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New location, new datesand top-line entertainmentwill make this MonDak AgDays and Trade Show mem-orable.

“This is one people willdefinitely want to go to,”Wade Whiteman, formerExtension agent, said. “It’snot your same old Ag Days.”

Dates for the event areJan. 13-14, which are aThursday and Friday. Tradi-tionally, Ag Days has beenheld on Fridays and Satur-days. It’s also a week laterthan normal.

Whiteman, who organizedthe event along with Exten-sion agent Tim Fine, saysthere are several reasonswhy the change in datesmakes sense.

“A lot of businesses had ahard time filling booths onSaturdays, then we had anoverlap with basketballgames,” Whiteman said.“Plus, there isn’t anothertrade show on this week-end.”

An even bigger change isthe move to the event centerat the Richland County fair-grounds. All events, includ-ing Thursday night’s mealand entertainment, willtake place at the event cen-ter. “Ag in the Classroom iseven there,” Whiteman said.

There has “already been aconsiderable amount ofbuzz surrounding theevent,” Fine said.

Ag Days already has a fullslate of high-profile speak-ers set to discuss issuesranging from cattle market-ing to keeping soil healthy.Balance was key for eventorganizers when selecting aline-up of presentations.

“We feel really good aboutthe list of speakers we puttogether,” Fine said. “Ithink we really accom-plished our goal of organiz-ing an event that everyonewill enjoy.”

The event will kickoffThursday with Ag in theClassroom at 8 a.m. and thetrade show opening itsdoors at 11 a.m. Lunch, pro-vided by the Foundation forCommunity Care with pro-ceeds to go to the new Sid-

ney Health Center CancerTreatment Center, will beserved at noon.

Day one will feature a va-riety of topics with an em-phasis on the livestock in-dustry. Charlene Rich, Mon-tana Beef Council, will bethe first speaker at 1 p.m.and will reveal new con-sumer beef cuts in 2011. Fol-lowing Rich will be theWilbur Reid Tour Presenta-tion at 2 p.m. The final pres-entation of the day is set tofeature Wesley Batista, USACEO of JBS, discussing cat-tle marketing.

A social, sponsored byPrewitt & Company, will be-gin at 5 p.m. The eveningwill close out with a ban-quet, featuring a beef din-ner at 6 p.m. and thestylings of poet and hu-morist Baxter Black, start-ing at 7 p.m. at the eventcenter.

Black has been describedby the New York Times asprobably the nation’s mostsuccessful living poet.

Black’s website reads, “Hestill doesn’t own a televisionor a cell phone, and his ideaof a modern convenience isVelcro chaps. Everythingabout Baxter is cowboy; hiscartoonish mustache, hispersonality and his poetry.He makes a living shining aspotlight on the flaws andfoibles of everyday cowboylife. He demonstrates that itis the truth in his humorthat makes it funny.”

Whiteman says Black al-ways entertains in front ofsold-out crowds, so he ex-pects great interest. Ticketsare $75 for VIP and $40 forregular. A VIP ticket per-mits individuals to attendan hour-long “meet andgreet” prior to the perform-ance.

This year’s dinner willfeature a steak meal. TheMontana Beef Council willshowcase a new cut of beef.

For anyone interested inattending the banquet itwill be important to gettickets early, Fine said.Tickets are available at theStockman Bank and theRichland County Extension

Office.“Seats are going fast for

the banquet,” he said. “Wealready have people from asfar as Oklahoma buyingtickets for the event. Every-one’s pretty excited.”

In no way does the eventclose with the banquet asFriday’s schedule begins at7 a.m. with a breakfastsponsored by the SidneyArea Chamber of Com-merce and Agriculture. Pre-sentations, with an empha-sis on agronomics, kickoffat 9 a.m. with marketingspecialist Frayne Olson,North Dakota State Univer-sity Extension, discussingthe economics of wheat pro-tein.

At 10 a.m. producer GabeBrown will give a presenta-tion regarding soil health.Brown will be followed byJay Fuhrer, Natural Re-source Conservation Ser-vice, discussing the use of

cover crops at 11 a.m. Afterlunch at noon, John Pu-lasky and Tanja Frandsenwill give a collaborativeweather presentation at 1p.m. to be followed by

weather spotter training.The Keith Steinbeisser

Memorial Livestock Judg-ing Contest will be Saturdayat the Gartner DenowhRanch with registration at 8

a.m. and awards at 1 a.m.“We’re really looking for-

ward to the event,” Finesaid. “So far the feedbackhas been great. It should bea great couple of days.”

MonDak Ag Days, Trade Show scheduled for Thursday, Friday

BILL VANDER WEELE | SIDNEY HERALDThe trade show should be busier than ever at this year’s MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show.

ELLEN WZNICK | SIDNEY HERALDThe newly built Richland County Event Center is the site of the 2011 MonDak Ag Days and Trade ShowThursday and Friday.

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With a bigger and betterMonDak Ag Days scheduledthis year, it’s fitting that thebanquet will feature a big tal-ent to entertain.

A cowboy, poet and hu-morist, Baxter Black contin-ues to perform in front ofsold-out crowds all through-out the nation.

“We’re really excited to getsuch a well-known per-former as Baxter Black toheadline our banquet,” Mon-tana State University Exten-sion agent Tim Fine said.“After reading his columnsfor sometime, I’m personallyexcited to see him live.”

Now Black, described bythe New York Times as“probably the nation’s mostsuccessful living poet,” willbring his talents to the newevent center at the RichlandCounty Fairgrounds. Thebanquet, set for Thursday,will kickoff at 6 p.m. with a

beef dinner. Black will hitthe stage at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $40 each in-cluding a free drink. A newoption for guests will be aVIP ticket which includes ameet-and-greet with Black at5 p.m. at the Sidney CountryClub. Tickets are available atStockman Bank and Rich-land County Extension of-fice.

Many in the RichlandCounty area may already befamiliar with Black as he hasbeen featured numeroustimes on National Public Ra-dio and several television

channels. His syndicated col-umn about cowboy life is al-so well-known and is printedin some of the nation’s mostprestigous newspapers.

While he is known for hiswriting and poetry, Black istruly a cowboy humorist atheart. According to his web-site, his goal is simple: tomake people laugh.

To say the former large-an-imal veterinarian is versa-tile may be an understate-ment. Along with his anec-dotes and poetry, Black alsoputs his stories into songwith the help of the guitar.So his presentation is sure toplease fans of comedy andmusic alike.

“It’s going to be a lot offun. We’re looking forwardto having it,” Fine said.“Make sure you get yourtickets soon, they’re goingfast.”

For more information,columns and a full catalog ofhis work visit www.bax-terblack.com.

Baxter Black serves as main entertainment Thursday night‘After reading his

columns for sometime,I’m personally excited to

see him live.’

Tim FineExtension agent

SUBMITTEDBaxter Black is regarded as one of the nation’s most successful living poets.

BY HARRY LIPSIEASIDNEY HERALD

Jay Fuhrer believes inworking from the ground up,literally. As a district conser-vationist, he strives to im-prove soil health throughoutthe region. Fuhrer, NRCS,Bismarck, N.D., along withrancher Gabe Brown will bespeaking at MonDak Ag Daysin Sidney on the importanceof soil biology in a croppingsystem.

Brown’s presentation, deal-ing primarily how livestockcan effect soil, begins at 10a.m. Friday. Brown, aBurleigh County, N.D., ranch-er, will talk about livestock in-tegrated onto crop land canimprove soil biology.

Fuhrer will discuss the rolecover crops can accomplishto improve soil health in theecosystem.

“I’m really looking forward

to the event,” Fuhrer said.“Soil health is always a con-cern for producers. So I’mglad that Gabe and I can cometo give a presentation thatmay answer some questionsthat any farmers may have.”

Fuhrer will take a lookfrom the soil biology view-

point using foundation blocksof soil health that keep com-ing up. The first speakingpoint will be the importanceof crop diversity in a success-ful cropping system.

“Growing alternative cropscan help restore balance tothe system and can provideimproved soil health,” hesaid.

Surface residue can alsoimportant to develop ahealthy cropping system.Fuhrer will discuss how sur-face residue can be used to re-duce evaporation, effect windand water erosion and con-trol soil temperatures.

“It’s beneficial for a num-ber of reasons,” he said.

The final building blockFuhrer will examine is theimportance of improving wa-ter infiltration.

The importance of a soil’sfunction ultimately optimizesa system’s production. That’s

why it’s important to strivefor soil health, Fuhrer said.

“It’s a bit of outside of thebox thinking, but it’s kind oflike looking at agriculture be-fore the use of fossil fuel in-puts,” he said.

Fuhrer’s presentation willinclude historical informa-tion he believes can help pro-ducers today. Some of earlyagronomic studies can still bebeneficial today.

“There’s nothing like goingforward with knowledge,” hesaid. “The technology wehave today is great, but it’simportant to go back andlearn from history.”

Soil health is not just aboutagronomics, but about the ul-timate health of our nation.

“The better condition oursoil is, the better our food sup-ply is and ultimately, we’ll behealthier for it in the longrun,” Fuhrer said.

Fuhrer to provide program about soil biology

SUBMITTEDThe program featuring JayFuhrer begins 11 a.m. Friday.

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The Foundation will be servinghot, homemade beef stew duringlunch at MonDak Ag Days andTrade Show on Thursday and Fri-day, with all proceeds benefitingPhase II of the cancer center.Phase II includes completing thecancer center to accommodatechemotherapy treatments, a pri-vate entrance and parking for can-cer patients.

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the new cancer center included theconstruction of the vault andbringing radiology treatment toSidney Health Center.

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She is excited to be back inthe area to host a presenta-tion titled, “Killing di-nosaurs, what’s new in beefproducts.”

“I think Ag Days is a greatevent,” Rich said. “It’s goingto be great to be back in thearea and see everyone.”

Rich will take a look at thecurrent checkoff-funded beefvalue cuts program and itsmission to make traditionaluse of the chuck and roundobsolete. One of the problemswith chuck is the amount ofmuscle which can cause atexture that isn’t desirablefor some.

With the help of check-offfunded muscle profiling re-search, individual musclescan be singled out to helpgive consumers additionalchoices. Several isolatedmuscles have been found andidentified as diamonds in theruff and ultimately haveadded more steak options.

“Our research shows thatconsumers and the food serv-ice are both looking for mod-erately priced options thatare quick and easy,” Richsaid. “With the help of thecheck-off program, we’vebeen able to do that.”

Two of the muscles foundrank in the top 10 for tender-ness. Cuts that have been dis-

covered in the shoulder clodinclude flat iron which hasseen tremendous increase inpopularity in the past severalyears. Sirloin tips have beenfound from the round whileboneless country-style beefchuck ribs and denver cutsare from the check roll.

“We’ve found some very af-fordable, lean cuts from thisresearch,” Rich said. “I’m ex-cited to show the crowd.”

The presentation will alsofeature the sampling of sev-eral one-dish meals thatshow the versatility of beef.One dish will be Italianthemed while another willhave more of a Mexican fla-vor.

“People want to makequick dishes that are full ofnutritional value, and I thinkthese dishes fit the bill,” shesaid.

Rich feels Ag Days is agreat chance for producers tosee the results of their hardwork.

“A lot of time ranchersdon’t get to see exactly what’sgoing on in the marketplace

and this will be the opportu-nity to see the value of thecheck-off program,” she said.

The Montana Beef Councilis proud to feature two arearesidents on the board of di-rectors in president JimSteinbeisser and directorKristin Larson.

“Richland County is wellrepresented on the MontanaBeef Council,” Rich said.

As executive director of theMontana Beef Council,Rich’s responsibilities in-clude the collections andcompliance aspects of thecheckoff as well as coordinat-ing the education, promotionand research activities forbeef and beef products inMontana. She also representsMontana producers on a na-tional basis, serving this yearon the new product develop-ment committee.

Three times in her careershe has conducted educationand promotion programs onan international basis, travel-ing twice to Japan and onceto Mexico.

Raised on a family ranch atSand Springs that she nowowns a portion of, Rich hasserved as the director of theMontana Beef Council for 15years. Prior to going to workfor the Beef Council, shespent 19 years as an educator,nine of those with the MSUExtension Service.

Outside of work, Rich en-joys her horses that have in-cluded the past few years ofcompeting in draft horse andcutting horse events.

She holds a bachelor of sci-ence degree from Illinois, amaster’s of science degreefrom Montana State Univer-sity and completed post-grad-uate work in marketing fororganizations at Cornell Uni-versity in New York.

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BY HARRY LIPSIEASIDNEY HERALD

Choosing between goodprotein content and higheryields is a common chal-lenge for area producerswhen it comes to springwheat. It has become evenmore important in the lastseveral years with thechanging technologies.

“Spring wheat is a verycommon crop in our area,and I think producers needto know about the impor-tance of protein content,”Frayne Olson, NDSU-Exten-sion, said.

Olson, a marketing spe-cialist, will be one of sevenpresentations at the Mon-Dak Ag Days event set to beheld at the Richland CountyFairgrounds. His presenta-tion will feature discussionabout the economics ofwheatproteinin wheatand thechoicesfarmershave tomakeevery sin-gle year.

Thepresenta-tion, setfor Fri-day at 9a.m., willbeginwith ahistorical look at springwheat and what is expectedin the future. The last twoor three seasons have seen awide differential in proteinpremiums and discounts.

“There has really been alarge range in the past cou-ple of years when it hascome to protein content,”

Olson said. “The yields havelooked very good, but someof the higher protein con-

tents thisyear wouldhave beenbelow aver-age in thepast.”

There area number ofmanage-ment prac-tices pro-ducers canapply to tryenhanceprotein con-tent. Thesemethods,however,

take time and money whichone against brings up thedilemma if farmers shouldthrive for good yields orprotein.

“It’s a question that al-ways seems to come up,” Ol-son said. “I am going to tryto bring up some valuableideas that farmers can keep

in mind when deciding thattrade-off. It’s always goingto be a tough choice, buthopefully I can make it a lit-tle easier.”

One practice to try and in-crease protein value is vari-ety selection. Some vari-eties boast higher proteinsthan others, but may notproduce the same yields asits competition.

“I think that is where ourwide variety of protein hascome from the last couple ofyears,” Olson said. “Itseems as if the more popu-lar varieties are moreknown for yields than pro-tein.”

The final topic of thepresentation will discussthe late spraying of liquidnitrogen just after crops arepollenated. Just like any-thing, the method has its upand downs, Olson said.

“It definitely can help theprotein content and theprice,” he said. “But it alsocosts quite a bit of money tofly it over the field and forthe fertilizer itself.”

With high prices forspring wheat, striving for ahigher protein content is avery timely topic.

“The premiums are muchwider than normal, so thatgives producers a verystrong incentive,” the mar-keting specialist said. “It allsignals farmers to do whatthey can to enhance proteinand get the most bang fortheir buck.”

MonDak Ag Days isn’tnew to Olson as he gave apresentation in 2008. He isexcited to get back to thearea for the event. “I reallyenjoyed Ag Days,” he said.“It was a very good experi-ence. It’s an excellentevent.”

Speaker to discuss wheat proteinduring program Friday morning

Frayne Olson says there hasbeen a large range in proteincontent during the last fewyears.

‘The yields have lookedvery good, but some of thehigher protein contents this

year would have beenbelow average in the past.’

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On tap for the Ag Days thisyear is a weather presenta-tion by weatherman JohnPulaski and National Weath-er Service warning coordi-nation meteorologist TanyaFransen.

First up, a discussion onmajor weather events thathappened globally, regional-ly and locally in the last year,which ultimately can havemajor effects on farmers andranchers in the area. Second,the duo will discuss the ColdAdvisory For Newborn Live-stock system, a system put into place to help farmers whohave ranching operations toidentify dangerously colddays when there isn’t awarning issued.

“There could be one-tenthof rainfall and wind could be

up, and that can be danger-ous to livestock,” Fransensaid.

The system alerts livestockproducers to when weatherconditions are dangerous fornewborn livestock. It’s basedon weather variables includ-ing wind speed, air tempera-ture, relative humidity andprecipitation. These inputs

are combined to tell uswhere each day falls on thesystem’s scale, which is grad-ed on a “no advisory” to “ex-treme.” It’s updated fourtimes a day and is availableout to 36 hours in the futurein six-hour intervals.

Also, Fransen and Pulaskiwill talk about a new graph-ic running this spring toshow evapotranspiration,the transport of water intothe atmosphere from sur-faces, including soil andfrom vegetation. Fransensaid she hopes producerswill be able to use it for irri-gation management. “I’ll ex-plain how it works and thenhopefully they can explainhow they will use it,” shesaid.

The session will wrap-upwith a question-and-answersession. “We’d be more thanhappy to move off the agen-

da. We’re very flexible,” shesaid.

During the same day, aweather spotter trainingcourse will be offered tothose interested in becom-ing part of the nation’s firstline of defense by the Na-tional Weather Service, re-laying critical information tothe country’s premiere fore-cast center to warn the pub-lic of what’s coming as wellas save lives.

Using photos and videos toillustrate specific points, par-ticipants review criteria forvarious weather situationsincluding tornados (1 inch orlarger hail and winds 58m.p.h. or higher), thunder-storm formation and typesand safety tips. Participantsgo over what to report ac-cording to urgency like 40mile-per-hour or more sus-tained winds, hail sizes(compared to coins and ath-

letic balls), tornados, flashfloods, injuries and deaths.

Around 50 weather spot-ters are in Richland Countyalone and about 1,000 in the12 northeastern Montanacounties. By taking a classand registering, officials atthe NWS put a pin whereverthe spotter is, so if some-thing in the weather is hap-pening near them, they’llcall to get information.

Program to cover the weather during Ag Days Friday‘There could be

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Tanya FransenMeteorologist

2010: A fine year for Montana agricultureBY BOB HANSONPRESIDENT, MONTANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

The year 2010 will be longremembered in most ofMontana for green grass allsummer, low fire danger andheavy calves. For a change,Montana farmers and ranch-ers could really smile aboutthe price they received fortheir commodities, from cat-tle to wheat and wool to sug-ar beets.

Sure, there were a fewtimes this summer and fallwhen you wondered if itwould stop raining longenough to get your hay baledor your grain harvested, butMontanans will rarely badmouth moisture, and we hadmoisture aplenty. It’s a realpat on the back for all thathard work you’ve done whenyou take the calves to thesale barn and receive a highprice for them. The samewith grain harvest.

In agriculture, the marketis so volatile that any timeyou receive a nice paycheckfor those days and nightsspent in the calving shed oron the combine – it truly isyour reward for a job welldone. Even more rewardingis the knowledge that youare providing food and fiberfor a hungry world.

One of the reasons forhigh prices was a healthy ex-port market. Agriculturalexports are a shining star inU.S. trade. In addition, wehave renewed hope thattrade deals with Panama,

Korea and Colombia willcontinue to move ahead. Anexample of how importantthese trade agreements areto American agriculture andthe U.S. economy is the Kore-an Free Trade Agreement.At full implementation ofthe deal, we estimate an in-crease of $1.8 billion in U.S.agricultural trade per year.

Social media became quitethe buzz word in agriculturethis year, with MontanaFarm Bureau and the Mon-tana Young Farmers andRanchers putting up Face-book pages and even “tweet-ing.” What’s especially re-warding is many of ourmembers began posting pho-tos of their farms and ranch-es on these sites, as well ascommenting on articles andblogs about agriculture. Wehave moved into a new realmof communicating directlyto our consumers, and that iscertainly good. Nobody cantell agriculture’s story likethose who live it every day.

Near the end of the year,farmers and ranchers weregiven a real gift – the exten-sion of the Tax Relief, Unem-ployment Insurance Reau-

thorization and Job CreationAct of 2010, which passedthe House and Senate. Secur-ing meaningful estate tax re-form for farm and ranchfamilies has been a top prior-ity for both American andMontana Farm Bureaus.The House left intact the es-tate tax provision that pro-vides a $5 million exemptionand maximum rate of 35 per-cent. Other tax provisionsincluded in the legislation,which are important forfarmers and ranchers, in-clude lower capital gains andincome taxes and tax incen-tives for renewable fuels.With the increase in real es-tate prices in our state, a lotof farms and ranches havebecome valuable on paper. Itwas important to have estatetax relief so they can bepassed on to the next genera-tion.

Montana’s Legislative Ses-sion is now under way, andCongress is about to convenein Washington, D.C. Bothlegislative bodies have somenew faces, even some friend-ly to agriculture. We lookforward to working with allof our elected officials on ru-ral and agricultural issues.A new farm bill will be craft-ed and new regulations willbe addressed. Budgets willbe set, and plans for the com-ing year will be made. Welook to 2011 with optimism.

Bob Hanson is a rancher fromWhite Sulphur Springs.

‘One of the reasons forhigh prices was a

healthy export market.’

Bob Hanson Montana Farm Bureau Federation

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Wilbur Reid has been a fanof MonDak Ag Days forsome time. Now Reid, a localrancher, and his familyranch will be featured dur-ing a tour stop presentationduring the event Thursdayat 2 p.m.

“Ag Days is a fantasticevent,” Reid said. “It’s timedjust perfectly. The opportuni-ty for ranchers and farmersto interact is special. I’m ex-cited to be apart of it.”

Much of the presentationwill recap the rich historyand tradition of the Reidranch. Located near Poplar,the family operation beganwith Reid’s great-grandfa-ther making it a fourth-gen-eration business. The gener-ational ridge is one that thefamily is proud of.

“We’re proud to have beena family operated ranch allthese years,” he said. “Thepresentation is going to dis-cuss how the operation wasrun during each genera-tion.”

While four generationranches and farms wereonce commonplace in the re-gion, operations like theReid family can be hard tofind these days. This has todo with changing of timesand values, Wilbur said.

“When I was a kid, we ac-cepted taking over the opera-tion as a birthright. You justkind of grew into it,” hesaid. “Now that’s becoming ararity with a lot of opportu-nities available right now.Hopefully with time, we’llcontinue to see more fourth-

and-fifth generation ranch-es. I think it’s good for agri-culture.”

It has taken a lot to build abusiness and keep it relevantover 75 years later. Therehave been many factors thathave played into a successfulranch and one of those is thearea. The amount of agricul-ture opportunities is great inthe MonDak area comparedto other regions in the Unit-ed States, Reid said.

There have been a lot ofchanges in the operation forthe Reids but there are stillsimilarities that remainsince the inception of theranch.

“Through the years, myfamily has always been ex-posed to fresh ideas and dif-ferent parts of the world,” hesaid. “Those ideas are whatkeep us going.”

Technology has played alarge role in the evolution ofranches for this generation.Not only has technology re-

lated to the cattle industryhelped the Reids, but also in-

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The MonDak Ag Days & Tradeshow, alongwith Ag in the Classroom, are two localevents the community enjoys taking part inthis time of year. But, in 2011 some changeshave been made to the traditional events andattractions.

Ag Days will take place on Thursdaythrough Saturday at the event center, locatedat the Richland County Fairgrounds in Sid-ney. The location may be different, usuallyheld at the St. Matthew’s activity center, butthe same attractions will be available.

Adults are not the only ones who will behaving fun during Ag Days, fourth gradesfrom the community will be able to partici-pate in the Ag in the Classroom event. Thisyear the classroom will be Thursday from 8-10 a.m. at the Richland County event centerat the fairgrounds. Usually open to gradessecond through fourth, only the fourth-grades will take part in learning about win-ter survival, farm safety, bee’s, breadmakingand wheat processing. Local FFA and 4-Hyouth will be presenting these topics to thestudents with hands-on projects and interac-tive workshops.

The Trade Show will be available to thepublic Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,and continuing into Friday from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. More than 40 vendors will be at theTrade Show, along with product presenta-tions by Sage Money Solutions, R & J Ag Sup-ply, Pulse USA and Safflower Technologies.

The banquet will also be held at the eventcenter Thursday starting at 6 p.m. The beefdinner will be featuring cowboy, poet and hu-morist Baxter Black for the entertainment at

7 p.m. Banquet tickets cost $40 (each), whichincludes a free drink. Banquet VIP ticketsare selling at $75 (each). The VIP tickets in-clude a meet-and-greet with Baxter Blackstarting at 5 p.m. at the Sidney Country Club.Only 50 VIP tickets will be sold. Tickets areavailable for purchase at Stockman Bank andthe Richland County Extension office in Sid-ney.

On Saturday, adults, FFA and junior andsenior 4-H groups are invited to participatein the annual Keith Steinbeisser MemorialLivestock Judging contest. Registration andlocation for the contest will be at the Gartner-Denowh Ranch in Sidney. Registration startsat 8 a.m., the contest at 9 a.m. Awards will bepresented at 1 p.m.

For more information, contact Tim Fine at433-1206 or visit the web at www.mondakag-days.com.

Ag Days, Ag in the Classroomto provide tradition in new way

SUBMITTEDA scene from last year’s Ag in the Classroomevent. This year the event is being held at theRichland County Fair’s Event Center Thursday.

SUBMITTEDWibur Reid family.

Reid Ranch featured as ‘tour stop’ for Ag Days

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Livestock judging benefitsyoungsters through experiencesBY WADE WHITEMANFORMER MSU EXTENSION AGENT

For many years livestockjudging has been part of AgDays in Sidney. The KeithSteinbeisser Memorial Live-stock Judging attracts par-ticipants from FFA and 4-Hgroups from eastern Mon-tana and western NorthDakota, not to mention theadult teams from the area.Teams gather in Sidneyevery year to compete fortop honors.

This year’s contest will beheld on Saturday in Sidney.Registration will start at 8a.m. at Gartner-Denowh An-gus Ranch, and the contestwill begin at 9 a.m.

Competition winners re-ceive quality prizes. Thehigh point individuals injunior and senior 4-H andFFA receive Montana Sil-versmith belt buckles val-ued at $150 each. The topteams receive rosettes. Thisyear the adult team winnerswill receive the jackpot.

Awards will be handed outafter the contest at theranch starting at 1 p.m. Ameal will be available toparticipants at the event.

Livestock judging doesmuch more than teachmembers about livestock.Members can network withleaders in the industry andlearn leadership by teach-ing younger members.Through reason giving,members learn publicspeaking skills and becomemore confident. There arefour basic steps involved injudging livestock success-fully.

The first step to judginglivestock is proper informa-tion. A participant musthave a mental image of anideal animal for eachspecies, breed and sex. Withmany different varieties ofclasses including dairy,goat, horse and the industry

related classes can make it avery challenging task.

Participants must thenobserve the animals theyare judging. It requires asharp eye to accurately ob-serve the quality and traitsof each animal. With someclasses of beef having only50 pounds difference fromtop to bottom, it can be diffi-cult to see many differ-ences, if any.

Observations are nowcompared to place the class.Animal’s good and badtraits are weighed againsteach other to decide theplacing. Judges must beable to weigh the impor-tance of each trait on itsfunctionality and economicvalue. The animal that is se-lected at the top will havethe most of the best traits.

The final step and mostimportant is the decision ofhow to place the class, andis possibly the most difficultstep for many. Many people

have the correct informa-tion in front of them butmay lack the skill requiredto make the right decision.The judges’ decision mustbe accurate and logical.

Livestock judging incor-porates skills including de-cision making, observationand a knowledge of theclass you are judging. Manyparticipants work years toperfect their judging abili-ties, but it can also be funfor the beginner.

No matter what level youare at, the basics of judgingare a must. The Keith Stein-beisser Memorial LivestockJudging during Ag Days is agreat opportunity for every-one to try judging. Therewill be a jackpot judging foradult teams to compete for.

For more information onlivestock judging or thiscontest, contact the Rich-land County Extension Of-fice at 433-1206.

BILL VANDER WEELE | SIDNEY HERALDYoungsters take notes during last year’s livestock judging competi-tion. This year’s contest will begin at 9 a.m. at Gartner-DenowhAngus Ranch.

BILL VANDER WEELE | SIDNEY HERALDThe Richland County team, from left, Ashton Handy, Rachael Oliver, Jordan Baxter and Taylor Searertook first in the 4-H junior team division last year.

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Ag workshops to review strategies to protect revenueProducers will have an opportunity to learn

about various strategies to protect their rev-enue stream using new insurance tools forgrains, livestock, pasture and forage, new gov-ernment programs, and the futures and op-tions markets.

A series of 15 workshops is being held inMontana, starting Jan. 10 in Lewistown. Theworkshop in Sidney is scheduled for Feb. 16.

Each workshop will provide a review of thenew combo insurance policy for small grains;the relatively new Rainfall Index (RI) insur-ance for rangeland, pasture and hay; LivestockRisk Protection (LRP), a relatively new insur-ance product for beef producers which allowsinsuring everything from calves to fat cattle,and also provides insurance for dairy, lambsand swine.

Agricultural prices have been relativelyvolatile in the last few years. MinneapolisGrain Exchange (MGE) spring wheat pricesdeclined by about $3.50 per bushel from earlyspring through September 2009. This time pe-riod also saw Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)corn decline approximately $1.50 per bushel;CBOT wheat declined approximately $2.25 perbushel and Kansas City Board of Trade(KCBT) winter wheat declined approximately$2.75 per bushel.

Production risks also cause problems, andcalendar years 2009 and 2010 saw distinctchanges in historic basis values for differenttypes and protein levels of wheat, which re-flected poor growing conditions in those years.Prices for small grains have rebounded to rela-tively high levels, and livestock prices haveshown very good strength, rebounding about$20 per hundred weight (Cwt.) in 2010. Both lo-cal and global markets have contributed tothese prices swings.

Some questions that will be answered duringthese workshops are: What can be done now tohelp capture the higher prices currently beingoffered by the markets, even if you purchasedinsurance? What if you forward contract thisspring but end with very low yields? Is there astrategy to cover the risks of forward contract-ing and how can it be incorporated into overallrisk management strategies? Since the newcombo policy plans are based on the futuresand options markets, is it cheaper to use thesemarkets rather than buy insurance? Are thereways to use both the new combo policy plansand futures or options that provide better cov-erage than just the combo policy plans?

Please contact your local county agent forfurther details about time and location in eachcity.

USDA Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) in conjunctionwith Montana State Univer-sity wants to inform Mon-tana’s agricultural produc-ers that Financial and Pro-duction Management train-ing will begin on Jan. 18 andwill run through Feb. 22. Thesessions will be held from 10a.m. to noon, and 1 -3 p.m.

Cost to attend the six-weektraining is $100 per familyunit. A registration fee of $20will be charged for anyoneinterested in attending a sin-gle session. Anyone interest-ed in attending should con-tact one of the locations list-ed below.

This continuing educationclass is available to anyoneinterested in learning moreabout managing theirfarm/ranch operation. Thiscourse also meets the re-quirements for productionand financial managementtraining for FSA loan recipi-

ents. In order to qualify for acertificate, all six sessionsmust be attended. Partici-pants will be asked to pay aregistration fee to cover thecost of the video conferenc-ing at the first session theyattend. Contact the locationof your choice for further in-formation.

Workshop locations are:Beaverhead County – Dillon USDA

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Carter County – Ekalaka USDAService Center: 406-775-6359,ext. 2

Cascade County – Great Falls USDAService Center: 406-727-7580,ext. 2

Custer County – Miles City USDAService Center: 406-232-7905,ext. 2

Fergus County – Lewistown USDAService Center: 406-538-3489,ext. 2

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Contact Tom BlackEagle: 406-768-6300

Gallatin County – Bozeman USDAService Center: 406-522-4000,ext. 2

Hill County – Havre USDA ServiceCenter: 406-265-6792, ext. 2

Little Big Horn College – ContactFredrica Lefthand: 406-638-3131

Teton County – Choteau USDAService Center: 406-466-5351,ext. 2

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Commerce and AgricultureCrop Production ServicesUSDA/ARS NPARLR & J Ag SupplyAccelerated GeneticsB I VetmedicaBetaseed Inc.Western Ranch SupplyHolly HybridsGutter Topper of N. DakotaPulse USA Inc.Lower Yellowstone ElectricAnd watch for new Trade

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Thursday Jan. 13(Break Sponsor: R & J Ag Supply)

8 a.m.-Noon . . . .Ag in the Classroom (sponsored by BI Vetmedica)Noon . . . . . . . . .Lunch provided by Foundation for Community Care

(Proceeds go to new SHC cancer treatment center)1 p.m. New Consumer Beef Cuts - Charlene Rich (MT Beef Council)2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wilbur Reid Tour Stop Presentation3 p.m. .Cattle Marketing - Wesley Batista (USA CEO of JBS, invited)5 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Social (sponsored by Prewitt & Company)

Banquet at Event Center:6 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beef Dinner 7 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Baxter Black

Friday, Jan. 14(Break Sponsor: Crop Protection Services)

7-9 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chamber Breakfast9 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Economics of wheat protein - Frayne Olson

(Marketing Specialist, NDSU-Extension, Fargo, ND)10 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soil Health - Gabe Brown (Producer)11 a.m. . . . . . . . . . .Cover Crops - Jay Fuhrer (NRCS, Bismarck, ND)Noon . . . . . . . . .Lunch provided by Foundation for Community Care

(Proceeds go to new SHC cancer treatment center)1 p.m. . . . . . .Weather Presentation - John Pulasky & Tanja Frandsen2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weather spotter training

Saturday, Jan. 15 (Sponsor: R & J Ag Supply)

Keith Steinbeisser Memorial Livestock Judging Contest8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Registration at Gartner Denowh Ranch 9 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .Contest (Jr and Sr 4-H, FFA and Adult groups)1 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Awards Ceremony

For more info, contact Tim Fine at 406-433-1206 or look us up on the web at www.mondakagdays.com

BANQUET / ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, Jan. 13

at the Event CenterDelicious Beef Feed at 6 p.m. Everyone Welcome!

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