JUNE 2018
Vol. XIX No. 5 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
Phone 406-271-5533 Fax 406-271-5727 website: tradersdispatch.com E-MAIL: advertising@tradersdispatch.com
Field days near Loma, Turner and Chester
By Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (NARC) and MSU Extension will be hosting two field days near Loma and Turner on Wednesday, June 27 and another field day on Thursday, June 28 near Chester. The Loma field day will begin at 9:00 a.m. north of Loma near the Lyle McKeever farm at 1494 McKeever Road. The Turner field day will begin at 5:00 p.m. near the Max Cederberg farm north of Turner. A barbecue hosted by CHS Big Sky will follow the Turner field day. The Chester field day will begin at 10:00 a.m. near the Kurt Kammerzell farm west of Chester on 3800 Road. Dr. Luther Talbert (MSU Agronomist/Spring Wheat Breeder) will update producers about spring wheat varieties at all three sites. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
AUCTION SALES
June1-21, Pate Auction Inc., Howard “Trip” Hammer Estate, Online................A2 June 16, Mills Auction Service, Amish School, Ashland MT............................A4 June 16.. , RK Statewide Auction, Whitney Construction Liquidation, Circle MT ...............................................................................................................................A3 June16, B&B Auction Sales & Service, Rod Courtnage Farm, Big Sandy, MT... . ...............................................................................................................................A8 June 22, Toavs Premier Auctions, Dry Creek Ranch, Glasgow MT........... A6, A7 June 23, Teton County Fair, Livestock Sale, Choteau MT...............................A10 June 23, Toavs Premier Auctions, Dale & Elaine Chabot, Scobey MT...........A11 June 23, RK Statewide Auction, Gun & Shop, Miles City, MT.........................A12 June 23, Ophus Auction Service, Brian Wilson, Inc, Box Elder MT................A15 June 23, Kevin Hill Auction Service Inc, Netherton Equipment & Liquidation, Troy MT................................................................................................................A14 June 24, Mills Auction Service, Davis Living Estate, Miles City MT...............A19 June 28, RK Statewide Auction, Dawson County Land, Richey MT...............A20 June 30, Hi Line Auction, Harold Schmoeckel Estate, Malta MT....................A18 June 30, .Ophus Auction Service, Eric & Annabelle Anderson Retirement, Fort Benton MT...........................................................................................................A23 June 30, RK Statewide Auction, Dolph Harris Estate, Sidney MT..................A21 June 30, Shobe Auction & Realty, Harold “John” Sears Estate, Martinsdale MT........................................................................................................................A38 June 30, .Toavs Premier Auctions, Jim MacDonald Auction, Wolf Point MT...A36 June 30, Mills Auction Service, Emery Estate, Ekalaka MT............................A35
Honey bee volunteer day
MSU News Service Montana State University is hosting the Honey Bee Research Site and Pollinator Garden volunteer day from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, June 15. The volunteer events will be held at the MSU Horticulture Farm located at 2730 West Garfield Street in Bozeman, near the Bozeman Agricultural Research and Teaching Farm, or BART Volunteers from the campus and Gallatin Valley communiCONTINUED ON PAGE A4
Cover crop field day
Come join the Cascade Conservation District June 22, 2018 for a cover crop field day. The Conservation District has supported a six year cover crop trial all over Cascade County and it is time to share what we have learned. Climate and soil types vary widely in Cascade County, offering different challenges to raising cover crops. We will be discussing many of these challenges and benefits to adding cover crops to your crop rotation. You are invited to participate in a result session of a 6-year cover crop/fallow rotation study for Cascade County from CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
In years past the Marias River float trip/noxious weed tour has made an educatonal stop at Pugsley Bridge on the Marias. Come join in the tour on July 12, 2018
Marias River Float Trip and Weed Tour By Jesse Fulbright, Liberty County Extension Agent
Registration forms are now available to sign up for a float trip on the Marias River to learn more about noxious weed management and watershed conservation problems. The Marias River Basin Weed Control Association and Marias River Watershed Group are hosting the trip on Thursday, July 12th. This year’s float will take us from the Moffat Bridge below Tiber Dam, downstream 11 miles to the Circle Bridge ADVERTISING DEADLINE FOR JULY ISSUE
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south of Chester. Participants will meet at the Tiber Marina on Lake Elwell, above Tiber Dam at 9:00 a.m. Pre-registration is required and forms can be picked up at the MSU Extension Office in Liberty County or can be e-mailed upon request. There is a $20.00 registration fee, which includes rafts, life jackets, and a barbeque supper. Educational materials and bus transportation to the launch site and back to Tiber Marina at the end of the float for the barbeque will also be provided. There is a CONTINUED ON PAGE A4
PRODUCTION SALES
July 12-14, US Targhee Sheep Assoc, Sale, Miles City MT..................................................... A19
Highwood Bench Field Day
By Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension Office plot project where she is testing new barMSU Central Agricultural Research ley lines. The barley breeding program has Center (CARC) and MSU Extension will gathered lines from the germplasm bank be hosting a field day on the Highwood that were reported to be acid and aluminum Bench on Wednesday, June 20, from 10:00 tolerant. Dr. Sherman has screened these a.m. to noon. The field day will take place lines in acidic soils in the greenhouse and is approximately one mile east of the Long now screening these lines on the Highwood farm on 1221 Shonkin Road. bench. The field day will begin with a tour of Dr. Pat Carr CARC Superintendent and the CARC cereal, pea and canola plots, which have been seeded in low pH soil to CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 determine tolerance to soil acidity. Dr. Jamie Sherman (MSU Barley BreedPRIVATE TREATY er) will cover barley varieties at the test Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek MT...............A16 plot. In addition, she will discuss a hill
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