JANUARY 2021
Vol. XXI No. 12 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
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MontGuide Mondays discussions beginning Jan.
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MSU News Service Montana State University (MSU) Extension will host a series of discussions in 2021 on its MontGuide fact sheets about estates and legacy planning. MontGuide Mondays will run 10 to 11 a.m. each Monday in January and February via Webex. Sessions will be hosted by Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, and also feature several Extension agents from across the state. According to Goetting, the sessions will run like a book club, where participants will read a MontGuide and take part in a virtual discussion. Participants can ask Goetting and agents questions about the reading or just listen and learn. MontGuides to be covered include: • “Dying Without a Will in Montana: Who Receives Your Property” • “Whose Name is on Your Property?” CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
PRODUCTION SALES
Jan 15, Diamond Bar S Simmental & SimAngus, Great Falls MT.....................A4 Jan 30, Bobcat Angus, Great Falls MT................................................................A3 Feb 1, Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross, Lewistown MT..............................A7 Feb 3, Begger’s Diamond V Simmental & Angus, Wibaux MT..........................A9 Feb 5, Baumgarten Cattle Co Hereford and Angus & Nord Angus, Belfield ND. .............................................................................................................................A10 Feb 6, Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch, Helena MT...........................................A11 Feb 15, Bulls of the Big Sky Simmental, Angus, SimAngus, Billings MT......A13 Feb 20, Sparks Herefords, Plevna MT...............................................................A24 Feb 20, Gnerer Angus, Olive MT.......................................................................A12 Feb 23, Connelly Angus, Valier MT......................................................................B3 Mar 1, Clear Creek Angus & Weaver Herefords, Chinook MT.........................A15 Mar 2, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford MT..................................................A17 Mar 2, Apex Angus, Valier MT............................................................................A19 Mar 5, L Bar W Cattle Company Hereford, Absarokee MT.................................A5 Mar 6, Bulls of the Bitterroot Black Angus, Stevensville MT..........................A21 Mar 8, Veseth Cattle Co., Glasgow MT..............................................................A23 Mar 11, Fritz Red Angus, Brady MT...................................................................A25 Mar 12, Flesch Angus, Shelby MT.....................................................................A28 Mar 15, Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls MT.................................................A20 Mar 15,Whistling Winds Angus, Inc, Hingham MT...........................................A22 Mar 24, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range MT...........................A33 Mar 29, Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch, Great Falls MT............................................B9
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Jan 1 - 26, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Equipment, Online..............A2 Jan 30 - 31, RLP Auctions, Western Auction, Hamilton MT...............................A8
Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council meeting
Montana Department of Agriculture The Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council will meet virtually from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. A draft agenda for the meeting is available on the Montana Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Public Notices webpage at agr.mt.gov. To receive information to join the virtual meeting, please contact Carol Bearden, Noxious Weed Program Specialist, by phone at (406) 444-7880 or by email at cbearden@mt.gov. Members of the council provide guidance to the Noxious Weed Trust Fund grant program which assists counties, local CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
OTHER DATED
Jan 13, Safflower Technologies Intl, Growers Meeting, Fariview MT...............A6 Jan 19, Safflower Technologies Intl, Growers Meeting, Billings MT.................A6
Dawson County’s participants in the 2020 State Make It With Wool Contest were (front row, left to right) Benjamin Dones, Mollie Spradlin, Maya Soria, Wesley Thompson, Millie Pepplitsch, Jaden Hunke, Ezra Solis, (middle row, left to right) Joel Soria, Leah Sauer, Sydni Ringenberg, Karla Herrarte, Abbie Owens, Saidi Ringenberg, (back row, left to right) Delilah Solis, Nevaeh Sauer, Ariel Rhea, Abby Allen, and Amaya Stewart. The contest was November 21 at the Lexington Middle School conducted by Andrea Nisley, State MIWW Director. (Photo courtesy of Andrea Nisley)
Extension Crop Production Clinics to go virtual
University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News Beginning January 5, the 2021 Nebraska will also be available. Crop Production Clinics will feature live Clinic dates are as follows: presentations via Zoom and present research Western Nebraska Focused Clinics updates and information tailored to regional • January 5, 2021 (Tuesday) crop issues and grower interests. Sponsored • January 12, 2021 (Tuesday) by Nebraska Extension, the programs will • January 19, 2021 (Tuesday) be held on nine days throughout January. Central Nebraska Focused Clinics Session topics will include crop produc• January 6, 2021 (Wednesday) tion, soil management, water management, • January 13, 2021 (Wednesday) agribusiness management, pesticide and • January 20, 2021 (Wednesday) environmental safety, pest management, Eastern Nebraska Focused Clinics pesticide application technology, cover • January 7, 2021 (Thursday) crops, forages and agricultural technology. • January 14, 2021 (Thursday) Pesticide applicator recertification training • January 21, 2021 (Thursday) Individual clinics will be customized to address topics specific to that area of the state, allowing growers to get researchAnchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn MT...........................A5 based information on the issues they face Bar LM Ranch, Stevensville MT.....................................A8 Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida MT......................A24 locally. Due to the uncertainty related to Clay Creek Angus, Greybull, WY.................................A32 COVID-19 around the state, the clinics will Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek MT...............A18 be offered virtually. Duncan Ranch Co, Joplin MT........................................A5 There will be limited opportunity for inEhlke Herefords, Townsend MT.....................................A5 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan MT.................................A5 person viewing of clinic presentations at J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood MT...................................A24 various county locations. More information K.L. Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay MT..........................A5 about these locations will be made available Little Bitterroot Ranch, Hot Springs MT.......................A2 McMurry Cattle, Billings MT..........................................A5 on the CPC website at http://agronomy.unl.
PRIVATE TREATY
Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek MT...............................A5
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