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A company making new grain bin hoppers is inviting people to come in and see what the company is doing. That Guy’s Fab Shop is holding an open house and luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 8, at its facility in Torgerson’s buildings at the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 87 west of Havre Bruce Boyum, one of the shop’s owners, said a lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, and tours of the shop facilities will be given. Visitors, he said, will get the chance to see assembled models of the hopper bottoms and see the shop...
The dry and hot 2017 weather, compounded by fires in some areas, has been rough on north-central Montana’s agriculture producers. The Havre-north-central region received 3.18 inches of precipitation from March to September, the National Weather Service reports. The region saw 14.83 inches of precipitation during that same period in 2016. This year has been like nothing he has ever seen in his nearly 30 years at FSA, Executive Director of the Hill County FSA Office Les Rispens said. “It was a strange weather year. I don...
Though beef cattle producers constantly assess the condition of their cows and heifers, agriculture nutrition specialists say applying a more scientific approach, called body condition scoring, can help producers assess their nutritional program and make better informed business decisions about production. Research has proven that body condition, or how much body fat a beef cow or heifer has, directly affects the health of its calf through amount and quality of colostrum...
Big Sandy gunsmith, knife maker, rancher and engraver Aaron "Duke" Pursley has been inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Pursley was inducted last year and attended the honorary ceremony Feb. 4 in Great Falls. "It was pretty nice," he said. "I thought it was pretty good honor to be recognized." The nominating process is open to and depends on the public. "In order to identify those in Montana's communities who are most deserving of inclusion in the Hall of Fame, we...
A one-time Havre cowboy, Gordon "Buck" Boyce, who had rodeod all over the country and won the 1950 World Series Rodeo in Madison Square Garden, has been posthumously inducted in the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Boyce was inducted in 2016 after being nominated by younger brother Robert "Bud" Boyce. "I'm really happy to see him get it," Bud Boyce said. The nominating process is open to and depends on the public. "In order to identify those in Montana's communities who are most...
