FEBRUARY 2021
Vol. XXII No. 1 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
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2021 Dry Edible Bean Day
The 2021 Nebraska Dry Edible Bean Day will be a virtual event this February, featuring the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association’s annual meeting and updates on bean-related research in Nebraska. Dry Edible Bean Day is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 10, on the Zoom webinar platform. To receive the Zoom address, contact the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association at 308-633-1387 or email, nebeangrower@allophone. com NDBGA business will include a welcome from NDBGA President Dan Hinman, financial reports, announcement of scholarship winner, and board elections. Four positions on the NDBGA board are up for election; additional nominations and voting will be conducted online on Zoom. Growers who are interested in being nominated for these vacancies should contact the NDBGA office at 308-633-1387. UNL specialists and educators will present report on their research programs conducted at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center. They include: Welcome from Interim Director Jeff Bradshaw Dry Bean Breeding Specialist Carlos Urrea, UNL Dry Bean Releases Entomologist Jeff Bradshaw, Western Bean Cutworm – Update from 2020 Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist Bijesh Maharjan, Optimized Nitrogen Management for Dry Bean Production Water and Irrigation Management Specialist Xin Qiao, Irrigation Management of Dry Edible Beans Integrated Weed Management Specialist Nevin Lawrence,
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Ever wonder how those big piles of grain around the local elevators disappear so fast? Beaver VandenBos of Beaver Transport, and Jeremy Carter of J Carter Trucking, have just the equipment to move them in a hurry. Pictured above is one of the three trucks they uses to move the grain to the elevator in the background. Ty Aaberg, Jeremy Carter and Beau Bokma take turns loading their trucks and then emptying them into the elevator. Beaver runs the tractor that runs the loading auger. The equipment was purchased in Kansas and trucked to Montana to do the job. (below)
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PRODUCTION SALES
Feb 15, Bulls of the Big Sky Simmental, Angus, SimAngus, Billings MT....... A3 Feb 15, Big Sky Salers, Dickinson ND............................................................... A4 Feb 20, Gnerer Angus, Olive MT........................................................................ A6 Feb 20, Sparks Herefords, Plevna MT................................................................ A8 Feb 22, Circle L Angus, Dillon MT...................................................................... A7 Feb 23, Connelly Angus, Valier MT................................................................... B24 Feb 27, Never Sweat Ranch, Missoula MT......................................................... A9 Mar 1, Clear Creek Angus & Weaver Herefords, Chinook MT........................ A11 Mar 2, Apex Angus, Valier MT........................................................................... A13 Mar 2, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford MT................................................. A15 Mar 4, Split Diamond Bulls, Angus, Dillon MT................................................ A17 Mar 4, Bieber Red Angus Ranch, Leola SD..................................................... A19 Mar 5, L Bar W Cattle Company Hereford, Absarokee MT.............................. A21 Mar 5, Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville MT..................................... A23 Mar 6, DK Red Angus & Charolais, Williston, ND............................................ A25 Mar 6, Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Hysham MT..................................... A26 Mar 6, Bulls of the Bitterroot Black Angus, Stevensville MT......................... A27 Mar 8, Veseth Cattle Co., Glasgow MT............................................................. A29 Mar 8, Holden Herefords, Valier MT.................................................................. A21 Mar 9, Veltkamp Angus, Manhattan MT............................................................ A31 Mar 9, O’Hara Land & Cattle, Fort Benton MT................................................. A32 Mar 11, Fritz Red Angus, Brady MT.................................................................. A33 Mar 12, Flesch Angus, Shelby MT.................................................................... A35 Mar 13, Duncan Ranch Co, Joplin MT.............................................................. A39 Mar 15, Whistling Winds Angus, Inc, Hingham MT......................................... A37 Mar 15, Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls MT.................................................. A2 Mar 18, Malek Angus Ranch, Highwood MT.................................................... A38 Mar 18, Kicking Horse Ranch, Great Falls MT................................................. A42 Mar 20, Sidwell Ranch & Frank Herefords, Columbus MT............................. A21 Mar 24, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range MT.......................... A43 Mar 27, Valley View Charolais, Polson MT........................................................ A46 Mar 29, Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch, Great Falls MT......................................... A47 Mar 31, Open Gate Ranch, Simms MT............................................................. A49 Apr 1, Arntzen Angus Ranch, Hilger MT............................................................ B3 Apr 5, Gollaher Ranch, Cascade MT................................................................ A48 Apr 13, Hager Cattle Co., Karlsruhe, ND............................................................ B5
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Feb 10 - Mar 1, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Land, Online................A4 Mar 13, Big D & E Auction Service, Farm Equipment, Dickinson ND.............A36 May 2, Smith Sales Co., Spring Fever, Miles City MT........................................B2 May 15, Stan Howe & Associates/Front Range Auctioneers, Matteson EstateCollector Car, Shelby MT.....................................................................................B4
2021 sign-up for Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
USDA NRCS News Release USDA’s Natural Resources Conservaceived and determined eligible by the cutoff tion Service (NRCS) in Wyoming has set date will be considered for funding. February 22, 2021 as a cutoff date to batch The ACEP program was reauthorized applications for the Agricultural Conservation through the 2018 Farm Bill to fund easements Easement Program (ACEP). for agricultural lands and wetland reserves. NRCS accepts applications year-round for ACEP has two components, one for ALE, the Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and and one for WRE. Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) under Under the ALE program, funds are proACEP. Applications for ALE and WRE revided to eligible entities that can use ACEP funding to purchase agricultural land easements that protect the agricultural use and conservation values of eligible land. ApAnchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn MT.........................A21 proved agricultural easements would prevent Anderson Ranch, Raynesford MT...............................A41 productive working agricultural lands from Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida MT........................A8 Clay Creek Angus, Greybull, WY.................................A16 being converted to non-agricultural uses Cross Three Quarter Horse, Conrad MT.....................A18 and maximize conservation of land devoted Curlew Cattle Co., Whitehall MT..................................A21 to food and fiber production. Cropland, Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek MT...............A12 Ehlke Herefords, Townsend MT...................................A21 grassland, pastureland, rangeland, and nonFeddes Herefords, Manhattan MT...............................A21 industrial private forestland are eligible. Geib Red Angus, Dagmar MT........................................A4 Under the WRE program, funding is proJ Bar E Ranch, Plentywood MT.....................................A8 K.L. Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay MT........................A21 vided directly to landowners for the purchase Lazy D Red Angus, Williston ND.................................A14 of an easement, and for restoration. WREs McMurry Cattle, Billings MT........................................A21 would restore and enhance wetlands and imSleeping Willow Ranch, Stevensville MT......................A5 prove wildlife habitat. Restoration funds are Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek MT.............................A21
PRIVATE TREATY
Wichman Herefords, Moore MT.....................................A8
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