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farm406 WWW.FARM406MAGAZINE.COM Eric Visocan hails from Fort Benton, Montana and is the owner of Burnt Image Photography LLC and Montana Jigsaw Puzzles. Eric specializes in commercial, portrait and landscape photography and sells epic photographs of Montana landscapes. Photographer Sara Young is a native Montanan specializing in creative portrait photography, with a love for photojournalism. The bulk of her current work is shooting weddings and family portraits, as well as mentoring budding photographers around the state. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Shannon Ruckman has an Agricultural Communications degree from Kansas State University. She has been writing about Montana agriculture for 14 years. Shannon and her husband have three kids and live in rural central Montana. RESOURCE PARTNERS: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Andy Fjeseth, Communications officer PO Box 200201 | Helena, MT 59601-0201 406-444-3684 | afjeseth@mt.gov MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION P.O. Box 172230 | Bozeman, MT 59717-223 (406) 994-1750 | msuextension@montana.edu Interim Director of Extension CODY STONE MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Communications Director JENNY LAVEY College of Agriculture | MT Agricultural Experiment Station 406.994.7866 | jennifer.lavey@montana.edu No public funds are used in the publishing of farm406 magazine. CULINARY SPECIALIST Chandee Bomgardner is a Montana native with roots firmly planted in faith, family, farming and food. Her love for culinary arts is best witnessed in her art studio (commercial kitchen) where she creates new recipes and blends life into old family favorites. Chandee and her husband own Bomgardner Catering. farm406 8 Ali Spoon is a Missoula-based photographer specializing in weddings, portraits, and commercial photography. Ali has been published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, and the Dallas News. Dr. Clain Jones is the Montana State University Extension soil fertility specialist and a Professor of soil nutrient management in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. Kathrin Olson-Rutz wears many hats. She has worked with Clain Jones developing Extension materials for the last 10 years. Dr. Rick Engel is a Professor of Soil Nutrient Management and Cycling in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University. Dr. Anton Bekkerman is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University, joining the faculty in 2009 after completing his PhD at North Carolina State University. Jim Wells has spent a lifetime capturing and preserving the many treasures of this state. A graduate of MSU, Jim lives in Great Falls with his beautiful wife. Together they have two gorgeous children. Having grown up on a farm that is still in the family, Suzanne Waring maintains an interest in advances being made in agriculture. Holly Matkin has spent most of her life on her family's fourth-generation cattle and elk ranch, where she also works as a freelance writer for various local and national publications. EDITORIAL PUBLISHER David F. Leray EDITOR Hayley Lenington-Leray CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Stuff SALES/MARKETING Jack May CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Anton Bekkerman, Dr. Rick Engel Dr. Clain Jones, Holly Matkin, Shannon Ruckman, Kathrin Olson-Rutz Suzanne Waring CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Ali Spoon, Eric Visocan, Sara Young, Jim Wells CULINARY SPECIALIST Chandee Bomgardner SUBSCRIPTIONS If you are moving, renewing, have a question, please call Winston Publishing. A new subscriber's first issue will be mailed within 8 weeks of order receipt. Our standard subscription rate is $35 per year. WINSTON PUBLISHING P.O. Box 1707 • Great Falls, MT 59403 or call 406-452-1177 or email us at info@winston-publishing.com Any reproduction of all or part of FARM406 without the express written permission of the publisher is prohibited. PRINTED IN THE USA All statements, including product claims, are those of the person or organization making the statement or claim. The publisher does not adopt any such statement or claims as its own and any such statement or claim does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher.