SEPTEMBER 2022
Vol. XXIII No. 8 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
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Women Stepping Forward For Agriculture Women Stepping Forward for Agriculture 20th anniversary conference Make plans now to attend the 20th annual Women Stepping Forward for Agriculture Conference at the Big Horn Resort, 1801 Majestic Lane, Billings, Mont., Ocober 3-5, 2022. This year’s conference theme is Cheers to 20 Years and CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Sept. Big Iron, Online...................................................................................... A3 Sept 12 - 14, Booker Auction, Harrell & Sons Farms, Online......................... A7 Sept 12 - 19, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Crazy Mountain Fabrications, Online.............................................................................................. A5 Sept 12 - 27, Smeltzer Auctions & Real Estate, Dawson County & Town of Richey, Online........................................................................................... A2 Sept 16, Weishaar Auction Service, Eisenbarth Farm Equipment Estate, New Leipzig ND................................................................................................. A8 Sept 17, Montana Auction Company, Sissel Family Antique Auction, Sidney MT............................................................................................................. A9 Sept 17 - Oct 1, Pate Auction Inc., State of Montana Surplus Property, Online ................................................................................................................ A11 Sept 21 - 24, Swanson’s Estate Sales Inc., Estate Sale, TBD...................... A10 Sept 24, Mills Auction Service, Odekoven Moving, Recluse WY................. A12 Sept 24, Burow’s Auction, Skip Hewitt Estate, Great Falls, MT................... A13 Sept 24, RK Statewide Auction, Coffeman Gun & Household, Miles City MT..... ................................................................................................................ A14 Sept 24, GSI Auction Service, Dean Armbrister Moving, Glasgow MT........ A16 Sept 24, Springhill Auctioneers, Jewitt-Oset Family Toy, Brady MT........... A10 Sept 24, Weishaar Auction Service, Hutchinson Retirement, Taylor ND..... A20 Oct 1, Mills Auction Service, Dallas Gaskill Estate, Broadus MT................ A22 Oct 1, Weishaar Auction Service, LeFebre Retirement, Lodgepole SD........ A24 Oct 1, Springhill Auctioneers, Leonard Matteson Museum, Galata MT...... A14 Oct 2, RK Statewide Auction, Gun & Coin, Sidney MT................................. A20 Oct 6, Flying D Auction, Widhalm Bros Farming, Valier MT......................... A15 Oct 8, Fritz Auction, Anderson Retirement, 4J Farms/Missing T Equipment Reduction, Chester MT................................................................... A18, A19 Oct 8, Montana Auction Company, Harold Fink Estate Tractor & Engine, Lambert MT........................................................................................................... A17 Oct 8, Weishaar Auction Service, Brown Retirement, Sentinel Butte ND.... A26 Oct 12, RK Statewide Auction, Borderview Ranch Liquidation, Circle MT.. A28 Oct 15, Rivers West Auction, Schlegel Enterprises, Kalispell MT................ A30 Oct 18, RK Statewide Auction, Carter County Land, Ekalaka, MT............... A29 Nov., Flying D Auction, Dennis Howell Estate, Cut Bank MT....................... A32
Sheep & Goat Extravaganza
The 4S Goat Expo and the Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers annual meeting seminar has combined for a small ruminant educational program that will be held September 24 & 25 at the Lincoln County Fair Grounds in North Platte Nebraska. Activities include seminars on Productive Profitable Goat Management, Goat Nutrition and Management, Sheep Production and Management, Selection for Wool in a Sheep Breeding Program, Herd Health for Sheep Producers and many more topics. Hands on activities include Famacha Training, Sheep Health Assessment, Hall of Sheep Breeds, Certified Boer Goat Show, 4S Goat Show and Sale. Speakers include Rob Zelinsky, Small Ruminant Nutritionist with Hubbard Feed, Sue Hobby, Boers by Hobby Goat Farm, Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator and many more. For more information or to sign-up contact Randy Saner at 308-532-2683 or Melissa Nicholson at (308) 386-8378. You may also visit our websites at https://go.unl.edu/sheepandgoatevents
OTHER DATED EVENTS
Sept 16 - 18....... Teton Antique Steam & Gas Threshing Assoc, Threshing Bee and Bazaar, Choteau MT............................................................................. A4 Oct 4, Triangle Ag Services, Open House, Fort Benton MT.......................... A21 Oct 5, Gustafson Law, Salansky Land Auction, Conrad MT......................... B24
This is just the begining of the process of harvesting hemp. This hemp field north of Conrad, Montana, was cut down and will lay in swaths for 3 weeks before the next step. The small inset photos shows just how tall the crop was compared to 4-year-old Tayler Aaberg of Conrad.
MSU to host webinar series on strategies for non-lethal predator management
Montana State University will partner with area organizations to host a free webinar series focused on techniques to mitigate predator-livestock conflicts. The series, Pathways for Practice Implementation: Non-lethal Predator Management through EQIP – Environmental Quality Incentives Program – will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: September 20 and October 18. It is targeted to producers and local conservation district practitioners. In 2020, a team working in lands conservation across the West — including Jared Beaver, MSU Extension wildlife specialist — received a National Conservation Innovation Grant, or CIG, to explore collaborative landowner strategies for non-lethal predator management. That team, known as Conflict on Work-
PRIVATE TREATY
Central Montana Tarentaise, Fort Benton MT.......... A38 McMurry Cattle, Billings MT....................................... A4 Sleeping Willow Ranch, Stevensville MT................... A2
inglands CIG, will share practical information with ranchers and Natural Resources Conservation Service staff for managing the predation and production risks from large carnivores. Ranchers from multiple Western states who utilize these practices, along with other members of the CoW-CIG team, will share ideas for putting strategies to broad, practical use via the NRCS conservation delivery framework. According to Beaver, there are emerging opportunities for technical and financial assistance through U.S. Farm Bill programs to support producers as they implement range riding, carcass management and various types of electric fencing or fladry. The webinar series will highlight guidelines for CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
PRODUCTION SALES
Sept 15, Hughes Newford Co. & Sampsel Livestock, Miles City MT......................................................A6 Nov 15, Central Montana Tarentaise, Fort Benton MT......................................................................A38
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