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North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association is an organization that represents the growing needs of the North Central Montana area producers through education, legislation, and informing area producers. NCMSGA has been active for nearly 100 years and will celebrate the 100th year in 2020. November 16, 2019, will be an opportunity for area producers to come together for an informative afternoon at the Hensler Auditorium on MSU Northern's campus. We have lined up some great topics that are or...
On the evening of August 3rd, from Jordan to Big Sandy and every community in between, combines shut down and balers quit baling. An estimated crowd of between 600-700 farmers, ranchers, and concerned citizens gathered in Winifred for an evening of socializing and fundraising to raise money for the all-important cause of stopping the APR. There were 50/50 tickets, over 100 donated raffle items, live auction items, free-will donation burger fry, corn-hole tournament, and live entertainment for...
The second action that makes American Prairie Reserve (APR) not popular among local communities is their current land acquisition and their future plans to amass 3.5 million acres in order to create the largest park in the Northern Great Plains. This is 26.6% of the total 13,143,680 acres of the 5-county region where the APR plans to operate. What does this mean for the people who already live in this region, within the bounds of this planned park? The APR currently owns 400,000 acres of...
What does this mean? We have all seen the colorful banners posted on roadsides, near ranch entries, and even in the windows of town businesses. A cowboy sits on horseback in front of a sunset with the words “Save the Cowboy, Stop the APR” emblazoned across the sky. Picturesque to say the least, but what does it really mean? Why must we stop the APR to save the cowboy? This is the question recently posed to me, Dana Darlington, and as current President of North Central Stockgrowers, the current chairman of the Big Sandy Conservation District, pa...
