Animal Handling and Your Health
By Heidi LePard, Great Falls Clinic Infection Preventionist Baby animals are undeniable adorable! Who wouldn’t want to snuggle a newborn kitten, puppy, or even baby goat? They are all so cute and [...]
Raising a Good Egg
When Jayton Ophus was four years old, he told his parents he wanted chickens. He got them all right – and much, much more. “We wanted to teach him responsibility,” says Jayton’s mother, Mary [...]
The Two Elk Hunting Seasons
Article and Photo by J.B. Chandler Both deer and elk are popular big-game animals hunted here in Montana. There are two different seasons in the fall, one for archery and the other for rifle [...]
Agriculture: A Necessary Gamble
Two trailers head east from Great Falls to Winnett carrying hay donated by Mike and Connie Brumble. The individuals involved in loading, transporting, and unloading are Tate Switzer, Chet Wright, [...]
The Montana Hereford Association
By Bruce Thomas The stakes have never been higher to create VALUE and EFFICIENCY throughout the production system. In the past decade, Hereford has documented dramatic improvements in calving [...]
Hauling Cattle
By Kent Hanawalt A familiar sight on Montana’s highways in the fall is the “Pot” – a possum-bellied double deck semi-trailer hauling cattle. Also known as a “bull-rig,” there are thousands of [...]
Montana Wheat and Barley Committee: 50th Anniversary
“Helping farms be sustainable and profitable is our mission,” says Collin Watters, Executive Vice President of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee (MWBC). Since 1967, MWBC has pooled farmers’ [...]