Taking
part in the groundbreaking ceremony, left to right: ARS Northern Plains
Area Director Will Blackburn; Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg;
Fort Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
ARS Acting Administrator Edward B. Knipling; Liz Ching, aide to U.S.
Sen. Max Baucus; and Mike Tess, who heads the Animal and Range Sciences
Department at Montana State University.
Between
250 and 300 people braved chilly temperatures and threatening skies to
attend the Fort Keogh open house and groundbreaking ceremony. Many stayed
after the formal program to listen to a local band and enjoy free barbeque,
courtesy of the Montana State University Agricultural Experiment Station.
Fort
Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt (left) presents John Munsell, president
of Montana Quality Foods of Miles City, an ARS-Fort Keogh Producer Recognition
Award. Another winner of a producer award, Keith Bales, was not able to
attend the ceremony. Bales, a member of the Montana House of Representatives,
is an Otter Area rancher prominent in beef industry organizations.
August 10, 2002,
dedication of new facility of the Northern Plains Agricultural Research
Laboratory, Sidney, Mont.
Members
of the Fort Peck Color Guard present the Montana and U.S. flags to open
the dedication ceremony. More than 500 people attended the ceremony
and toured the new facility.
From
left to right, participants in the ribbon cutting ceremony: NPARL research
leader Robert Evans; ARS Northern Plains Area Director Will Blackburn;
Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
Montana Future Farmers of America President Travis Brown; Acting ARS Administrator
Edward B. Knipling; Fort Peck Community College representative Jodi Smith;
Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture President Jim Steinbeisser;
North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agricultural Experiment Station Director
Ken Grafton; Liz Ching, aide to U.S. Sen. Baucus; Jerry Bergman, Research
Director of the NDSU-Williston and Montana State University Eastern Agricultural
Research Center; and NPARL research leader Tom Shanower.
Completed
new lab and office complex at the Northern Plains Agricultural Research
Laboratory in Sidney, Mont. Construction on the 21,470-square foot facility
began in May 2000.
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Taking
part in the groundbreaking ceremony, left to right: ARS Northern Plains
Area Director Will Blackburn; Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg;
Fort Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
ARS Acting Administrator Edward B. Knipling; Liz Ching, aide to U.S.
Sen. Max Baucus; and Mike Tess, who heads the Animal and Range Sciences
Department at Montana State University.
Between
250 and 300 people braved chilly temperatures and threatening skies to
attend the Fort Keogh open house and groundbreaking ceremony. Many stayed
after the formal program to listen to a local band and enjoy free barbeque,
courtesy of the Montana State University Agricultural Experiment Station.
Fort
Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt (left) presents John Munsell, president
of Montana Quality Foods of Miles City, an ARS-Fort Keogh Producer Recognition
Award. Another winner of a producer award, Keith Bales, was not able to
attend the ceremony. Bales, a member of the Montana House of Representatives,
is an Otter Area rancher prominent in beef industry organizations.
Members
of the Fort Peck Color Guard present the Montana and U.S. flags to open
the dedication ceremony. More than 500 people attended the ceremony
and toured the new facility.
From
left to right, participants in the ribbon cutting ceremony: NPARL research
leader Robert Evans; ARS Northern Plains Area Director Will Blackburn;
Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
Montana Future Farmers of America President Travis Brown; Acting ARS Administrator
Edward B. Knipling; Fort Peck Community College representative Jodi Smith;
Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture President Jim Steinbeisser;
North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agricultural Experiment Station Director
Ken Grafton; Liz Ching, aide to U.S. Sen. Baucus; Jerry Bergman, Research
Director of the NDSU-Williston and Montana State University Eastern Agricultural
Research Center; and NPARL research leader Tom Shanower.
Completed
new lab and office complex at the Northern Plains Agricultural Research
Laboratory in Sidney, Mont. Construction on the 21,470-square foot facility
began in May 2000. 