LaneCast Ag Podcast

Podcast: Ranching and Rodeo. Lasting legacies the Cremer family has given the state of Montana. Matt and Bonita Cremer, owners of Sweet Grass Land & Cattle, let me join them at the 'At The Kitchen Table' at their ranch near Melville, MT. We shared a cup of coffee and a conversation about ranching, estate planning, leadership in agriculture and much more.

Picture: Bonita Cremer

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Industrial Hemp (iHemp) is an emerging crop in Montana and is growing in popularity through a pilot program sponsored by the Montana Department of Agriculture. There is a lot of questions and misinformation about the crop across the countryside. To learn more about the history, in's and outs, and hoops growers have to jump through to plant iHemp I headed to the Johnson Ranch north of Conrad, MT.

Colby Johnson and his family have been growing iHemp through the pilot programs for two seasons now, and they are excited about the possibilities the new crop will bring to their farm.

https://montanafarmersunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/iHemp-Fact-Sheet.pdf

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Podcast: The Montana 4-H Working Ranch Horse Finals is not what you expect when you think of a horse show. The 4-H event is a heritage based, activity-rich program designed to pass on to today’s youth traditional practices of safe livestock handling from horseback. Youth from across the state will compete September 8-9, 2018 at the King’s Arena in Great Falls, MT.

4-H Dad and volunteer, Shawn “Tater” Erickson, joins the #LaneCast and tells the important story of keeping the ranch horse competition alive, giving youth opportunities in agriculture and how you can participate and support the WRHF.

https://www.facebook.com/mtstate4hworkinghorsefinals/

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Podcast:“That’s not OSHA approved.” It’s the brunt of many jokes and sarcastic comments regarding workplace safety, but what does Montana Farm Bureau policy say about OSHA? Not much as it turns out.

The Montana Farm Bureau Federations John Youngberg joins the Agriculture Conversation on the pros and cons for Montana agriculture is the State takes over OSHA safety programs.

https://mfbf.org/Article/Safety-First-Is-StateRun-OSHA-Program-Right-for-Montana

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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.