The centennial of the Central Agricultural Research Center, on July 12, will be celebrated by an all-day field day, which will include lunch, games and a focus on hay and forage production, specialty crops, varieties, fertilizers and cropping systems. Billingsgazette.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. Comments that are submitted go into a queue to be moderated and may take several hours to be reviewed. A barbecue will start the proceedings. Tours...

The next court date in the case is on April 27 in the Northern District of California when sides will present oral arguments about changing the injunction to permanent status. Some of the things they argue are missing in the study was development of resistant weeds, pollen drifting to non-genetically modified organisms and damage to the seed crop. If you meet those deadlines, farmers may harvest, use and sell their RR alfalfa crop. McEowen says it is likely the case will drag through the...

He heard the sounds of gasps, the fluttering of many wings flapping in effort, and also the plops of eggs pushing out of about ninety worn out chickens fearing for their lives. Reluctantly, Rusty and martin let their least favorite quack come and the chicks laid the eggs while Rusty and martin made the preparations for their big move. The chicken barn was created when Santa's lifetime supply of Twinkies expired and Santa was determined not to waste them, so he ate them, got really sick and...

And although Boulder may have one city council member who's a stoner percentage-wise that's probably not representative of the stoner population; it should be five council members it also has a governing body that passed one of the most progressive global warming policies in the country. And although Boulder may have one city council member who's a stoner percentage-wise that's probably not representative of the stoner population; it should be five council members it also has a governing...

Mothers, after shifting from breastfeeding to semi-solid food, may have chewed food and passed it from their mouths into those of their toothless offspring. Before the advent of Gerber, Cerelac, and kitchen appliances like blenders and food processors, scientists widely believed that prehistoric human parents used to mince up food in their mouths for their baby to be fed. These kissing scientists, referred to as philematologists (pronounced as fil-em-a-tol-o-jists), study the anatomy,...