LaneCast Ag Podcast

Podcast: "What the Hay?" If you are from Central Montana you know the answer to that question. For nearly 30 years each September the premier event held along the Montana Bale Trail is the WHAT THE HAY contest. This amazing display of whimsical, cleverly decorated and sculpted hay lines a 22-mile route from Hobson to Utica to Windham. September 9th, 2018 is the date for this year's event.
Dan Thomas, chairman of the Hobson School Board, joins the LaneCast and share the history, community involvement and how anyone can participate and create artwork for the What the Hay Event.
The other events occurring in Central Montana this weekend include the Lewistown Chokecherry Festival held on Saturday, September 8th in Lewistown, MT.
https://www.montanabaletrail.com/
http://www.lewistownchokecherry.com/
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Podcast: August 6th, 2018, the Public Lands Council (PLC) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Since its incorporation in 1968, PLC has served as a vital source for the West on Capitol Hill around the country. The Public Lands Council is rumored to have begun at the iconic Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, D.C., where public lands ranching leaders first discussed the need for a centralized advocate for western cattle and sheep producers.
Wyoming rancher Jim Magagna is well versed in the PLC's 50-year history. Magagna is the Executive Vice President of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association and a past president of both the PLC and American Sheep Industry Association.
On today's LaneCast, Jim shares the history of how two ranchers from Montana and New Mexico saw the need of a voice for public lands ranchers in Washington D.C. In addition, we discuss the changes public land ranches have seen over the last 50 years and what the next 5 decades will look like.
http://publiclandscouncil.org/?event=plc-annual-meeting&event_date=2018-09-27
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Family. Ranching. Rancing in Russia. Education. Black Angus Cattle. That is the focus of my conversation with rancher Darrell Stevenson. The Stevenson family owns and operate Stevenson Angus near Hobson, Montana. The ranch is home of "Americas Longest Established Annual Bull Sale." Darrell shares the history of his family coming to the Judith Basin and how they continue to innovate and improve cattle genetics. In our conversation, Stevenson shares his ventures of helping to introduce Black Angus genetics to Russia and establishing a ranch there. Darrell shares words of advice for both commercial and seedstock producers along with marketing cattle in the 21st Century. Also, discussed is the importance of education, 4-H, FFA, hard work for youth, and seeing the world.
https://www.facebook.com/stevensonangus/
http://www.stevensonangus.com/
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Hailing from Pendleton, Oregon, Marty Campbell is a rodeo announcer, Ag Ed teacher/FFA advisor, Christian and all around good man. Today's conversation at the "Kitchen Table" is one you will not want to miss. We answer the question of why "the World Needs More Cowboys" and also how Marty's life as an educator touches lives in the classroom, rodeo arena and also spreading the Gospel.
https://www.facebook.com/Broken-Horn-Ranch-Ministries-199333483497225/
https://www.martycampbell.net/
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What does the Hammond Pardon by President Trump mean for them and other public lands grazers? That and much more on today's show with guest Ethan Lane of the Public Land Counicl.

Reforming the Endangered Species Act and public land grazing issues are discussed with Chase Adams with the American Sheep Industry Association. ASI, the Public Land Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association recently applauded the introduction of the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018. The amendments, introduced by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), are based on the Western Governor Association Species Conservation and Endangered Species Act Initiative bipartisan policy recommendations.

Does your farm or ranch have a website? Are you connected to consumers via social media? These are questions that farmers and ranchers ask each day and weigh the cost and the benefits that come with an online presence. In today's business environment along consumers wanting to know more about what goes on in the countryside, having a presence online is just as important as the type of seed you plant and bulls you buy.
RanchHacks is a technology consulting firm based in Montana focused on serving the ranching and livestock industry. We educate and train ranchers and livestock producers to effectively manage technology within their operation. Every operation is different. RanchHacks strives to educate & equip operation leadership to manage technology within their operation effectively.

Millions of rural citizens across the nation do not have access to reliable broadband internet. 29 percent of U.S. farms and ranches have no access to the Internet according to a USDA’s Farm Computer Usage and Ownership report released in 2017. On this Podcast, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discusses the challenges and opportunities that are in the works to connect farmers, ranchers and rural citizens to reliable broadband internet.
Picture: FCC
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A conversation at the kitchen table of ranchers John and Evan Helle. The hardworking ranch family raises sheep near Dillon, MT. Being forward thinking, the Helle’s take the wool their sheep grow and created Duckworth. Duckworth is the world’s only source-verified, single-origin, Merino wool apparel company. 100% Made-in-USA. Along with success in the countryside and in apparel, the Helle’s discuss the legal battles they face against radical environmentalists.
http://www.duckworthco.com/
Picture: Duckworth
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Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has passed out pardons to great pomp and circumstance. Most recently a visit by reality television star Kim Kardashian West prompted a pardon for Alice Marie Johnson. Rumor has it President Trump is considering pardons for Oregon ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steve who are imprisoned for arson after a controlled burn got away from them. The Public Land's Councils Ethan joins the conversation and discusses the opportunity at hand to free the family ranchers.
Sign the Petition http://protecttheharvest.com/2018/05/20/petition-to-pardon-dwight-and-steven-hammond/
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