Organic farming extolled at tour

BIG SANDY A host of experts gathered near Big Sandy to present effects of organic farming techniques, including benefits to farmers and land, and better ways to handle drought.

Topics discussed addressed drought, but presenters said many of the techniques they talked about would help in any season.

"I would argue that water's almost always limited in this part of the country, but it's been even more limited in the last few years," Perry Miller, an assistant professor at Montana State University-Bozeman, said.

The presentations started at Rob-An Farms, an organically certified operation about 1...