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farm406 8 farm406 WWW.FARM406MAGAZINE.COM 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. EDITORIAL PUBLISHER David F. Leray EDITOR Hayley Lenington-Leray CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Stuff SALES/MARKETING Jack May, Jessica Riffel GRAPHIC DESIGNER Samantha Louthan CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Dr. Anton Bekkerman, Diane Edwards, Meryl Rygg McKenna, Shannon Ruckman, Joel Schumacher, Marshall Swearingen CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Criag Edwards, John and Elisha Mack, Eric Visocan, Sara Young CULINARY SPECIALIST Chandee Bomgardner 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 at art and trade shows across the State of Montana. 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 Joel Schumacher is an extension economics associate specialist at Montana State University. He holds a M.S. in applied economics, a B.S. in business and is a certified financial counselor. Prior to joining MSU in 2006, Joel worked as a pension analyst helping small businesses implement retirement plans. 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. 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. John and Elisha Mack are Really Montana Photography. They passionately craft images people want to look at. Great Falls is home, Montana outdoors their playground. Diane Edwards farms with her two brothers on the north edge of Chouteau County – an area called Lonesome Prairie, where she never feels lonesome. She also regularly writes about science, medicine, technology, and related public policy for out-of-area clients. Craig Edwards is a farmer/photographer based in Big Sandy, MT. He specializes photographing the people and places of Upper Montana. www.edwardsstudio.com RESOURCE PARTNERS: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Director: BEN THOMAS Communications Officer: ANDY FJESETH For More information contact: 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. "Freelance writer Meryl Rygg McKenna, of Lewistown, MT, enjoys coupling word-smithing with her lifelong affinity for farming, learning more with each new topic." 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. Marshall Swearingen is a staff writer for the MSU News Service in Bozeman. He lives in Livingston.