Articles with the Tag: Agriculture
A small crowd consisting of the participants’ families showed up to support the three boys during the 4-H shotgun competition. The competition was the first event of the Lake County Fair. Isaac Cantlon, Tristan Oberwenger and Andrey Bauer each scored high enough to receive a ribbon for two sep...
Eggplant is not often grown by home gardeners in Western Montana, but a good crop can be harvested and seed saved for next year if you give it what it needs. Eggplant is native to warm, subtropical regions in India and China and has been cultivated for more than 6,000 years. The botanical name of the species...
Shopping at farmers markets is one way to get delicious and fresh produce you can enjoy at home. “Getting plenty of fruits and vegetables helps families live healthier lives and reduces the likelihood of chronic disease,” said Elaine Auld, CEO of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)...
This month you can transplant out tender vegetables, early in the month, after frosts. If you have not planted your garden yet you can still purchase and transplant out tender vegetables that require a shorter season (80 days or fewer.) Cole crops, such as cauliflower and cabbage, and most every transplantab...
Here in western Montana we usually transplant our started tomatoes about May 10-21 as weather permits. Direct seeding may be done with the earliest varieties, but there is no guarantee of a crop. This year has been cool, with frosts still threatening in mid-May, so tender plants like tomatoes are going into ...
It looks like this year May is going to be our primary planting month, due to the cold spring. Some general duties to perform: mulch berries, hill leeks, watch for pests such as cutworms, pea weevils, root maggot flies, aphids, powdery mildew. Watch for frosts before putting out tender plants or have row cov...
News from the Montana Department of Revenue HELENA – The Montana Department of Revenue mailed 2017 livestock per capita fee bills. Payment is due by May 31. Livestock owners can pay online at ReportYourLivestock.mt.gov or by mail with a check. March 1 was the deadline for livestock owners to re...
A free summer workshop series in Western Montana will highlight market opportunities and production techniques to help beginning farmers and ranchers succeed. The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition and Farm Link Montana are excited to announce the lineup for Farmer Field Days 2017. Farmers along the Hi...
Onions regulate their growth by day length. Short-day varieties grow best in the South; here in the north we grow long-day varieties of onions. When the days reach 14 to 16 hours long, the long-day onions begin to form bulbs. The greater amount of growth prior to bulbing determines the ultimate size of the o...
News from the U.S. Department of Agriculture RONAN – Kristi D’Agati, Earth Team volunteer at the Ronan Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field office, has been selected as the national Earth Team Volunteer of the Year for 2016. D’Agati has served with the Ronan office...
