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farm406 WWW.FARM406MAGAZINE.COM RESOURCE PARTNERS: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Chelsi Bay, 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. EDITORIAL PUBLISHER David F. Leray EDITOR Hayley Lenington-Leray CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Stuff SALES/MARKETING 406.452.1177 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Dan Bigelow, Dr. Anton Bekkerman, Tasha Gibby, Mary Jo Irmen, Morgan Kuntz-Rose, Holly Matkin, Shannon Ruckman, Suzanne Waring CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Sarah Lanier, Ali Spoon, Eric Visocan, Sara Young CULINARY SPECIALIST Chandee Bomgardner COVER PHOTO Eric Visocan 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. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... farm406 8 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 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. Suzanne Waring: Having grown up on a farm that is still in the family, Suzanne maintains an interest in advances being made in agriculture. Holly Matkin is a native Montanan who lives with her husband at the foot of the Elkhorn Mountains. She covers a wide variety of topics as a freelance writer for multiple local and national publications, and especially enjoys writing travel, history, and human interest pieces. Eric Visocan founded Burnt Image Photography LLC in 2009. He specializes in commercial, portrait, aerial, and landscape photography. Eric builds his images into beautiful wood prints many of which can be viewed at www.burntimage.net. Sarah Lanier chases stories in all forms as a photography and videographer. Her base of operations is in Montana. Shannon Ruckman has enjoyed writing about Montana agriculture and rural life for 16 years. She has an agricultural communications degree from Kansas State University. She and her family live in rural central Montana and are active in 4-H and FFA. Dan Bigelow is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He holds a BS and MS in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts and a PhD in Applied Economics from Oregon State University. Mary Jo Irmen has been consulting with farmers since 2010, giving her the opportunity to visit with thousands. Her book Farming Without the Bank has provided hundreds of farm families with hope for generational wealth. Morgan Kuntz-Rose is a 4th generation rancher from southwest Montana who has been an agriculture journalist for the past three years.