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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 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 REAGAN COLYER 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. 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. 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. Having grown up on a farm that is still in the family, Suzanne Waring maintains an interest in advances being made in agriculture. EDITORIAL PUBLISHER David F. Leray EDITOR Hayley Lenington-Leray CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Stuff SALES/MARKETING Jack May CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Anton Bekkerman, Alexis Bonogofsky, Diane Charlton, Reagan Colyer Kate Fuller, Hayley Lenington-Leray, Brock Smith, Ellie Stone, Megan Van Emon, Suzanne Waring CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Alexis Bonogofsky, Ali Spoon, Eric Visocan, Sara Young 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. Diane Charlton is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. She completed her Ph.D. at University of California, Davis. Alexis Bonogofsky is a fourth-generation Montanan, sheep rancher and freelance writer and photographer focusing on agriculture and rural Montana. Brock Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He mainly studies effects of oil and natural gas shocks in both an international and domestic US setting. Kate Fuller is an assistant professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. farm406 8 John Grassy has worked as a journalist, book editor, author and public affairs specialist for more than 30 years. He has served as Communications Officer for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation since 2007. "A journalist by training, Reagan Colyer writes for the Montana State University news service covering the MSU College of Agriculture." .....................................................................................................................................................................................................