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It is that time of year again for the Annual MSU Extension Winter Ag Series. The Extension Winter Series program is a cooperative effort between the region’s County Extension offices. Each year a series of lectures are presented in each of the Southeast Montana counties providing timely information of interest to our rural population. The Winter Ag Series will be held in ten locations from January 7 to January 11. The program will be in Jordanand Circle on Jan. 7, Broadus and Ekalaka on Jan. 8, Baker and Wibaux on Jan. 9, Gle...
MSU Extension Economists George Haynes, Kate Fuller and Joel Schumacher will offer farm and ranch management workshops in seven communities from December, 2018 to March, 2019. Other faculty members contributing to these workshops include Agricultural Economists Anton Bekkerman, Diane Charlton and Eric Belasco; Family Economist Marsha Goetting; Cropping Systems Specialist Kent McVay; Beef Cattle Specialist Megan Van Emon; Rangeland Weed Specialist Jane Mangold; Soil Fertility Specialist Clain Jones; and Forage Specialist Emily...
Join Fallon/Carter County Extension and Southeast Montana Area Revitalization Team on Dec. 20 for a free hands-on training with QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online for all industries. Learn how to record bank and credit card transactions, reconcile bank accounts, create customer invoices, pay bills, create and analyze financial statements and more. QuickBooks and bookkeeping questions will be answered. Computers and resources will be provided. The training will take place in Alzada from 9 to 11 a.m. at the community...
Follow meat from the pasture to your plate by learning how to make your own sausage. Making sausage on your own can be a fun way to explore new seasonings and flavors in the convenience of your home and is a great activity to do with your family. By making it yourself, you also know exactly what is in it. Historically, sausage is one of the oldest known forms of processed meat and has been a very desirable, "quick-and-easy" meal for generations. Fallon/Carter County Extension...
inning of the Annual Summer Weed Tour. These tours include guest speakers and help inform farmers and ranchers of the different varieties of native and invasive plants, along with different land and livestock grazing strategies. The first tour: Tri-County Weed Tour, will begin at 2 p.m. July 16 at the intersection of Westmore and Cabin Creek Road. A meal will be served by the Cabin Creek Homemakers. The second tour: Carter County Range Tour, will commence at 2 p.m. on July 17 at the Markuson Ranch. A meal will be provided by...
Products of the Prairie is striving to create a family-friendly community event that strengthens the local economy, brings people together and inspires small, locally-owned businesses. The markets will have activities for kids and adults, educational booths, and produce and craft vendors. Organizers are lining up live music, local breweries and wineries, and food trucks for the Baker Markets. They are also working to provide a story time for kids, vegetable car races, a cooking competition and more. Market committee members...
According to a MSU Extension Ag Alert, damaging numbers of black grass bugs were reported in range and pasture locations in Teton and Big Horn Counties. Black grass bugs were also reported in Fallon, Powder River and Prairie Counties. Black grass bugs are plant sap feeders that target many introduced range grasses, including crested wheatgrass, intermediate wheatgrass and orchardgrass. Black grass bugs are dark insects, often with buff-colored markings on the head and the body margin. They are less than a quarter inch long....
Water is the most important nutrient for livestock. A quality and safe water supply is essential to the production of healthy livestock. If water is not suitable for consumption, it can adversely affect the growth, reproduction, and productivity of livestock. What makes water unsatisfactory for livestock in eastern Montana? It is often due to excessive salinity-too high concentration of dissolved salts, more specifically sulfates. Salinity, or total dissolved solids (TDS), is...
Feed costs account for the largest input cost in a ranching operation. Are you feeding your livestock the most efficient way possible? Join us for our cattle nutrition seminar on November 14th in Ekalaka or November 15th in Baker. The program in Ekalaka will be held at the Parish Hall, in conjunction with the Annual Carter County Sheep and Cattle Growers Meeting. The Meeting with start at 1:00 with the nutrition program beginning around 4:00. There will be a meal, silent auction and door prizes. On Wednesday, November 15th...
Every fall, people look forward to the fall colors as deciduous tree leaves change colors and drop in preparation of winter. We expect the leaves of deciduous trees to change colors. What many people are unaware of, though, is that most conifers also drop their needles at this time. Every fall, conifers shed some of their needles. This is a natural process known as Seasonal Needle Drop. The amount of needle-loss is dependent on species and environmental conditions. The occurrence of seasonal needle drop is often mistaken for...
Prussic acid poisoning can be a lethal problem for cattle grazing sorghum, sorghum-sundangrass crosses and sundangrasses. Other plants that potentially contain prussic acid include white clover, vetch seed and chokecherry. Prussic acid, also called hydrocyanic (HCN), is typically not present in plants. However, some common plants can accumulate large quantities of cyanogenic glycoside. When plants are actively growing, prussic acid levels are low because the compound breaks...
Forage crops can accumulate toxic amounts of nitrate (NO3). High nitrate has been reported in cereal grains (oats, rye, wheat, barley, triticale, etc.), bromegrass, orchardgrass, fescue, sorghum, sudangrass, millet, corn, sweetclover and alfalfa. Several weeds, such as kochia, lambs-quarter, pigweed, quackgrass and Russian thistle, can also have high nitrate levels, especially when growing under adverse conditions. Nitrogen from the soil is taken up by plant roots in the form of nitrate. Plants convert nitrate (NO3) to...
Water is the most important nutrient for livestock. A quality and safe water supply is essential to the production of healthy livestock. If water is not suitable for consumption, it can adversely affect the growth, reproduction and productivity of livestock. Often it is excessive salinity-too high concentration of dissolved solids of various kinds-that affect water quality in the area. Testing water annually, if not more frequently, will help establish a baseline for the...
