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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...
At its 2017 annual meeting Feb. 1 the Hill County Scale Association board members discussed maintenance at the facility and the need to start a search for a scale manager. The holding pens at the scale association three miles east of Havre received a full face lift this year after board members made a deal with one of a handful of businesses in town last summer offering to replace weathered boards in corrals and windbreaks for free. The weathered boards are sold as recycled...
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...
