SEPTEMBER 2023
Vol. XXIV No. 8 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
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Salinity Control Seminar in Fort Benton
By Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension Office A salinity control seminar will take place at the Ag Center in Fort Benton on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. The first presenters will be Scott Brown and Tera Ryan. Scott is the Montana Salinity Control Association (MSCA) Program Director and Soil Scientist. Tera is the MSCA Assistant Director and Reclamation Scientist. She will explain dryland saline seep development and reclamation techniques. Explain what a shallow ground water investigation entails and how that will define ground water flow direction and the recharge area for specific saline seeps. In addition, Scott will talk about saline seep acreage progression with and without CRP. Kent McVay MSU Extension Cropping Systems specialist will discuss how to use annual and perennial plants to manage saline seep. He will also discuss his new Montguide on water use, which covers rooting depths of annual crops in an effort to help producers who want to keep fields in annual production. Roger Hybner MSU Northern Ag Research Center Retiree will share results from a research study where they seeded AC Saltlander in a saline seep on top of feedlot compost. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Sept 6 - 13, Booker Auction, Annual September Farm, Online...................... A3 Sept 10 - Oct 15, Smith Sales, Co., Fall Project Car & Machinery, Online.......... ...........................................................................................................A18 - A19 Sept 11 - 27, Ascent Auction Services, Fall Belgrade MT Farm & Equipment, Online........................................................................................................... A5 Sept 16, Weaver Auctions, Billy Willis & Guest Consignor, Potomac MT.... A22 Sept 16 - 30, Pate Auction Inc., 2023 State of Montana Surplus Property, Online........................................................................................................... A9 Sept 23, Brownell Auctions, Consignment Auction, Pendroy MT.................. A2 Sept 23, Krance Auction Service, LLC, Andreas Estate, Belfield ND............. A3 Sept 23, Collins Auction Service, Angelos/Double A Ranch, Pendroy MT..... A4 Sept 28, Shobe Auction and Realty, Janicek’s Iron Wheel Ranch, Moore, MT... ...................................................................................................................... A7 Sept 28 - Oct 4, Big Mountain Auctions, Jim Schaeffer Estate, Online ........ A6 Oct 3, Fritz Auction, Vince & Carla Sullivan Farm Retirement, Cut Bank MT..... .................................................................................................................... A11 Oct 7, Ophus Auction Service, Ralph Seibel Farm, Fort Benton MT............ A15 Oct 7, RK Statewide Auctions, Beach Ranch, Beach ND............................. A17 Oct 14, RK Statewide Auctions, Lige Murray Estate, Jordan MT................. A21
OTHER DATED
Sept 19, Montana Department of Ag Pesticide Disposal, Kalispell MT........ A5 Sept 20, Montana Department of Ag Pesticide Disposal, Hamilton MT....... A5 Sept 21, Montana Department of Ag Pesticide Disposal, Helena MT........... A5 Sept 22, Montana Department of Ag Pesticide Disposal, Three Forks MT... A5 Oct 3, Frontier Precision (Triangle Ag Services), Open House, Fort Benton MT.............................................................................................................. A13
Diamondback Moth Larvae feeding on Canola pods
From Northern Canola Growers Association Fields with some pod feeding from mature larvae have been observed near Devils Lake and northeastern areas of North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. This is the second generation of diamondback moths. Scout for mature larvae (lime green about ½ inch long), which feed on flowers and young pods of late planted canola. This is when the canola crop is most susceptible to injury – blooming to early pod development. Larval feeding during blooming to early pod development can cause delayed plant maturity, uneven crop development and significant yield reduction due to loss of CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
This is what it looks like “from the top of the world” A view from the Stonewall Peak lookout (small photo in bottom right) near Lincoln, Montana.
Detection of Garden Loosestrife confirmed in Western Montana The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed Garden Loosestrife at two different sites in Western Montana. These are the first cases of Garden Loosestrife confirmed in Montana. Garden loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris), an aggressive non-native wetland plant, has been found in western Montana. In July 2023, approximately 0.1 acres along the Stillwater River, west of Kalispell, and an additional 0.2 acres along the Bitterroot River in Hamilton were mapped and treated by local land managers and MDA’s Early Detection, Rapid Response (EDRR) Program. Monitoring will be conducted on both sites and adjacent lands for the next several years. Garden loosestrife is a Class A (highest priority) noxious weed in Oregon, a Class B (second highest priority) in Washington and is invasive and problematic in several other states. It is a rhizomatous perennial forb that grows three to six feet tall and can form dense stands along waterways and in riparian areas. The leaves are opposite or whorled in groups of three to five, lance-shaped, three to five inches long and softly hairy, which gives them a slightly grayish-green tinge. Flowers are yellow, have five petals, appear in clusters at stem ends toward the top of the plant, and bloom in July or August.
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), a Montana-listed Priority 1B noxious weed, has many shared physical characteristics and occupies the same type of riparian areas. Montana has two closely related natives, also with yellow flowers: fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) and water loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora). To report a suspected Garden Loosestrife plant, contact your local county weed district, MSU Extension agent, or the Montana Department of Agriculture. Leave the plant in the ground so it can be correctly identified, take plenty of pictures, record GPS coordinates, and arrange for a site visit as soon as possible. For additional resources and contact information, visit the Early Detection, Rapid Response webpage here: agr.mt.gov/ Noxious-Weeds. The Montana Department of Agriculture is serving Montana Agriculture and growing prosperity under the Big Sky. For more information on department programs and services, visit agr.mt.gov.
PRIVATE TREATY
Johnson Polled Herefords, Craigmont ID..................A6 McMurry Cattle, Herefords, Billings MT..................A35 Shoco Red Angus, Augusta MT...............................A26
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