures to help streamline and accelerate the adjustment of losses and issuance of indemnity payments to crop insurance policyholders in impacted areas. Additionally, RMA updated policy on July 6, 2021, to allow producers with crop insurance to hay, graze or chop cover crops at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. This policy change supports use of cover crops, which

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In December 1917, during the height of World War I, the French cargo ship Mont Blanc was transporting 5,000 tons of explosives through Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia on its way to reinforce the war effort in England. But it never made it out of Halifax. Due to a navigation error, the Mont Blanc collided with another ship, caught fire, and the crew abandoned it. In a tragic turn of events, thousands of people gathered at the shore to watch the floating, burning ship… unaware of the cargo it held.

Then, shortly before 9:05 a.m., a blinding white flash filled the harbor. The Mont Blanc exploded into bits and a giant mushroom cloud rose up over the town. More than 1,600 people were killed instantly. Thousands more were injured, many blinded from the glass and shrapnel that rained down on Halifax and Dartmouth. Schools, homes, factories and churches were leveled by the ensuing shock wave.

A 30-foot tidal wave swept away what was left of the waterfront, drowning many of the initial survivors and sinking dozens of ships in the harbor. Shattered pieces of the Mont Blanc were hurled as far as three miles away. A tugboat was thrown from the middle of the harbor onto the Dartmouth shore. The wave also rushed over the shores of Dartmouth and up Tufts Cove, where it completely washed away the settlement of an indigenous tribe called the Micmac. The blast was so strong that windows were broken in Charlottetown–120 miles away. It was the largest manmade explosion in history up until that point. Its size and devastation wouldn’t be eclipsed until the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

On January 22, 1918, the Canadian government appointed the Halifax Relief Commission to handle pensions, insurance claims, rehousing and rebuilding, as well as the rehabilitation of survivors. The extent of the damage was so great that the commission would remain open until 1976.

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By Laurie Kerzicnik, Montana State University Extension (lauren.kerzicnik@montana.edu) We have several social wasps in Montana. Except for the Western yellowjacket, social wasps are typically not aggressive unless their nest is disturbed.

Most are beneficial and feed on a lot of our garden pests. Our most common wasps are bald- faced hornets, aerial yellowjackets, Western decompose during the winter. yellowjackets, and Soapy water can be applied to the nests paper wasps. at night and can be effective where nests They live in colonies, which include are exposed workers, queens, and males. They all feed and acceson insects. The Western yellowjacket is sible. Exposed a scavenger, feeding on garbage, sugary and accessible materials, and dead insects. It is the bignests may also gest nuisance pest around our backyards be enclosed at and porches in late summer. Although other night with large wasps and bees can sting, most of our stings garbage bags come from the Western yellowjacket. Social and frozen. wasps make paper-like nests annually in the Wear protecspring from wood materials. Wasp nests are tive clothing, abandoned in late summer, and only the such as a bee fertilized females will overwinter; all the suit and proper workers and males die. eye protection.

Locating wasp nests in the spring can be Remove and challenging. Western yellowjacket nests limit exposure are often subterranean or can sometimes to any attractive be in wall voids. Wasps can fly up to 1000 food sources yards, so sometimes the nest can be quite a around the outside of the home, including distance away. garbage cans, pet food, droppings from the grill, and any food or sugar sources. Make sure garbage cans are sealed well. Similarly, make sure that dumpsters are sealed to the best extent possible in recreational areas.

Venom and Stings of Social Wasps: Social wasps use their sting and venom for defense and can sting multiple times. Some of the larger species can inject greater quantities of venom.

People vary in their responses to the venom with most people suffering only pain and swelling. A few, howManagement ever, may suffer severe allergic reactions.

Traps are available for Western yellowChemical control: jackets (available at hardware and garden Active nests can be controlled chemically stores). They don’t trap other common Monwith a series of wasp sprays. Such active intana wasps or bees. These traps are most gredients include permethrin, deltamethrin, effective when placed out in the spring when the queens emerge and before the Western yellowjacket colonies become large.

Controlling some of the larger nests can be difficult later in the summer. There can be hundreds to thousands of wasps in the colony, and the nest can be the size of a basketball or larger. After a couple of serious frosts and cold weather, the wasps will be dead and you can knock down the paper nests. The abandoned nests are not used tralomethrin, bifenthrin, tetramethrin, and again the following spring and will rapidly allethrin. If using any of these products, apply them late in the evening, early morning, or on cool, rainy days when the nest is not very active and more members of the nest are present. If controlling a Western yellowjacket nest, this might require several applications. Never plug what you think might be a Western yellowjacket hole on the outside of the house; this might force them to move further into the house and not have a way to exit.

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USDA News Release emergency loans, to producers unable to Montana agricultural operations have secure commercial financing. Producers been significantly impacted by the ongoing, in counties with a primary or contiguous severe drought. The U.S. Department of disaster designation may be eligible for lowAgriculture (USDA) has technical and finaninterest emergency loans to help them recover cial assistance available to help farmers and from production and physical losses. Loans livestock producers recover. As agricultural can help producers replace essential property, producers move into recovery mode and purchase inputs like livestock, equipment, assess damages, they should contact their feed and seed, cover family living expenses local USDA Service Center to report losses or refinance farm-related debts and other and learn more about program options availneeds. able to assist in their recovery from crop, Risk Management land, infrastructure and livestock losses and Producers who have risk protection damages. through Federal Crop Insurance or FSA’s “Unfortunately, conditions continue to deNAP should report crop damage to their crop teriorate across Montana with more than half insurance agent or FSA office, respectively. If of the state experiencing severe to extreme they have crop insurance, producers should drought,” said Gloria Montaño Greene as report crop damage to their agent within 72 Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production hours of damage discovery and follow up in and Conservation (FPAC). “I am thankful writing within 15 days. For NAP covered that USDA can step in with disaster assiscrops, a Notice of Loss (CCC-576) must be tance programs designed to alleviate some filed within 15 days of the loss becoming of the financial impact experienced by agriapparent, except for hand-harvested crops, cultural producers suffering drought losses.” which should be reported within 72 hours.

USDA Disaster Assistance for Drought “Crop insurance and other USDA risk Recovery management options are there to help proProducers who experience livestock deaths and feed losses due to natural disasters may ducers manage risk because we never know be eligible for the Emergency Assistance for what nature has in store for the future,” said Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Eric Bashore, director of RMA’s Regional Program (ELAP). This program also provides Office that covers Montana. “The Approved eligible producers with compensation for exInsurance Providers, loss adjusters and agents are experienced and well trained in handling penses associated with transporting water to these types of events.” livestock physically located in a county that is Additionally, RMA authorized emerdesignated as level “D3 Drought - Extreme” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. For gency procedures earlier this month to help ELAP, producers will need to file a notice of agricultural producers impacted by extreme livestock loss within 30 days and honeybee drought conditions. Emergency procedures losses within 15 days of the loss becoming allow insurance companies to accept delayed apparent. notices of loss in certain situations, streamLivestock producers may also be eligible line paperwork, and reduce the number of for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program required representative samples when dam(LFP) for 2021 grazing losses due to drought. age is consistent.

LFP benefits may be available for grazing Conservation acres losses due to wildfires on federally FSA offers the Emergency Conservation managed lands on which a producer is proProgram (ECP) and Emergency Forest Reshibited, by a federal agency, from grazing toration Program to assist landowners and normally permitted livestock. forest stewards with financial and technical Additionally, emergency haying and grazassistance to restore fencing, damaged farming of CRP acres may be authorized (outside land, or forests. of the primary nesting season) to provide USDA’s Natural Resources Conservarelief to livestock producers in areas affected tion Service (NRCS) is always available to by a severe drought or similar natural disasprovide technical assistance in the recovery process by assisting producers to plan and ter. Emergency haying and grazing status is implement conservation practices on farms, reviewed and authorized each Thursday usranches and working forests impacted by ing the U.S. Drought monitor. Counties are natural disasters. approved for emergency haying and grazing Long-term damage from drought includes due to drought conditions on a county-byforage production loss in pastures and fields county basis when a county is designated as and increased wind erosion on crop fields level “D2 Drought - Severe” according to the not protected with soil health practices. Visit U.S. Drought Monitor. your local USDA Service Center to learn Eligible orchardists and nursery tree growmore about these impacts, potential recovery ers may be eligible for cost-share assistance tactics, and how to take steps to make your through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) land more resilient to drought in the future. to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes “Our staff will work one-on-one with or vines lost during the drought. This complelandowners to make assessments of the damments Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) or crop insurance coverage, ages and develop approaches that focus on which covers the crop but not the plants or effective recovery of the land to keep worktrees in all cases. For TAP, a program applicaing lands working and help to maintain the economic sustainability of many of our rural tion must be filed within 90 days. communities,” said Tom Watson, NRCS state “As soon as you can evaluate drought conservationist in Montana. impact on your operation, be sure to contact More Information your local FSA office to timely report all On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance crop, livestock and farm infrastructure damDiscovery Tool, Disaster-at-a-Glance fact ages and losses,” said Les Rispens, acting sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can state executive director for the Farm Service help producers and landowners determine Agency (FSA) in Montana. “To expedite FSA program or loan options. For assistance with disaster assistance, you will likely need to a crop insurance claim, producers and landprovide documents, such as farm records, herd inventory, receipts and pictures of damowners should contact their crop insurance agent. For FSA and NRCS assistance, they ages or losses” FSA also offers a variety of direct and should contact their local USDA Service guaranteed loans, including operating and Center.

National Banana Split Day

Date When Celebrated: August 25 On August 25, 1904, the banana spilt was first created in the small town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. David Strickler, a 23 year old pharmacist apprentice was working in the soda fountain section of the Tassel Pharmacy at 805 Ligonier Street. Strickler liked to experiment with different combinations of ice cream flavors and toppings. He created the banana split on this day, and sold it for 10 cents, which was a lot at the time. As a matter of fact, it was twice the price of other sundaes. The banana split caught on with students from local Saint Vincent College, and from there, its popularity spread.

Walgreens gets recognition for spreading the banana split across the nation when they added it to their soda fountain menu.

Today, Banana Splits are a standard item on the menu of just about anywhere ice cream is sold around the country. It became so popular that there was a television show for kids called “The Banana Split Adventure Hour”. It aired from 1968 - 1970.

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Top with 2 Tablespoons sliced fresh strawberries, 2 Tablespoons pineapple chunks, 2 Tablespoons whipped cream, 2 Tablespoons chocolate syrup, and 2 Tablespoons chopped peanuts. Garnish with 2 maraschino cherries.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News calf health and it should enhance perforRainfall is one of the most important factors that influence management decisions on mance. The key to successful early weanthe ranch, according to North Dakota State ing is to treat groups of calves as unique.

University (NDSU) Extension livestock Weaning by pasture group is preferred, specialists. with no commingling of other groups after This year is no different because most weaning for at least 45 days. Even though of North Dakota is experiencing severe dry all calves have been born and raised on the weather. Drought conditions drive mansame ranch, the pasture group is the stable unit as it relates to shared organisms and agement of native pasture, crop residue social pecking order. and cover crop acres. Typically, even with “If weaning includes commingling all good moisture during mid to late summer, pasture groups at the same time into a comthe nutritional value of native pasture is in decline. This decline is accelerated under mon weaning pen or pasture, be prepared to dry conditions. begin treating calves for respiratory disease “Early weaning is one of the management 10 to 14 days postweaning,” says Gerald decisions that can help reduce pressure on Stokka, Extension veterinarian and livestock native pastures and extend forage supplies stewardship specialist. “Alternatively, make for adult beef cows,” says Janna Block, provisions to bring all cows and calves toExtension livestock systems specialist at gether such that the social order and shared NDSU’s Hettinger Research Extension organisms of calves can be re-established Center. “Early weaning simply means weanprior to the stress of weaning. The more space that is provided (i.e., pasture weaning calves at an earlier age to reduce forage usage while not compromising calf health ing), the less the pressure on re-establishing and performance.” social structure and the less transmission of Dairy calves often are weaned as early organisms during this stressful time.” as 8 weeks of age. This is achieved through Other potential risk factors may influence proper nutrition with feeds that promote health at this time as well. Lack of passive rumen development. This enhances the immunity, temperature fluctuations, heat development of the rumen so the calf can stress, nutritional stress prior to weaning, survive very well without the nursing milk dusty pens and handling stress may impact diet. From the standpoint of feed efficiency, the healthy transition to weaning negatively. feeding calves directly is more efficient than The lack of adequate passive transfer of feeding cows to sustain milk production. immunity from the birth mother to the calf Beef calves can be early weaned successincreases the risk of postweaning death.

Temperature fluctuations may comprofully from 60 to 150 days of age.

Most producers notice that nursing calves mise the normal respiratory defense mechaalso will consume forage, whether through nisms of calves, as do heat stress and dusty grazing or being fed harvested forages. Repen conditions. Dry conditions may result in nutritional stress prior to weaning, so make search shows that early weaned cows will sure that appropriate protein, energy, and consume as much as 35% to 45% less forage mineral supplements are provided prior to than normally weaned cow-calf pairs. and after weaning.

Early weaning typically results in imIf calves need processing, such as for vacproved body condition of dams due to decreased nutrient requirements. A cow weighcinations or deworming, do it early in the morning or delay processing until temperaing 1,400 pounds would require about 16 pounds of energy (total digestible nutrients, tures moderate. Processing can be done at or TDN) and 2.5 pounds of crude protein the time of weaning; however, only products (CP) on a daily basis in late lactation. This that benefit the animal at weaning and do not same cow’s requirements would decrease to compromise the immune response should be 12 pounds of TDN and 1.7 pounds of protein used. Processing done at least three weeks after weaning. In addition, water requireprior to early weaning is preferred and proments would decrease by about 55% to 60%. vides the opportunity to administer booster “It is important to distinguish between doses postweaning if necessary. early weaning and creep feeding based on Facilities may need some remodeling the goals of each strategy,” says Zac Carlson, if weaning calves that are significantly Extension beef cattle specialist. smaller than normal. Calves become adept “Creep feeding is the act of providing at finding ways to return to their dams or at supplemental feed to nursing calves,” he least escaping the weaning facility. Because notes. “The primary goal of creep feeding is smaller and younger calves may have difto increase weaning weight of calves. While ficulty competing for feed and water, sorting creep feeding may result in some substituthem into several pen groups based on size and age may be necessary. tion of forage for creep feed, it does not “Early weaning is a management tool that reduce nursing pressure on cows. Therefore, can significantly reduce forage and water dethis practice will not provide the same forage savings and increases in cow condition that mand,” Block says. “In addition, with proper can be gained from early weaning.” preparation, calf health and performance are Early weaning should not compromise not compromised.”

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UW tardigrade research to begin on International Space Station

University of Wyoming Extension portions of it are they activating to survive Tiny creatures from University of Wyoming on Earth,” he said. “Then in space we have (UW) laboratories hitched a ride in a freezer two groups. One group we will take another on SpaceX CRS-22 and were delivered to the snapshot of what they are using right after we International Space Station, where they await thaw them out so they will only be in space to show off their strength. active for a short amount of time. The second Tardigrades or “water bears” have been the group will grow and reproduce on the space subject of study for UW molecular biologist station for two months.”

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The tardigrades on the space station will On July 13, the tardigrades will begin to be “fixed” using a chemical that will preserve undergo experiments so researchers can better their gene expression profiles, shared Boothby. understand changes to their gene expression “Once they are delivered back to us on as they experience stressful environments in Earth, we can study the preserved molecules space. inside the animals to get an idea of what genes “The ultimate goal for the project isn’t they had activated,” he said. just to understand how tardigrades survive in Tardigrades reproduce quickly and will be space, but to take that knowledge and apply able to go through four generations during it to human health,” said Boothby. those two months, shared Boothby.

By examining the tardigrades, researcher “We will be looking at the fourth generamay be able to see if there are certain tricks or certain molecules created to help them survive tion of these animals grown in space and take in space, which can help develop therapies or a look at their DNA gene expression and see countermeasures to safeguard astronauts out what they are using,” said Boothby. “Our on long-term space flight missions, shared suspicion is the longer they are in space, the Boothby. more they will be exposed to microgravity “Being in space can be extremely stressand radiation, and they may need to activate different parts of their DNA to cope with that ful for organisms, like humans, that evolved mounting stress.” here on Earth,” he said. “When astronauts go up in space, they are confronted with a number of really stressful environmental parameters.”

One is the lack of gravity, which can cause harm to the body, shared Boothby.

Additionally, when astronauts are in space they are no longer in Earth’s protective atmosphere and can be exposed to harmful radiation, he explained.

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All living things have DNA, which is like a blueprint that tells their cells what to do, and in under different conditions different parts of the DNA is activated or turned off, shared Boothby.

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By Tom Kalb, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension What is the leading fruit crop grown in North Dakota?

You probably never heard of it.

Our top fruit is aronia, also known as black chokeberry.

The latest agriculture census showed aronia was grown on 88 acres in North Dakota in 2017. This was more land than our next two leading crops, apples and grapes, combined.

Aronia has emerged as the No. 1 fruit crop in our state because it is easy to grow. It’s gaining in popularity among backyard gardeners, too.

Aronia suffers from no major insect pests. This makes it a popular crop among organic growers and consumers.

The production of aronia is reliable. The shrubs survive our bitterly cold winters. The flowers do not appear until late May, escaping damage from killing frosts in late spring.

Birds are usually a major threat when growing fruit crops but not with aronia. Birds are not interested in eating aronia when it ripens in early September. In natural settings where fruits are not harvested, birds wait until winter to eat aronia berries.

No plant can completely stop a hungry deer, but aronia gives off natural chemicals that repel deer.

Fruit growers are worried about declining populations of bees, but aronia flowers do not need pollinators to set their fruits.

Best of all, aronia shrubs are precocious and productive.

You can expect yields of 5 pounds or more after only three years. Irrigated plantings can achieve more than 15 pounds of berries per year.

Aronia would make a wonderful addition to a home landscape for its beauty alone. The shrubs are filled with white blossoms in the spring and glossy green foliage in the summer. In the fall, the leaves develop intense orange, red and purple colors.

Aronia is awesome. Then why doesn’t everyone grow it?

The raw fruits taste awful. These berries have a dry taste, hence its name “chokeberry.”

Aronia is much more popular in Europe, where consumers greatly appreciate its nutritional qualities.

Aronia is one of the richest sources of antioxidants among all fruits in the world. Medical studies have indicated the consumption of aronia has numerous health benefits that include reducing the risks of heart diseases and cancer.

Europeans overcome the dryness of the fruits by processing or freezing them. Aronia commonly is processed and made into juices, syrups, preserves and wines. Frozen fruits are baked into breads and used as toppings on ice cream, yogurt and oatmeal.

You can find aronia plants at many landscape nurseries today. ‘Viking’ and ‘Nero’ are the most popular varieties grown for fruit production. These shrubs grow about 6 feet tall and produce large clusters of fruits.

‘Autumn Magic’ and ‘Iroquois Beauty’ are varieties with more compact plants, smaller fruits and exceptional fall color. These varieties were developed to add beauty to landscapes.

‘McKenzie’ was developed in North Dakota and is offered by our soil conservation districts for wildlife plantings. These shrubs grow 8 to 10 feet tall.

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Mer-monstrosity The “Feejee Mermaid”–displayed by circus mogul P.T. Barnum in the 1840s–did mermaids everywhere injustice.

The thing was hideous: the three-foot-long carcass was brown and shriveled; it had coarse hair and its open mouth was full of jagged teeth. Yet for several years, the Feejee Mermaid was the star of Barnum’s American Museum in New York.

Most scientists dismissed the specimen as a hoax, but Barnum fooled the public into believing it was real. Now? Using pseudonyms, he wrote to newspapers about an amazing discovery in Fiji (which gave the mermaid its name) and had one of his employees pose as a naturalist named Dr. Griffin to authenticate it. Then he distributed 10,000 pamphlets to local hotels, stores and businesses with “facts” about the existence of mermaids.

Sadly, the scientists were right–it wasn’t a mermaid. So what was the thing? The head of a mummified baby monkey sewed onto a fish body. It probably came from Asia, where fake animal hybrids were often sold to gullible tourists.

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4-H’ers compete in N.D. horse contests

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News • Third - Morton County, with team mem4-H teams and individuals brought home bers Emily Voigt, Ashlynn Kuntz, Isabella awards from several state hippology, horse Schaaf, Jaden Kuntz and Kaylee Kuntz judging, demonstration, public speaking Horse Judging - Senior Division (indiand quiz bowl contests held recently at the vidual) North Dakota Horse Expo in Minot.

• First - Emily Fannik, Ward County In the hippology and horse judging • Second - Anne Schauer, Ward County contests, 4-H’ers completed a 50-ques• Third - Kendra Leier, Pierce County tion multiple-choice test worth 100 points, Horse Judging - Junior Division (team) answered various questions and identified • First - Pierce County, with team memequine-associated material in 10 different bers Jesse Wolf, Kami Guty, Katelyn Matstations worth 100 points. tern, Addi Mack, Elizabeth Hurley, Maggie Each team had 10 minutes to read and Iverson and Morgan Scherr prepare an answer for their team problem • Second - Ward County, with team and then five minutes to present their answer members Hailey Schauer, Sophia Lebrun, to the problem. In addition, two classes of Sadie Lemer, Bailey Bloms, Nadia Lemer horse judging worth 100 points were judged and Brynlee Bloms to finish the contest.

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Wyoming farmers testing new intermediate wheatgrass

University of Wyoming Extension development, Rodgers said. Perennial plants Some eastern Wyoming farmers nosed build soil health year-round. their tractors into fields this spring pulling “It’s less input intensive or fossil fuel intendrills planting a new variety of intermediate wheatgrass that may negate Wyoming’s fussy sive,” she said. “You can plant it and sort of weather and bolster bottom lines ravaged by forget it about it. You don’t have to till the soil falling organic wheat prices. every year, and you don’t have to plant every Four producers have planted experimental year so there are way fewer tractor passes.” plots of Kernza, said Hannah Rodgers, a Ph.D. The kernel is smaller than wheat, she said. student involved in the project in the College Wheat is selling for about $5 a bushel and of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Kernza about $5 per pound. A bushel of wheat Kernza is a perennial, unlike wheat, is about 60 pounds. which is an annual and does not regrow after The crop is planted in rows, like wheat. harvested. Once cut or harvested, Kernza Many farmers had already heard about Kernregrows. The variety can be used as a forage za and already had an interest in it, she said. crop or, if left longer, can be harvested for “Farmers around here have a ton of exgrain. The perennial crop will develop and perience planting intermediate grass,” said support microbial life and sequester more Rodgers. “When we delivered seed a few carbon. weeks ago, several of them looked at it and The Salina, Kansas, -based Land Institute they were, ‘Oh, yeah, this is intermediate developed the variety. grass. I know how to plant this, and I have “It’s super new and only grown in a few the drill for this.’” places,” said Rodgers, including Kansas, The crop is typically planted in the fall like Minnesota, California, and Nebraska. winter wheat, but Wyoming producers said But never in Wyoming. the crop does better if planted in the spring.

“We thought Kernza might be uniquely There will be no harvest until next summer. suited to Wyoming because the state has such This spring’s massive snowstorm that bata harsh environment,” said Rodgers. tered eastern Wyoming may help jumpstart Kernza is harvested for grain in wetter the crop, which Rodgers said can be hard to states and then keeps growing. “You might establish. cut it for grain and then graze it later in the Two farmers planted Kernza into dryland summer,” she said. “Nobody has ever planted fields around Chugwater, and two planted it anywhere this dry. So, it’s really an experiinto irrigated land near Pine Bluffs. The grant pays for seeding 10 acres per farm, “But all ment.” four of the farmers decided to plant more than A beer and cereal are the main products that,” she said. currently made from Kernza.

The farmers were all-in when approached.

Parts of eastern Wyoming are known for “They were like, “I was wondering when growing organic wheat, usually in a fallow somebody was going to do a Kernza thing cropping. Farmers say soil degradation is because we’ve been hearing about it, and happening, prices are dropping, and farmland we think it would great for here,” relayed is being abandoned for other uses, such as Rodgers. grazing. “Which is important,” said Rodgers.

Acreages are 16, 20, and one farmer plant“But maybe less valuable.”

The $75,000 Western Sustainable Agried 80 acres. An additional test plot is at UW’s James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture culture Research and Education grant has Research and Extension Center near Lingle. several parts. UW Extension soils specialist Three of the farmers had already planted Jay Norton will compare soil health with Kernza when Rodgers got a call from another Conservation Reserve Program fields. Alex wanting to know how to get seed.

Fox, another Ph.D. student on the project and “And then he went ahead and put in 80 working with Bret Ewers in the Department acres,” she said. “It’s so early in the Kernza of Botany, is taking plant measurements like world it’s hard even for farmers to get seed photosynthesis and water use throughout the to learn anything about it without somebody growing season to see Kernza’s water concoordinating things. So, we are fortunate that sumption compared to wheat. Rodgers will Tessa Peters, the Land Institute’s Kernza comstudy soil fertility and microbial communities and carbon sequestering, and extension mercialization manager, lives in Laramie.” research scientist Tom Foulke will examine if Peters received her bachelor’s degree in the crop may benefit producers economically. agroecology from UW and a Ph.D. in plant Mimicking native prairies, comprised breeding and plant genetics from the Univermostly of perennials, drove the variety’s sity of Wisconsin-Madison.

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By Joe Zeleznik, Forester, NDSU Extension “What’s going on in your neck of the woods?”

I love that expression, though admittedly it’s a little weird to ask that in the prairie environment of North Dakota.

Regardless, it’s a pretty clear question: What’s happening where you are?

When I ask this question, the context is most often about the trees. What’s going on with the trees in your area? Are some doing better than others? Probably so. What have people been seeing around North Dakota this spring? Here’s what I’ve seen and heard.

As we all know, it’s dry, dry, dry. Recently, we planted about 40 trees at the Myra Arboretum near Larimore, in western Grand Forks County.

The crew at the Arboretum pre-dug many of the holes the day before planting. Then they added a bucket of water to each hole. By the time we planted the next day, all that water was gone.

Following planting, we immediately added another bucket of water to the soil around each newly planted tree. That helped, but those trees will definitely need additional moisture if they’re going to survive. Make sure that your own trees are getting enough water, especially those younger or smaller trees that were planted in the last few years.

We’re also seeing tip dieback on some young maples and especially birch trees. Reports have come in from Valley City, Bismarck, Minot and elsewhere. Many different types of birch are affected: paper birch, Asian white birch, grey birch and river birch all have shown dieback.

Birch trees are interesting to me. They need full sunlight, but they also need a cool, moist soil. That’s a tricky combination to achieve, especially in urban environments.

Early season defoliators are showing up, which is normal.

In eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota, the eastern tent caterpillar has been seen chowing down on chokecherry leaves. These insects are easily controlled by physically removing the nests at night when the larvae are all together after feeding all day. While it might be tempting to use a blowtorch to burn out the nests, that also will damage the tree, perhaps even more than the damage caused by the insects’ feeding.

The cankerworm outbreak that was widespread in central North Dakota in 2020 hasn’t been so bad this year, at least so far. Usually, we don’t notice these insects until the damage is pretty bad, far beyond the time that they can be controlled. For more information on controlling cankerworms, please see the NDSU Extension publication “Cankerworms in North Dakota” at https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/ lawns-gardens-trees/cankerworms-in-north-dakota.

Finally, a lot of spruce and pine trees are showing damage in many parts of the state. In 2020, ponderosa pines were dying in many places, due mainly to the wet fall of 2019.

This delayed effect still is showing up on ponderosa pines.

The midwinter warm spell that we had in 2021 damaged Colorado blue spruce throughout the state. Add in the stress from the drought, and it’s a difficult situation.

Does all of this have a bright side? As an educator, I see an opportunity for people to learn more about tree care and about planting the right tree in the right place. Birch trees need cool, moist soils and do best in areas with a north-facing slope, and near the bottom of a slope where moisture will collect. Spruce and pine do terrible in low areas, or anywhere that water pools.

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UM News Service Collaborators at Montana’s two largest universities recently were awarded a four-year $1.9 million grant to create a program that will train students and support organizations to better serve children, adolescents, and youth with mental and behavioral health needs.

Targeted at western Montana, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration grant will fund a new Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program.

That program will be administered by both the University of Montana (UM) and Montana State University (MSU).

“This new program is significant because it benefits our youth,” said Mary-Ann Sontag Bowman, a UM social work associate professor and the principal investigator for the grant. “Although the state has many hard-working, effective mental health professionals working with our youth, there simply are not enough of them. This project funds the placement of graduate students in agencies and organizations that serve children, adolescents and transitional-age youth, expanding the capacity of organizations to meet immediate needs and help build the area’s workforce.”

The program will fund UM and MSU graduate students to deliver and integrate professional services into existing institutions, agencies, and clinics. Most of the funds from the grant will go directly to student stipends.

Since students often practice where they are trained, Sontag Bowman said, placement in these agencies and organizations increases the likelihood of these future professionals staying in those communities.

“The grant will enhance the educational experiences of our university students,” Bowman said. “These stipends help us attract strong students to the program and offers support to reduce students’ financial burdens. This allows them to gain valuable experience with children, adolescents and transitional-age youth that might not have been possible if the placement was unfunded.”

She said the grant will allow a group of faculty and staff members from multiple disciplines at both UM and MSU to collaborate for the common good of all Montanans.

“Because of this grant, our team can do what the two universities already do well – educate future professionals – in a targeted way that will support Montana’s workforce and serve Montana families,” Sontag Bowman said.

Besides Sontag Bowman, other collaborators on the program will include co-principal investigators Jayna Mumbauer-Pisano (UM Department of Counselor Education), Greg Machek (UM School of Psychology Ph.D. program), Rebecca Pogoda (MSU Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Doctor of Nursing program) and Tracy Hellem (MSU Nursing Program).

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Ilsa Seib (Western Montana Area Health Education Center) will serve as fiscal manager and Jean Carter (UM Pharmacy Practice) will be the project evaluator.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News This year’s dry weather is increasing of blister beetles: the blister beetle threat to cattle and other • Control blooming weed hosts near or livestock, North Dakota State University in alfalfa fields.

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• Cut alfalfa at less than 10% bloom and/ “Blister beetles tend to be more numeror late in the season (mid-August to early ous when grasshopper populations are September). high because the immature stage of blister • Check fields 24 hours prior to cutting beetles feeds on grasshopper eggs, and we to ensure that new swarms of blister beetles have higher numbers of grasshoppers in have not re-infested the fields. drought years like 2021,” NDSU Extension • Allow cut hay to fully dry before raking entomologist Jan Knodel says. to encourage the beetles to move out of the Most blister beetle species produce one hay. Raking may dislodge dead beetles from generation per year. They lay their eggs in hay; however, the potential still exists for soil from late summer into early fall and cantharidin in the hay. overwinter as larvae. They typically emerge • Scout harvested hay and underneath in early to midsummer. Blister beetles are windrows closely for blister beetles and alvery mobile and tend to congregate in large low blister beetles to move out of drying hay numbers in small areas of the field. before baling. Turning the windrows may Adult blister beetles are attracted to be helpful to get blister beetles to move out. blooming alfalfa fields and weeds (gold• Use equipment without hay conditionenrods, dandelions). Adults are active June ers or crimpers that may crush blister beetles through September and will feed on nectar because the crushed beetles can contaminate and pollen, and devour leaves, stems and the hay. flowers.

“Even tractor tires can crush blister “Blister beetles produce a poison called beetles in hay when turning equipment cantharidin, which is toxic to people and around,” says Karl Hoppe, Extension livelivestock, especially horses, but cattle and stock systems specialist at NDSU’s Carsheep also can be poisoned,” Knodel says. rington Research Extension Center. “Cut “Cantharidin oil is released when beetles are hay with a sickle bar or rotary mower that crushed, and even dead beetles have high allows blister beetles to move out of hay levels of the toxin.” after cutting. If large numbers of blister Symptoms of toxicity in horses include beetles are observed in spots during harvestsores on the tongue and in the mouth, deing, it is best to quit harvesting and allow pression, colic, sweating, diarrhea, blood in blister beetles to move out of the way or go the feces and frequent urination. Cattle also around them.” may exhibit sores in their mouth.

Janna Block, Extension livestock systems Hay infested with blister beetles is a big specialist at NDSU’s Hettinger Research concern for hay producers and livestock Extension Center, has this advice: “If blister owners. beetles are suspected in harvested hay, it is “Levels of toxicity to beef cattle have best not to feed it. Don’t force livestock to not been identified,” NDSU toxicologist eat hay contaminated with blister beetles.

Michelle Mostrom says. “The amount of Cantharidin is a stable compound, and cantharidin produced by blister beetles levels will not be reduced during storage. varies by species, and male blister beetles “It can be difficult to detect blister beetles produce higher amounts than female blister in harvested hay because beetles may not beetles.” be whole,” she adds. “Also, they may not Only 30 to 50 blister beetles could be be present in every bale due to the insects’ lethal to horses, Knodel says. tendency to swarm, which means that it is Blister beetles feed for a short period of possible that only bales from certain areas time and then migrate to other areas of a of the field may be infested.” field or to new fields. After alfalfa is cut, Knodel says, “Chemical control is they often move into blooming canola and generally not recommended at harvest beother blooming field crops. cause dead beetles could be incorporated Hay fields adjacent to rangeland pastures into cured hay instead of falling onto the are at higher risk for blister beetle infestaground.” tions due to typically higher grasshopper Grinding hay containing blister beetles populations in rangeland pastures. and then mixing with other feeds will dilute Here are some ways to reduce the threat the cantharidin but won’t get rid of it.

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Solving the nitrogen puzzle

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They found that a complex quilt of different soils lies underneath the almond orchard. These different soil types made it very hard to predict how nitrogen from one part of the farm would affect another area. Nitrogen levels varied widely across the farm, even though it was managed consistently by a single grower.

“We did not expect the significant variability in nitrate concentrations between monitoring wells, given the relatively uniform management across the site,” says Harter.

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Some factors could predict the amount of nitrate in groundwater. The total amount of nitrogen and water entering the field affected the nitrate in groundwater.

Scientists saw that the nitrogen in the sandy soils predicted how much ended up in wells. That’s because of how water moves through different types of soil. Sandy soils let nitrogen and water move freely compared to sticky clay soils.

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Shuttle service starts Thursday, July 22, and runs Thursday through Sunday until Aug. 29. Shuttles run every hour on the hour, starting at noon and with the last trip departing UM at 6 p.m. The shuttle is free and open to the public.

“Floating the Clark Fork River is one of the joys of summer and has grown immensely in popularity over the past several years,” said Jordan Hess, director of UM’s Office of Transportation, which operates the UDASH bus service.

“Students and members of the community can catch the bus to East Missoula and float the river back to campus. We are thrilled to debut our new river recreation shuttle to help improve safety, decrease traffic congestion and offer a more sustainable option for all users.”

The service is a pilot project developed in partnership with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, the Missoula Downtown Partnership, Mountain Line, Missoula County and the City of Missoula.

“We can’t be more excited and appreciative of our community partners at the University of Montana for piloting this river recreation shuttle,” said Randy Arnold, FWP regional supervisor. “Over the past few years, agency and community partners have coordinated closely to manage recreation on our area rivers. Providing transportation options is critical to reducing parking conflicts. This pilot will make it easy and intuitive to enjoy the Clark Fork River.”

Floaters can bring their inflated or deflated tubes on the bus, and tubes are available to rent at UM Campus Recreation’s Outdoor Program. Floaters are encouraged to bike or walk to campus to catch the bus. Those wishing to park on campus can obtain a parking permit from the shuttle drivers.

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Grasshoppers in alfalfa

By Melissa Bartels, University of Nebraska, Lincoln We are starting to see populations of immature grasshoppers across the state. Stay tuned as I discuss how to evaluate your alfalfa fields and potential control options.

Grasshoppers can be damaging in high numbers to our alfalfa and hay fields. And they will only get worse as the summer continues. You may need control in your field.

Control begins with scouting to determine if insecticides are economically useful. Exact economic thresholds can’t be determined because of variables like value of the alfalfa and growth stage of both alfalfa and grasshopper. Still, if the grasshopper population in an established field is higher than 5 grasshoppers per square yard or 15 grasshoppers per square yard in field margins, insecticides probably can be worthwhile. New fields planted in late August are very susceptible to grasshopper feeding and treatment is probably needed if the grasshopper population is just half this level.

Around many fields, grasshoppers have just started moving in from the field margins. Treating just the outside 150 feet, probably is sufficient in these situations. However, if the entire field is already infested, it usually is best to first harvest the alfalfa and then apply insecticide to protect the regrowth. There are several insecticides labeled for use on alfalfa.

To reduce the cost and amount of insecticide used when treating an entire field, harvest the alfalfa but leave several small, uncut strips across the field. The remaining grasshoppers will quickly congregate in these strips, enabling you to treat just these smaller areas.

Please be especially careful to avoid injuring bee and other important pollinating insects when using insecticides and carefully read and follow all label directions. Some precautions you can take to protect bees include time of day when spraying, using less toxic insecticides, and avoiding areas with blooming plants.

If you have many grasshoppers in your alfalfa, control them soon. As they grow larger, they’ll only get worse.

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Breeding a better chickpea

Kaine Korzekwa, American Society of Agronomy Chickpeas are a very important crop and food in India.

They are used almost every day in meals and snacks. India is the largest producer, consumer, and importer of chickpeas.

And with good reason — they are high in protein, fiber, and vitamins and minerals.

While India grows about 12 million tons of chickpeas each year, the national yield of the crop has not increased much over time. However, the need for more chickpeas to feed the increasing population continues to grow.

This is why a group of researchers across several research institutions in India are working to develop high yielding chickpea varieties. The team recently reported their results in The Plant Genome.

“High yielding varieties will help smallholder farmers by delivering more produce with an option to increase income,” says Rajeev Varshney, member of the Crop Science Society of America. “It is important to develop better varieties that are tolerant to drought and are able to meet the demand.”

Over time, chickpea production has moved from northern India to the central and southern parts of the country, where there is less water. This is in addition to climate change impacting global agriculture.

Varshney and his collaborators set out to breed new varieties of chickpeas with drought tolerance and higher yields. They used genetic techniques to breed several traits for drought tolerance. They focused on popular chickpea varieties already grown by farmers.

The team used a common method called introgression, where a popular variety is crossed with a variety with the desired traits. Following a series of evaluations and repeated crossings, the breeders arrived at an improved chickpea variety with the desired traits.

“However, this conventional process is not very precise, and in this procedure, breeders need to screen a large number of plants in field conditions,” Varshney explains. “For example, if there is a lot of rain in that season, breeders cannot select the line for drought tolerance. It ruins the whole experiment.”

To combat this, the researchers used a technique called marker-assisted backcrossing. It uses laboratory techniques to detect a genetic marker. Genetic markers are DNA segments associated with certain plant characteristics or agronomic traits desired by farmers.

By being able to detect certain plant characteristics in the lab using genetic markers, there is no need to do lots of testing every year in the field. It makes the breeding process precise, fast, and cost-effective.

The work helped incorporate drought tolerance into three popular varieties of chickpeas. Overall, researchers developed six lines of chickpea with higher yields under drought conditions. One line, Pusa Chickpea 10216, has been released for use by Indian farmers.

“We worked with already released elite varieties that are preferred by farmers,” Varshney says. “By improving these, it’s more likely they will be adopted by farmers in a faster manner.”

“Here we have demonstrated successful use of using genetic markers to develop drought tolerant chickpea varieties,” Varshney says. “We would like to see this kind of breeding being deployed by our national partners at a large scale in India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and elsewhere.”

This research shows the public benefits of this kind of genetic research. Maintaining strong public support and funding for the research pipeline allows such work to take place.

“The work shows how genomics research can be used to develop better high-yielding drought tolerant varieties,” Varshney says.

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Biologists know that many animals such as deer or elk have different nutritional requirements throughout the year depending on the season. These differences in nutrient needs are supported by the plants in the areas where the animals live. In the spring, nutrient-packed resources such as plant shoots meet the elevated nutritional demands of rearing young. In the fall, lipid-rich seeds and fruit supply highcalorie reserves that provide fat stores for the during winter.

“We thought there might be a similar relationship between honey bee nutritional needs and nutrients in seasonal pollens.

In the spring and summer, honey bee colonies concentrate on raising new bees. In the fall, they shift to preparing for a winter that is often spent in the hive surviving the cold. These activities may have different nutritional needs,” explained ARS entomologist Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, who led the study. She is the research leader of the ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona.

“Determining the nutritional needs of honey bees at different times of the year and how they are met with pollens from different seasonal flowers is a key to maintaining the health of honey bee colonies. With more specific information about nutrients in seasonal pollens, seed mixtures for pollinator plantings could be customized by location and season and seasonal pollen substitute diets could be developed,” DeGrandi-Hoffman said.

To determine if nutrients in spring and fall pollens differ and if their nutrients align to support seasonal activities, the scientists compared spring and fall pollen collected by bees in central Iowa and southern Arizona. Though the types of flowers from which bees foraged in the spring differed between Iowa and Arizona, the spring pollens were similar in many nutrients, especially in the essential amino acids and many fatty acids needed to rear new bees.

In the fall, in Iowa, honey bees gather pollen from asters and other flowers that were found to have higher levels of some nutrients that may better support bee colonies through a cold winter.

One interesting difference between spring pollens from Iowa and Arizona was that spring Iowa pollen had higher levels of the essential fatty acid, omega-3. The study found higher levels of omega-3 were associated with honey bees having larger hypopharyngeal glands (HPG). HPG produce a jelly that is fed to the queen (royal jelly) and young developing bees (larvae); larger HPG make more jelly, which allows more worker bees to be raised.

“This suggests clover species, which largely made up the spring Iowa pollen, could be an important nutrient source for colony growth since it provides high levels of omega-3, and therefore clover should be included in pollinator plantings,” DeGrandi-Hoffman said.

Fall flowers species not only differed between Iowa and Arizona, so did the nutrients they provided to the bees. Fall pollen from Iowa had higher levels of certain amino acids and lipids (fats).

“Higher concentrations of these amino acids and lipids in fall Iowa pollen may better support honey bee colonies confined during the winter” said DeGrandi-Hoffman. “Honey bees are not confined for long periods during southern Arizona winters and may not require the same level of fat stores.”

Spring Iowa pollen mostly came from clover species along with honeywort and plains mustards, while fall Iowa pollen primarily came from flowers in the aster family with small amounts from allium, partridge pea, ragweed and goldenrod species. Spring Arizona pollen was exclusively from mustard species, while fall Arizona pollen was mostly wooly bursage (Ambrosia), sandasters and cinchweeds.

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Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, American Society of Agronomy Double cropping is a practice where farmers harvest one crop, and then plant and harvest a second crop in the same field – all within the same year. It allows farmers to make the most out of the limited growing season.

By double cropping soybean after winter wheat, farmers can increase their net returns. These increased returns come without needing to farm additional acreage.

“Often, research is focused on single crop soybean,” says Carrie Knott, member of the American Society of Agronomy.

“But there is a real need for research in double crop systems, as well.”

A new study from Knott and her team has determined soybean characteristics that can maximize chances that farmers will profit from double cropping soybean. The research was published in Agronomy Journal.

The researchers tested several soybean relative maturity groups and seeding rates. “These are two agronomic practices every producer must consider,” says Knott.

Soybean relative maturity groupings are a numerical scale that describe how fast soybean varieties develop in relation to day lengths in different regions. In general, the lower the number, the faster the soybean plants are ready for harvest.

Much of the previous research on double cropping soybean is 30 to 40 years old. Knott and her colleagues wanted to make sure that the current recommendations for double crop soybean were still valid to maximize seed production and profitability.

“Weather conditions have changed during that time,” says Knott. “They are predicted to keep changing in the coming years, as well.”

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There is potential for reduced profitability. There are also some increased risks associated with producing double crop soybean.

Knott and her colleagues set out to identify profitable farming strategies for double crop soybean. They also aimed to understand the various risk factors.

Study sites were in western Kentucky. Four soybean relative maturity groups at five different seeding densities were tested over two growing seasons. The researchers determined the relative maturity groups and seeding densities that produced the highest yields.

According to the study, the longest relative maturity groups had the highest yield. Also, the highest seeding rates led to the highest yields.

But Knott and her colleagues wanted to learn about more than yields. They used risk analyses to find which relative maturity groups and seeding rate combinations maximized the likelihood of positive net returns for farmers.

Results show that planting soybean relative maturity group 4.7 at 200,000 seeds per acre would have the highest probability of creating a positive net economic return.

“These findings support the use of a longer relative maturity group as well as an increased seeding rate to maximize yield and economic net benefit,” explains Knott.

The maturity group recommendations from the study matched the existing 40-year-old recommendation. “Weather patterns have changed considerably in the last 40 years,” says Knott. “So, we were very surprised!”

“Double crop soybean producers have been very interested in our results,” says Knott. “They are happy to finally see data on intensive double crop soybean production.”

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By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator, Dodge County Treatment to manage cicada killer wasps is often not necessary and broadcast insecticide applications in the area where they burrow are not effective. Changing the environment where wasps prefer to nest is an effective means of ensuring they relocate—wetting down the area with water, filling empty spaces with plants, and mulching with a 2–4-inch layer of wood chips.

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Excellent One Owner 5x6 baler that’s been really well main- Load, Haul, and Unload 8 5x6 Round Bales. New hoses and tained & includes wide 5 bar pickup, mesh & twine, 21.5 x 16.1 couplers, New Pads on Bale Pushbar, and New Bearing on tires, & new belts. Book says $21,980........................................ Chain Idler. Ready to go............................................ $9,377 .......................................... MVE Price just $18,966 with 0% Finance O.A.C.

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REALLY Clean, wide pickup, twine Tte 5X6 round baler. Just 10,005 bales and has had great care........................................... ........................................... A Great Buy for $8,979 with 0% Finance for 3 yrs., O.A.C

2013 CASE IH DC132 DISC MOWER CONDITIONER

One owner, 13-ft. cut, center pivot, high speed flail conditioner, 1000 RPM drive, great condition. Consignment unit................... ....................................... Priced to sell @ $19,915

VERMEER R2300

Really nice hydraulic drive twin basket rake, rakes up to 23-ft., hydraulic adjustment, hydraulically adjustable windrow width, rubber mounted pick up teeth.................................. $17,396

1994 JOHN DEER 535 ROUND BALER

Nice, 60” wide pick-up, good diamond top belts, 1000 RPM drive, and bale kicker. Consigned for........................... $6956

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Grilled vegetables and fruits have a flavor boost

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension “Mom, this fruit tastes extra sweet!” my have grill markings on both sides. Remove daughter remarked as she sampled a slice of them from the grill and place into a bowl or grilled pineapple along with a bite of grilled pot. Cover tightly with plastic wrap to prevent the steam from escaping for five to 10 ham. She was about 11 at the time. minutes. This will finish the cooking process I tasted a piece of pineapple and nodded of the vegetables without drying them out. in agreement.

• Maintain food safety. Vegetables do “Why does the pineapple taste so sweet?”

Are your calving barns cold and drafty??? not need to be temperature-checked after she asked.

WE CAN HELP!! cooking; however, fresh cut and cooked “Fruit naturally contains sugar,” I exHomes, barns, quonsets, shops, etc. plained. “The heat of the grill causes the vegetables are perishable. Keep cooked food LeRoy Hanson Doug Morgan sugar to caramelize and taste even sweeter hot (above 140 F) and serve cut produce in (406) 590-2874 (406) 590-8336 to us.” containers nested over ice-filled containers.

Choteau, Montana Choteau, Montana “Grilling also adds a smoky flavor to • If you make kabobs with meat and fruits,” I added. vegetables, be sure the meat reaches a safe I appreciated her interest. internal temperature. Cook chicken to an I thought she was attempting to inspire a internal temperature of 165 F. If you serve column. Turns out, I was correct. hamburgers with your grilled veggies, be TRUCK FOR SALE “I think you should write a column about sure the ground beef reaches 160 F. grilling fruits and vegetables,” she sugInstead of a recipe, this week I provide gested as she reached for another slice of some approximate grilling times for vegetables. You might be surprised that romaine pineapple.

B o B c a “That’s t . c o ma good idea,” I said. lettuce can be grilled briefly to give it a smoky flavor. Many of these vegetables can Unfortunately, we cannot grow fresh be grown in your garden, so keep this in pineapple in the Midwest for our grilling mind for your home-grown veggies or other menu. In many grocery stores, pineapple B o has Bca .com locally grown vegetables later this summer. itst peak season in spring and summer. t . c o m the cooking time will depend 1998 Freightliner FLD120, 25-ft. aluminum flatbed, tandem Most people shortchange themselves onB o B c aRemember, axle, pintle hitch, 9 speed. Good condition.......... $22,500 on the heat of your grill. fruits and vegetables, especially dark green Call (406) 539-0177, Belgrade, Montana • Asparagus: six to eight minutes and dark gold/orange ones. Eating more • Bell peppers: whole, 10 to 12 minutes; fruits and vegetables can reduce your risk halved or quartered, six to eight minutes for cancer, heart disease and diabetes, and • Corn on the cob: peeled, 10 to 12 mincan help with weight management. utes; in husk, 25 to 30 minutes Fruits and vegetables are high in volume • Green beans: eight to 10 minutes but low in calories because most types of • Green onions: whole, three to four fruits and vegetables are more than 90% AND APPRAISERS minutes water. Consuming adequate water whether • Onions: whole, 45 to 50 minutes; through beverages or food is essential for We have auctions booked but, due to halved, 35 to 40 minutes maintaining the function of our body. coronavirus restrictions, we were not able to • Mushrooms: shitake or button, eight to Adding some fruits and vegetables to conduct any until fall 2021.

10 minutes; portobello, 12 to 15 minutes your grill is a good idea on many levels.

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• Summer squash (yellow squash, zucdiet, a component lacking for many adults We do it ALL from start to finish. chini): 1/2-inch slices, six to eight minutes and children. Many fruits and vegetables Including advertising, setup and display work, auctioneering and clerking. We also do all types of appraisals including farm and ranch • Sweet potatoes: 1/4-inch slides, eight are notable sources of vitamins A and C, equipment and inventory, business properties, collectibles, etc! to 10 minutes along with phytochemicals (natural plant See the NDSU Extension publications chemicals).

Phone (406) 450-2244, leave a message “Try Adding Some Fruits and Vegetables to As we proceed into summer months, or call 278-5880 Your Grilling Menu” (FN1856) and “Grill different vegetables and fruits come into Something Different” (FN1420) for more season. When fresh fruits and vegetables B o B c a t. c o m tips. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food and are in season, they are at their best quality B o B c a t. c o m check out the food preparation information. and, usually, lowest price in grocery stores.

Adding some variety to your meal preparation options can inspire your family to try ##### some new foods. Add some vegetables to There was an elderly couple who in their your grilling menu with these food safety old age noticed that they were getting a lot and preparation tips: more forgetful, so they decided to go to • Rinse fruits and vegetables under runthe doctor. The doctor told them that they ning water. should start writing things down so they • Preheat your grill. Cook small items usdon’t forget. They went home and the old ing a grilling pan with slots or small holes. lady told her husband to get her a bowl • Cut vegetables into large, flat pieces of ice cream. “You might want to write it of even thickness throughout each slice. down,” she said. The husband said, “No, You can cut them into smaller pieces after I can remember that you want a bowl of cooking. ice cream.” She then told her husband she • Prepare bell peppers by cutting off the wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped top and bottom of the pepper. Remove the cream. “Write it down,” she told him, and core and then cut the pepper in half from again he said, “No, no, I can remember: top to bottom. (This way you end up with you want a bowl of ice cream with whipped two flat rectangles that are grilled skin side cream.” Then the old lady said she wants a The right tools make you the one to call when there’s a challenging job down.) that needs bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and t tools make you the one to call when there’s a challenging job that needs the one to call when there’swith a challenging job that needs to be done. That’s what ®Bobcat ® equipment is for. The right tools make you • Add flavor to vegetables olive oil a cherry on top. “Write it down,” she told ® equipment is for. ne. That’s what Bobcat The equipment is for. be done.

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2015 Case IH Titan 4530 Dry Floater, Flex-Air 810 - VRT dry flow system, 70-ft. boom, Raven Viper Pro, 2922 hours $148,000

2005 John Deere 724J payloader, diesel engine, shuttle shift transmission, 118” bucket, Michelin750/65R25 tires, 6442 hours.............................. $82,000 2017 TerraGator TG8400B, Airmax Precision 2, 70-ft. boom, Viper 4, auto steer, electric roll tarp, 2460 hours................... $187,500

2006 Peterbilt 335 floater truck, Newton Crouch spreader bed.

Bed built like a Chandler bed, twin spinners, 2860 hrs...$86,000

2016 TerraGator TG8400B, Agco diesel engine, CVT transmission, 2132 hours. New Leader L3220 G4 stainless steel dry spinner box, belt/chain, MultiApplier ready..................... $151,000

2014 Case Titan 4530 Dry Floater, Flex-Air 810 - VRT dry flow system, 70-ft. boom, Raven Viper Pro, 2 product, 5017 hours.......... ....................................... $98,500

2016 TerraGator 8400B AirMax Precision 2, Raven Viper 4, 3678 hours............................ $137,000

2016 Case IH Titan 3540 3 wheel floater, 810 air delivery box, deluxe cab, red leather seat, 6 speed Allison automatic transmission, 8.7L Case IH FLP engine, 1512 hours, 1050/50 R32 front and rear tires, Raven Viper 4, Agri-Cover roll tarp.......................... $161,000

2005 Peterbilt Stahly Cummins, Allison automatic, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, New Leader controller, Starlink GPS, 4145 hours.............................. $86,000 2014 TerraGator TG8400 Airmax Precision 2, 70-ft. boom, granular bins, Viper Pro, autosteer, 3500 hours.............................. $123,500

2011 TerraGator 8204, Airmax Precision 2 bed, 70-ft. boom, 2 product capability, Viper Pro controller, Smartrax auto steer, electric roll tarp, 4648 hours................. $74,000

2015 TerraGator TG8400B Airmax Precision 2, 70-ft. boom, granular bins, Viper Pro, autosteer, 3640 hours.............................. $132,500

2009 Terra Gator 8203 floater, Air Max Precision, 70-ft. stainless steel boom, electric roll tarp, Ravin Viper Pro controller, Smart Trax auto steer, 3948 hours......... . ....................................... $79,000

2000 Freightliner FL70 fuel truck, Cummins diesel engine, 6 speed transmission, single axle, 5 compartment fuel delivery body, dual metered hose reels, air brakes, cruise control, 22.5 tires, 202,001 miles........ $27,000

1994 Kenworth T800 tender, Cummins, 10 speed, air lift cheater & pusher axles, Rayman 24 ton hydraulic stainless steel dry fertilizer tender box, roll tarp, top swing auger, 151,982 miles........ $39,000

2014 RoGator 1300, 3220 hours, New Leader bed..............$89,000

Hyster 6-ton forklift, gas engine.

Was propane, changed to carburetor, could use some carb work. . .......................................... $6000

2011 Wilson Commander DWH 550C grain trailer, aluminum hoppers, electric roll tarp, tandem axle, cheater axle, air ride suspension, 285/75R24.5 tires, aluminum rims..................... $34,000

2014 Case IH Patriot 4430 sprayer, 1200 gallon, 100-ft boom, Wilger nozzles with AIM Command solenoids, 20” nozzle spacing, Autosteer, Raven auto boom height, rear camera, GPS, AIM Command Pro, Raven Viper 4 monitor, 4348 hours....... $121,500 2014 Case IH 4430 sprayer, diesel, hydrostatic drive, 1200 gallon stainless steel liquid system, AIM Command, 120-ft. boom, stainless steel chemical inductor, Raven Viper IV controller, 650/65R38 flotation tires, 2234 hours.....$157,000 2014 RBR Vector 300, New Leader L4000 G4 MultiApplier dry spreader box, twin spinner, all hydraulic with insert, roll over tarp, Viper Pro monitor, 2953 hours............................ $124,500

2004 Peterbilt floater sprayer truck, 76-ft. boom, 20” nozzle spacing, Raven Envizio Pro control valves, 4368 hours... $79,000

Free Freight

2013 Merritt with Rapat conveyor system, electric roll tarp, 4 hoppers, air ride suspension. . .................................... $44,500

1996 Freightliner 5 axle tender, Cummins, Rayman 24 ton side discharge........................ $39,500

2011 Case IH 4520, 810 box, 2912 2010 Case IH 4020 dry floater, hours, variable rate, Autosteer, Vi- diesel engine, automatic, Viper per Pro.......$99,500..........$115,500 Pro Monitor, New Leader L4000 G4 twin bin dry box, 750/45R26.5 front tires, 1000/50R25 rears, 3690 hours...................... $94,500 2015 Case IH Titan 4030, New Leader L4000 G4, multi-bin, Ag Leader monitor, 3451 hours......... . ...................................... $153,500

Up To 1200 Miles 2010 International 7400, Max Force engine, Allison auto, New Leader L4000 G4, 3066 hours...........................$88,000

1985 Ford fertilizer tender, truck runs good, bed needs hydraulic control valves repaired... $12,500

1998 Ford Louisville petroleum truck, Cummins, manual transmission, single axle, tag axle, 1997 Progress 5 compartment fuel body, 3000 gallon, dual meters, dual hose reels, 11R22.5 tires, 459,846 miles........ $34,000

1966 Lubbock 9200 gallon transport, 265 psi............ $31,000

2012 Willmar Wrangler 4565, 2176 hours..................... $27,500

GREYN FERTILIZER

2012 Vector 300, Cummins, Allison automatic, New Leader L4000 G4 spreader box, twin spinner, all hydraulic, stainless steel insert, Raven Viper Pro monitor, 4561 hours. Free delivery.................................. $92,000

2005 International 8600 tender truck, Cummins, 10 speed, spring suspension, Ray-Man Field Charger tender box, overhead folding auger, hydraulic, roll tarp, 411,723 miles......... $48,000

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We have been your locally owned full service fertilizer dealer for over 35 years!! Thank you for your support. Three locations to serve you: Choteau - Larry Greyn - 406-466-5356 Dutton - Vern Greyn - 406-476-3402 Valier - 406-279-3255

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##### Q: Why did the painting go to jail?

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Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees

The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) will celebrate the 13th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Saturday, August 14 at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana.

There is still time to register for the Inductee Recognition Ceremony Brunch, which begins at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the notable accomplishments and lasting legacies of the inductees to the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Class of 2020. Pre-registration is $30 per person. Call today to reserve your seat.

Nomination criteria established by the board for the Class of 2020 inductions allowed the election of one Living Inductee and one Legacy Inductee from each of the 12 districts.

The 2020 inductees into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame are: District 1 (Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, & Valley Counties): Living Award – Robert David Leininger, Westby.

Legacy Award – Terry Linn Fast, Wolf Point.

District 2 (Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, & Wibaux Counties): Living Award – William ‘Bill’ Dutton, Jordan. Legacy Award – Deane William Copping, Glendive.

District 3 (Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, & Treasure Counties): Living Award – Wallace ‘Wally’ McRae, Forsyth. Legacy Award – Tooke Bucking Horses, Ekalaka.

District 4 (Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, & Liberty Counties): Living Award – Lzetta Martha (Combes) Halingstad, Turner.

Legacy Award – Duane Daniel Werk, Chinook.

District 5 (Cascade, Glacier, Pondera, Teton, & Toole Counties): Living Award – Lewis & Roselynn Carroll, Sun River. Legacy Award – Forrest ‘Scotty’ Zion, Great Falls.

District 6 (Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, & Wheatland Counties): Living Award – Leland ‘Red’ Cade, Lavina. Legacy Award – Jesse Calvin & Ruth (Lane) Garfield, Ryegate.

District 7 (Big Horn, Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, & Yellowstone Counties): Living Award – Peter E. ‘Pete’ Olsen, Molt. Legacy Award – Walter F. ‘Walt’ Linderman, Belfry.

District 8 (Broadwater, Jefferson, & Lewis and Clark Counties): Living Award – Kent Mosher, Augusta. Legacy Award – Gary Murphy, Wolf Creek.

District 9 (Gallatin, Meagher, & Park Counties): Living Award – Calvin Hochstrat, White Sulphur Springs. Legacy Award – Arthur W. ‘Spike’ Short, White Sulphur Springs.

District 10 (Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, & Sanders Counties): Living Award – Berniece Arlene ‘Lady Long Rider’ Ende, Trego. Legacy Award – Wilderness Worn – A Government Packers Legacy, Eureka.

District 11 (Mineral, Missoula, & Ravalli Counties): Living Award – Raymond Paul ‘Ray’ Rugg, Superior. Legacy Award – Leonard Moore, Condon.

District 12 (Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Granite, Madison, & Powell Counties): Gary Donald Clark, Ennis. Legacy Award – Lee Martinell Co., Dell.

Attendees are encouraged to wrap up their day with The Cowboy Ball and Benefit Auction, which kicks off at 7:00 p.m. that evening, August 14. This event features a brisket buffet dinner and live Western music by the Merle Travis Band. A silent and live auction will feature unique Western items. Pre-registration to the Cowboy Ball is $75 per person.

Pre-register with a debit or credit card by calling (406) 650-7460.

Mysterious ways

Jack was obsessed with fishing and spent most of his retirement doing just that, but he promised his wife that he wouldn’t fish during their weeklong trip. A few days in, though, he just couldn’t take it anymore. On Sunday morning, he told his wife he was sick, waited until she left for church, and then headed out to a nearby lake to rent a boat and some gear. Right away, he caught a fish that was bigger than any he’d ever seen.

Once they were back at home, Jack went to confession and told the priest all that had happened. “Father,” he said, “there’s one thing I don’t understand. Why would God reward me with a big fish when he should have punished me for lying and skipping church?”

“He did punish you!” laughed the priest. “Who are you going to tell about it?”

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Some extreme drought feeding options for sheep

By Brent Roeder, MSU Sheep and Wool Extension Specialist I am getting lots of calls from people wanting to graze standing droughted out wheat or feeding wheat hay that was baled at a late maturity. The main thing to remember is that much of the feed value in either case is the grain. Depending on crop maturity at the time of harvest, there may be little value left in the leaf or stem. So, in essence, you are feeding a highly volatile starch grain with some lower quality straw.

The only thing keeping the sheep from eating too much grain are the awns on the seed heads that slow down consumption.

It is hard to answer questions like this over the phone, as each field is different. Ideally, there will be enough leaf material available to balance the grain load and keep the sheep form becoming acidotic. Vaccinating sheep for Enterotoxaemia is a must is this situation and feeding a good mineral will also be essential due to the high phosphorus content of grain and low calcium level. Nitrates can also be an issue, but sheep seem to deal better with higher nitrates than cattle. As we are still in fly season, monitor sheep closely as they probably will become loose grazing is these situations which may require crutching.

Most sheep producers in Montana have some experience grazing grain stubble. The big difference between grazing stubble and standing crop is there may not be enough feed left on some dryland stubble fields to maintain the sheep or there may be grain spills of harvested grains that can be like acidosis land mines randomly scattered across the field. If we get some fall rains and some regrowth or sprouts in stubble, the grazing can be phenomenal. If not, we are basically grazing lost grain and any summer weeds left. To measure grain on the ground left in stubble, build a wire frame that is twelve and half inches by twelve and half inches square. Randomly drop this frame on the ground in twenty spots across the field and count the grains in each frame to get an idea of usable grain residual. You have roughly ninety pounds of grain per acre if you have the following number of grains by crop: wheat and oats 28 grains per square, barley 25 grains per square, field peas 5 grains per square and chickpeas 5 grains per square.

Digestibility of stubble grazing falls about one percent per week as the finer leaf materials start to weather and degrade.

If you have multiple crops available, it is recommended to graze canola first, followed by any peas and save the cereals for last as they hold up better.

With the shortage of hay this year, many producers will be forced to utilize straw as part of their winter-feeding program.

Barley straw is a good roughage source for sheep when used with a protein supplement, blended with better quality hay, or simply offered free choice when lot feeding to keep ewes busy. Oat straw would be the second best, followed by wheat straw. One cautionary note is to limit straw intake prior to shearing and several weeks prior to lambing as straw tends to slow down passage rate of feed and build up in the rumen.

From personal experience, you may end up with situation prior to lambing where the ewes cannot consume enough feed and develop pregnancy toxemia or have difficulty pushing during labor due to an impacted rumen. You can maintain dry, mature sheep on a straight ration of straw and grain or grain hay with a good mineral package if needed, however lambs and producing ewes need additional a better quality forage.

Just like hay, straw should be baled as soon as possible with higher humidity to reduce the loss of the finer leaf material which provides most of the quality. Adding urea to straw to improve the protein level will only be of benefit to you if you also provide an energy source to feed the rumen microbes so they can fully utilize the urea. Straw is extremely low in energy and energy is generally the limiting nutrient during drought. There have been some experiments with people directly adding liquid nitrogen to straw bales, but it is a fairly new approach. To treat a large stack of straw, the Kansas State Extension Service has a good video of the process and safety precautions using anhydrous ammonia and can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtjJb-umpk.

To add urea straw bales on a small scale, dissolve twentytwo pounds of urea and four point four pounds of sulphate of ammonia in fifty-three gallons of water. You will need to weigh a few bales so that you can calculate the correct volume of urea solution per bale. Lay the bales on their side and pour the mixture over them at rate of twelve gallons per forty-five pounds of straw. Both procedures will add about three percent protein equivalent to the value of the straw.

Molasses or other liquid feed supplements could also be added to straw but can be expensive and impractical to treat CONTINUED ON PAGE C29

National Trail Mix Day Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always enjoyed on August 31 National Trail Mix Day features a high energy, tasty treat for the trail or snacks. You can buy packages of trail mix at a store. Or, you can make up your own, using the ingredients you like best.

When you head out to a campout, a hike or to go biking, take the Trail Mix along with you. It provides the extra energy boost to keep you from getting tired and running out of energy along the trail.

Don’t limit trail mix to the trail. It is also good at campouts.

How to make Trail Mix: Mix cereal, nuts, pretzels, raisins, dried fruit, M&Ms, etc.

Put the mix into sealable baggies and pass them out to each hiker. Tips: When making your own trail mix, avoid messy items that leave your hands sticky. Also avoid too many salty items. For example, unsalted nuts is better than salted ones.

Some extreme drought feeding options for sheep CONTINUED FROM PAGE C28

whole bales. These products make a great addition to a TMR or total mix ration where the straw is ground and combined with grain and other available feed products to make a complete ration for the animal. The addition of these products also reduces dust which be an issue when feeding straw based diets during drought.

Feeding and Managing Sheep in Dry Times by the Government of Western Australia and Australian Wool Innovation was used a resource for the article. The full publication can be found at: https://www.wool.com/globalassets/wool/ land/drought-resources/accordion-1/feeding-and-managingsheep-in-dry-times.pdf. If you have any questions about feeding or drought management of sheep or goats, visit your local MSU Extension Agent or give me call directly on my cell at 406-980-0719.

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##### A woman was found guilty in court of a traffic offense and when asked for her occupation, she said she was a schoolteacher.

The judge rose from the bench.

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Enjoy some dairy foods at your next gathering

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension “What’s in the fruit dip?” one of our teenage guests asked.

Oh, no, I forgot to label all the allergens, I thought to myself.

My daughter had informed me that some of her friends were vegetarian. Others were allergic to some foods and intolerant to others. I tried to plan foods that appealed to everyone.

Having made most of the food, I was very familiar with the ingredients.

“The dip contains milk products,” I said.

She looked at me with a confused expression. I realized she wanted the recipe, not the allergen list.

“It has three ingredients: vanilla yogurt, vanilla instant pudding and whipped topping,” I explained. “That’s it.”

“We can get you the recipe,” I added.

“It is so good!” she raved with an emphasis on “so.” She dipped a strawberry in the dollop of dip on her plate.

I could have been doing a study of teenage eating behavior when about 150 of my daughter’s closest friends came over for her graduation party.

However, if I had done a nutrition survey of her friends at her party, my name might have been preceded by “the late” in the future.

Perhaps I exaggerate. In any event, she would not have been happy with me. I was on my best behavior, I think. I was busy restocking food on the buffet table all afternoon.

Observing the teenagers’ dining preferences was interesting. They loved the giant strawberries and purple grapes.

They ate all the celery and carrots, but not the grape tomatoes.

The hot ham and cheese sliders were devoured almost as soon as they came out of the oven. They left the chicken tortilla rollups alone.

They ate all the spinach dip and the pita chips but barely any potato chips. Who knew kids liked spinach dip so much?

The cupcakes were a hit. Thank heavens for that. After frosting 200 that morning, I could barely stand.

I do not think we had guests with severe allergies or intolerances. These conditions differ from each other.

A food allergy causes a reaction of the immune system that affects multiple organs. The symptoms might include hives, impaired breathing, cramps and skin rash.

A person with a milk allergy must avoid all milk-containing foods. That includes butter, casein, whey or milk protein products, cheese, sour cream, yogurt and cottage cheese.

Foods with one or more of the eight major food allergens must meet labeling requirements. For example, all Nutrition Facts labels must list “Contains milk” if the product includes a milk-based ingredient.

On the other hand, a person with lactose intolerance lacks an enzyme to digest the sugar in milk (lactose). This is different from a milk allergy.

Food intolerance symptoms typically are not life-threatening and may include intestinal discomfort (pain, gas, diarrhea).

Typically, those with lactose intolerance can drink lactosefree milk or take a lactase enzyme pill before they consume foods containing lactose. Some people with lactose intolerance tolerate cheese or smaller amounts of milk (such as 1 cup) with meals.

Dairy foods provide a wide range of nutrients, including calcium, potassium, vitamin D, protein and riboflavin (a B vitamin). Most of the nutrients are present naturally in milk.

Consuming dairy products can help build and maintain strong bones. The nutrients in dairy serve a wide range of other functions in our body.

Be sure to read and compare the Nutrition Facts labels on foods to learn more about your food choices.

Here’s the easy-to-make, creamy dip that the teens liked so much, especially with ripe, juicy strawberries. I used a mixer to combine the ingredients thoroughly.

Creamy Fruit Dip 1 (32-ounce) container nonfat vanilla yogurt 1 (8-ounce) container light whipped topping 1 (3.4-ounce) box instant vanilla pudding mix (without added milk) Mix together ingredients thoroughly with a spoon or electric mixer. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Serve with a variety of fruit such as apple slices, strawberries, grapes and/or melon chunks.

Makes 20 servings. Each serving has 70 calories, 1.5 grams (g) fat, 2 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber and 95 milligrams sodium.

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Emergency haying and grazing eligibility USDA Farm Service Agency announced changes for emergency haying and grazing use of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program last year. This included changes outlined in the 2018 Farm Bill that streamlines the authorization process for farmers and ranchers.

Drought conditions are tough for our livestock producers, but emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres provides temporary relief to these producers. Thanks to a streamlined authorization process, Montana producers will be able to more quickly obtain emergency use approval to begin emergency haying or grazing of CRP acres.

Program Changes Previously emergency haying and grazing requests originated with FSA at the county level and required state and national level approval. Now approval will be based on drought severity as determined by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

To date, 53 counties in Montana have triggered eligibility for emergency haying and grazing on CRP acres. A list by state and map of eligible counties are updated weekly and available on FSA’s website.

Producers located in a county that is designated as severe drought (D2) or greater on March 1st are eligible for emergency haying and grazing on all eligible acres. Counties that trigger for Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) payments based on the U.S. Drought Monitor may hay only certain practices on less than 50% of eligible contract acres.

Producers should contact their local FSA county office for eligible CRP practices. Producers who don’t meet the drought monitor qualifications but have a 40% loss of forage production may also be eligible for emergency haying and grazing outside of the primary nesting season.

CRP Emergency Haying and Grazing Provisions Before haying or grazing eligible acres, producers must submit a request for CRP emergency haying or grazing to FSA and obtain a modified conservation plan from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Emergency grazing is authorized for up to 90 days and emergency haying is authorized for up to 60 days outside of the primary nesting season which is May 15-July 15.

Under the emergency grazing provisions, producers can use the CRP acreage for their own livestock or may grant another livestock producer use of the CRP acreage. The eligible CRP acreage is limited to acres located within the approved county.

For emergency haying, producers are limited to one cutting and are permitted to sell the hay. Participants must remove all hay from CRP acreage within 15 days after baling and remove all livestock from CRP acreage no later than 1 day after the end of the emergency grazing period. There will be no CRP annual rental payment reduction for emergency haying and grazing authorizations.

More Information For more information on CRP emergency haying and grazing visit fsa.usda.gov/crp or contact your FSA county office. To locate your FSA office, visit farmers.gov/servicelocator. For more disaster recovery assistance programs, visit farmers.gov/recover.

National Eat Outside Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on August 31 Ahh, the last day of August!

Summer is almost over, yet you can’t get enough of the great outdoors. The sun is bright and warm, the weather is great.

National Eat Outside Day couldn’t come at a better time.

People have been eating outdoors since the days of the caveman. Nowadays, people eat most, if not all, of their meals indoors. Eating outdoors has become more of a special event, than a regular occurrence. National Eat Outdoors Day, is an opportunity to change that, if only for a day.

Celebrating this special day is very easy. Find a picnic table, a park bench, or an outdoor restaurant. You can also spread a blanket out on the lawn. Use one of these special places to eat all of your meals, snacks, popsicles and ice cream, outside in sunshine and fresh air. You will be glad you did!

Did You Know? Sidewalk cafes first appeared in the early 1900’s in Manhattan in New York City.

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K-State Research and Extension News The saying ‘knowledge is power’ often rings true in making decisions, and in the case of beef cattle genetic tests, this information can be a powerful tool provided producers know how to interpret the information for the herd, according to a Kansas State University beef cattle geneticist and animal sciences professor.

Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, Jennifer Bormann said that recordkeeping is the first step in building and genetic evaluation for the herd.

“Genetic testing is not a substitute for good recordkeeping. The best way to make progress in the performance of the herd is to record data to include birth weights, weaning weights and fertility,” Bormann said. “Working with a genetic evaluation service provider, such as a breed association, will allow EPDs (Expected Progeny Difference) to be calculated.”

In recent years, genetic testing -- or genomics -- has been developed to the point that samples are taken from the animal and analyzed in a lab for a fee, allowing producers to know the most precise information about the tested animal, Bormann said.

“On its own, a genomic test has limited value, but when it is combined with good recordkeeping and put into a system that allows you to make genetic predictions, then it is very valuable,” Bormann said.

All tests have limitations, she added, so it is important to remember that there are genetic correlations between traits when making herd decisions.

“If we select for one trait, we may be inadvertently changing another trait, which is why data collection is key,” Bormann said. “If we have the data, we can select around a negative relationship between the traits.”

For producers sorting traits by economic value, Bormann directs them to look to the selection index.

“Selection index uses the actual economic calculations for a trait to help identify which animals will be the most profitable,” she said. “The caveat is that each producer must be judicious in selecting the right index to match the goals for their operation.”

For example, if a producer sells the calves at weaning time, there is no need to use an index that emphasizes carcass traits, Bormann said.

“By selecting the index that matches your goals, you’ll be able to find the best cattle to work in your operation,” Bormann said.

To hear the full discussion with Bormann and the Beef Cattle Institute experts, listen in to the Cattle Chat podcast online (https://ksubci.org/2021/06/11/stockingrate-cattle-cycle-value-of-genetic-testing-route-ofadministration).

Record low veal and lamb and mutton production in May

USDA News Release May 2020 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays.

May 2021 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays.

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.30 billion pounds in May, up 14 percent from the 3.76 billion pounds produced in May 2020.

Beef production, at 2.21 billion pounds, was 19 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, up 18 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,360 pounds.

Veal production totaled 3.7 million pounds, 29 percent below May a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 25,500 head, down 21 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 26 pounds from last year, at 248 pounds.

Pork production totaled 2.07 billion pounds, up 10 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.65 million head, up 12 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 6 pounds from the previous year, at 288 pounds.

Lamb and mutton production, at 11.0 million pounds, was down 13 percent from May 2020. Sheep slaughter totaled 181,300 head, 7 percent below last year. The average live weight was 121 pounds, down 8 pounds from May a year ago.

January to May 2021 commercial red meat production was 23.2 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2020. Accumulated beef production was up 8 percent from last year, veal was down 19 percent, pork was up 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 2 percent.

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Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) recently found that a stable, naturally occurring, health-promoting compound called γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), was generated through the fermentation of brined cucumbers. Previous research studies demonstrate that consumption of GABA from foods or supplements has positive health benefits like reducing blood pressure, improving decision making, reducing anxiety, and boosting immunity.

Researchers demonstrated that low-salt fermentation enhances GABA content in pickled cucumber products prepared for direct consumption. Also, fermenting them in lower salt brines and storing them in their original fermented juices increases the GABA levels.

“Fruits and vegetables are made up of thousands of unique molecules. These molecules rule the flavor, texture, and nutritional value, but it is difficult to study them in such complex systems.” said Suzanne Johanningsmeier, ARS Research Food Technologist. “To tackle this problem, we use advanced analytical chemistry techniques like mass spectrometry to study food molecules and figure out the best food processing methods for improved quality of fruit and vegetable products.”

Fermentation is a process that’s been known for years as a very powerful tool toward food preservation. Some other well-known foods where GABA content has been enhanced through fermentation are sourdough bread, soy sauce and dairy products like yogurt, kefir, and certain cheeses.

“Worldwide, people are interested in consuming fermented foods as part of a healthy lifestyle. Most often, we associate the healthfulness of fermented foods with probiotic microbes. But many fermented foods contain few to no microbes when consumed,” said Jennifer Fideler Moore, North Carolina State University Graduate Research Assistant. “Our research shows that the healthpromoting potential of lactic acid fermented cucumbers reaches far beyond the world of probiotics. This opens the door to more research into health-promoting compounds made during fermentation of fruits and vegetables.”

The research, recently published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, also found that the health promoting compound GABA in pickled cucumbers did not break down during pasteurization and remained stable over at least 6-months storage time.

Summer weed control in alfalfa

By Brad Schick, University of Nebraska, Lincoln When soil moisture is available after a cutting of alfalfa, the grasses and weeds will grow just like their name suggests: like weeds. How can these plants be held at bay?

Thick alfalfa stands will be the first defense against foxtail, crabgrass, pigweed, etc. A good fertility plan to keep stands thick will go a long to reducing weeds.

Sandy soils with pH levels above 7.2 may benefit from sulfur application. Conversely, if your alfalfa field pH falls below 6.7; then liming may be needed to prevent sharp yield drops.

Delaying alfalfa harvest until the next shoots are beginning to appear at the crown, may be another option to suppress weed growth. This allows the alfalfa to grow back a bit more quickly after harvest and be more competitive. Unfortunately, this means that the quality of the cutting will be lower since the plants will be more mature.

One more option is the herbicide route. With Roundup Ready varieties, Roundup can be used. In conventional varieties, grass control can be achieved using Select Max, Poast, or Arrow if the grasses are less than 4 inches tall. If broadleaf control is needed, Pursuit or Raptor can be used on established alfalfa before the regrowth has 3 inches of new growth. These will set back alfalfa and the Pursuit label says it cannot be fed, grazed, or harvested for 30 days after application.

Weed problems in summer can be taken care of with herbicides, but shooting for a thick, robust stand will contribute to yield and weed control.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Freestyle and barebow archery teams from Morton, Hettinger and McLean counties earned first-place awards in the 4-H state archery match at the North Dakota 4-H Camp near Washburn.

Senior freestyle archers were required to participate in 3-D, World Federation field archery and a half-field round of National Federation Archery Association archery. Based on the individuals’ cumulative scores from the three events, the top four archers will advance to the 2022 4-H National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska.

The 3-D archery event consisted of bare bow and freestyle divisions. Participants scored 30 3-D animal targets at unknown distances, with one arrow shot at each, for a complete round and total score of 300. The senior field archery competition was shot at eight targets with a maximum 50-yard marked distances. The total score for field archery was 160.

The World Federation field archery course had four shooting distances marked from 30 to 60 meters, with a total score of 400. Beginner and junior archers participated in 3-D with an option to compete in the World Federation archery contest.

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The official state 4-H match for senior barebow, junior and beginner age youth is the 3-D. The first-place senior barebow team is from Hettinger County. Members are Sydney Steiner, Megan Monke and Katie Schmidt.

Individual winners were: • First - Steiner, with a score of 191 • Second - Monke, with a score of 120 • Third - Schmidt, with a score of 119 The junior freestyle division team from Morton County placed first in the 3-D competition. Members are Hatley Hetleved, Landon Mosset, Ellie Bargmann and Zoe Peterson.

Individual winners were: • First - Hetleved, with a score of 238 • Second - Mosset, with a score of 234 • Third - Jayden Diffely, McLean County, with a score of 223 The McLean County team of Braelynn Smith, Molly Jochim, Mathew Jochim and Troyal Franklin placed first in the junior barebow division.

Individual winners were: • First - Smith, with a score of 173 • Second - Molly Jochim, with a score of 146 • Third - Camden Weist, McIntosh County, with a score of 136 The Morton County team of Haidyn Mosset, Landon Wimer, Brandon Kunz and Makenzie Vogel placed first in beginner freestyle.

Individual winners were: • First - Mosset, with a score of 190 • Second - Levi Keith, Slope County, with a score of 171 • Third - Wimer, with a score of 162 The McLean County team of Cole Franklin, Bella Wimer, Carter Hoyt and Kaylee Magandy placed first in beginner barebow.

Individual winners were: • First - Breanna Mindt, Ward County, with a score of 138 • Second - Franklin, with a score of 126 • Third - Wimer, with a score of 124 The masters division consists of senior-age youth who already have qualified or attended a national competition.

The winners in this division were: • First - Tyler Brusseau, Stark-Billings County, with a score of 788 • Second - Taik Larsen, Stark-Billings County, with a score of 748 • Third - Shianne Boehm, Morton County, with a score of 746 • Fourth - Rylee Suhr, Griggs County, with a score of 720 Shooting sports is sponsored by Scheels, a supporter of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News Nebraska Extension, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, will host the Nebraska Specialty Crop Conference on November 9-10, 2021, on Nebraska’s Innovation Campus. The two-day event will focus on education, growth and development of specialty crop production businesses across the state, feature nationally known presenters, and create a platform for participants to connect with industry professionals, other farmers, chefs, and consumers.

The conference will focus on land access, cultivating culturally appropriate crops, marketing and business practices, season extension and agricultural innovations. Rob Larew, President of the National Farmers Union, will present the keynote address.

Other topics being presented at the event include berry production under cover, honeyberry production, cover cropping for high tunnels, buying and selling in retail markets, successful farm transition and more. A panel of regional young producers will share their experiences in specialty crop production as well. Stay tuned as more sessions are confirmed.

Registration will open in August. Participants will have the opportunity to attend in person or virtually for $25 per day. To stay up to date on conference information, please visit the event website, https://nscc.unl.edu. For questions about presenting, attending, or participating as a vendor at the Nebraska Specialty Crop Conference, please contact Katie King at kking19@unl.edu or call the Nebraska Extension office in Cass County at 402-267-2205.

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Benefits of wheat in cornsoybean crop rotations

Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, American Society of Agronomy The United States grows a lot of corn and soybeans. Some researchers think it’s a good idea to add wheat into that mix.

A new study shows including winter wheat once every 4 years in rotations with corn and soybean can have many benefits. The research was recently published in Agronomy Journal.

In 2019, farmers across the U.S. harvested corn from 81.5 million acres of farmland. That’s just smaller than the areas of Nebraska and Iowa combined.

More than half the corn harvested in the U.S. came from just four states in the Northern Corn Belt – Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and Minnesota.

The Northern Corn Belt also extends into Canada. The province of Ontario produced more than 350 million bushels of corn in 2020.

Across most of the Northern Corn Belt, farmers typically rotate between growing corn and soybean. But occasionally growing wheat could help those farmers.

“Corn and soybean yields were higher when crop rotations included wheat,” said Ken Janovicek, member of the American Society of Agronomy and lead author of the new study.

For the study, researchers grew winter wheat once every three or four years with corn and soybean.

They found that longer-term corn-soybean rotations that contain winter wheat can be more profitable. “The greatest yield increases occurred in rotations that included winter wheat once in four years,” said Janovicek.

Farmers tend to focus on corn and soybean because these crops typically have higher financial returns than wheat.

But the study made a key financial discovery. “The increase in corn and soybean yields when these crops are grown in rotation with wheat more than offset the lower sale returns associated with winter wheat,” said Janovicek.

“Farmers would need to continue to grow wheat every 4-5 years,” says Janovicek. “The increased corn and soybean yields associated with including wheat in rotations disappear over time if wheat is dropped from rotations.”

Rotating wheat with corn and soybean crops also has other benefits.

For example, soils tend to be healthier and have better structure when crop rotations include small grains or forages in addition to corn and soybean.

Good soil health and structure can have far-reaching consequences.

“Inferior soil structure increases soil erosion and runoff risk,” says Janovicek. “In turn, that increases the risk of surface water pollution.”

“On the other hand, good soil structure and health may increase water availability for crops,” says Janovicek.

As global climate changes, water availability may become unreliable. Limited water could even limit crop yields.

Improving soil structure by including winter wheat in crop rotations could help address both these issues.

“We will probably see even greater benefits of more complex crop rotations in the future,” says Janovicek.

In fact, the researchers observed the highest increases in corn and soybean yields in the later years of the study.

The crop rotation studies were carried out in two study sites in Ontario, Canada. At one of the sites near Elora, Ontario, the trial has been ongoing for more than 36 years.

The researchers observed continued increase in soybean yields over time when winter wheat was included in rotations throughout the trial. However, the largest yield increase was recorded in the past 2 years.

Janovicek and colleagues are exploring more ways farmers can benefit economically from wheat crops.

For example, “When markets exist, straw sales can increase revenue associated with wheat,” says Janovicek.

Wheat straw was baled at the Elora trial. Removing the wheat straw did not reduce subsequent corn or soybean yields. “That demonstrates that retention of straw is not needed to obtain greater corn and soybean yields when in rotation with wheat,” says Janovicek.

Ken Janovicek is a researcher at the University of Guelph.

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Kayleen Zimmerman, Dawson County Extension Service City Codes C = Cozad L = Lexington G = Gothenburg O = Overton K = Kearney B = Brady O = Oconto One of the most exciting things about sewing is that you can make an outfit that is unique as well as the result of your hard work. The garments and items made this year by Dawson County 4-H’ers were entered at the 2021 Dawson County Clothing Contest. Superintendent Carol Keiser (G), and Assistant Superintendent Sharon Pearson (B) were in charge of the clothing exhibits, according to Andrea Nisley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension Educator.

The Clothing Construction ribbon awards on the garments and other clothing related projects are as follows: Beyond the needle • Beginning Embellished Garment – Purple: Bristol McConville (L). Blue: Rebecca Burns (C) • Intermediate or Advanced Embellished Garment – Purple: Emma Luther (O), Abbie Owens (L), and Mollie Spradlin (C). Blue: Sophia Burns (C). Red: Aven Zimmerman (O) • Advanced Fashion Accessory – Red: Aven Zimmerman (O) Steam clothing 1 – Fundamentals • Apron – Purple: Mollie Spradlin (C) • Crayon Roll – Purple: Addison Burkink (G) • Pillowcase – Purple: Griffin Owens (L) and Joel Soria (K) • Simple Pillow – Purple: Terrence Bliven (L), Benjamin Dones (L), Bristol McConville (L), Elena McFarland (L), and Camryn Sutton (L). Blue: Maggie Duryea (L) and Joslynn Lans (L) • Other Simple Constructed Project – Purple: Anslee Ostergard (C), Griffin Owens (L), and Harper Racek (L) • Simple Bottom – Purple: Mollie Spradlin (C) • Simple Dress – Purple: Rebecca Burns (C). Blue: Kathryn Bartruff (G) Steam clothing 2 – Simply sewing • Upcycled Garment – Blue: Lauren Thompson (O) • Top – Purple: Benjamin Dones (L), Mathias Pepplitsch (L), and Ezra Solis (L) • Bottom – Purple: Leah Sauer (L) and Maya Soria (K) • Lined or Unlined Jacket – Purple: Delilah Solis (L) and Wesley Thompson (L). Blue: Jaelynn Roberts (L) • Dress – Purple: Jaden Hunke (L), Melissa Montano (K), Amelia Pepplitsch (L), Mollie Spradlin (L) and Nevaeh Sauer (L). Blue: Sophia Burns (C) • Romper and Jumpsuit – Blue: Taylor Kramer (O) • Two-Piece Outfit – Purple: Greta Rickertsen (L) and Lorelai Rickertsen (L) Steam clothing 3 – A stitch further • Dress or Formal – Purple: Karla Herrarte (L) • Pants or Shorts Combination – Purple: Abbie Owens (L) • Coat, Blazer, Suit Jacket or Outerwear – Purple: Keith Allen (L), Karla Herrarte (L), Ariel Rhea (L), Sydni Ringenberg (L) and Daniela Solis (L) Fiber arts – Knitting • Arm or Finger Knitted Item – Red: Aven Zimmerman (O) Shopping in style • Best Buy for Your Buck (Age 10-13) – Blue: Jaelynn Roberts (L) • Best Buy for Your Buck (Age 14-18) – Purple: Abbie Owens (L) and Aven Zimmerman (O)

Three-legged horses Some three-legged horses have survived. Molly, a grayspeckled Pony of the Americas, was stranded in a Louisiana barn during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. After being taken to a rescue farm, her leg became infected after a pitbull dog attacked her. She was eventually fitted with a prosthetic limb, with a “happy face” on the base so that she would leave its imprint when she walked. After her recover, Molly was taken to visit shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers, bringing hope and inspiration to the human occupants.

Molly the Pony, a children’s book by Pam Kaster, tells Molly’s story.

Book Lovers Day

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Book Lovers Day is a great day to celebrate. Just grab an interesting book, find a quiet, cozy place, and crack open the cover. Celebrating Book Lovers Day in August is pleasurable on the deck, under a shady tree, poolside, or in a cozy hammock. If you fall asleep while reading, that’s okay. It’s all part of the relaxing benefits of being a book lover.

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2016 John Deere S670, 3204 engine hours, 520/85R42 duals, lateral tilt, VS feederhouse with fore and aft, extended wear grain handling system, powerfold grain tank, 26-ft. unload auger, premium cab and radio. Stock #70500...................................... $125,000 (12)

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2016 Case IH 8240, 1188 engine/817 separator, IF520/85R42 dual drive tires, F600/70R28 rear tires, 26-ft. unload auger lateral tilt feederhouse, HID lighting, hydraulic fold grain tank and cover. Stock #71959.... $235,000 (3)

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#72732

2019 John Deere S780, 451 engine/344 separator hours, PowerCast tailboard, TriStream rotor, powerfold grain tank extensions, fixed speed feederhouse, small wire concaves, 1100 R46 front tires, 750R 26 rear tires, full guidance system. Stock #72732..$410,000 (1)

#72084

2014 John Deere S680, 3347 engine/2397 separator, ProDrive transmission, TriStream rotor, PowerCast tailboard, manual grain tank extensions, 22.5-ft. unload auger, GPS, 800/70R28 drive, 600/79R28 rear tires. Stock #72084....................$129,500 (14)

#74294

2011 John Deere 9870STS 3315 engine/2215 separator hours, 2WD, dual 520/85R42, ProDrive transmission, Contour Master (lateral tilt feederhouse), PowerCast tailboard, 26-ft. unloading auger, Premier cab. Very nice unit.

Local machine. Stock #74294..... $102,500 (2)

2011 Case IH 7120, 2265 engine/1714 separator, leather seat, dual 20.8R42 drive tires, 540/65R30 rear tires, lateral tilt feederhouse, internal chopper with spreader. Stock #75578. .................................................. $102,500 (14)

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#72605

2007 John Deere 9860, 2739 engine/ 2032 separator hours, level land feederhouse with fixed speed drive, Premium header control package, fine cut chopper with chaff spreader, 22-ft. Hi-Cap unload auger, 30.5LR-32 tires.

Stock #72605................................ $83,500 (3)

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