Field and Garden: Crop producers wait for warm temps, dry soil

I recently received an email from Mark Manoukian, who is the county Extension agent in Phillips County, Montana.

The email read like this: I have three cattle producers in North Central Montana looking for summer pasture for approximately 500 pairs. We are out of reservoir water and forage availability is not looking promising.

Manoukan’s e-mail is a reminder that although moisture conditions in F...