Stark County Weed Control

01/24/2025

Wildflowers play a crucial role in improving rangeland resilience.

12/30/2024

Starting in the new year, our hours will be adjusted to better align with those of other Stark County offices.

12/23/2024

Extending warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Please note that our office will be closing at noon on Christmas Eve and will re-open at 8:00 am on December 26th.

11/27/2024

Our office will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.

10/29/2024

🔸Protect Your Pastures Against Ventenata🔸
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Medora Community Center

https://www.bcwcb.com/event-details/ventenata-evening-registration

What is Ventenata?
Ventenata is an invasive winter annual grass that is quickly spreading throughout the Western States. It has been added to Montana and Wyoming's Noxious W**d lists, and was recently discovered in Harding County, SD. Ranchers need to be aware of this grass and the damage it could cause to their operations.
Cattle will not eat Ventenata due to its high silica content, making it unpalatable. Some compare it to eating glass. Ventenata emerges in the fall and resumes growth in the spring before desirable native grasses. This allows it to mature early in the grazing season and can reduce livestock forage by up to 70%. Due to its early germination, Ventenata dries out early in the season and can increase the risk of wildfires.
There is much more to cover on this grass and the damage it can cause. Please make plans to attend this informative presentation hosted by the Billings County W**d Control Board on the prevention and control of Ventenata.

10/08/2024

Let's protect our family, friends, neighbors and state together. We all have a role in preventing wildfires. Here are a few things to remember:
• Avoid burning debris or building campfires when it’s windy and never when it’s restricted.
• Practice good, regular equipment maintenance.
• Avoid parking vehicles in tall grass – hot catalytic converters are prone to igniting dry vegetation.
• Have a fire extinguisher handy, both at home and on farm equipment.
• Make a tillage pass around the perimeter of a field to help prevent fire from spreading to other areas.
• Be proactive by hooking up tillage equipment and filling water tanks to help provide aid to fire departments in case of emergency.

Most important – protect yourself. Don’t try to fight a wildfire on your own. Call 911 to report a fire.

What did we forget? Add your ideas in the comments.

10/07/2024

Hay Hotline for Rancher Relief is now active
https://www.ndda.nd.gov/news/hay-hotline-rancher-relief-now-active

09/05/2024

Call for Sealed Bids on 2004 Chevy 3500 Spray Truck

The Stark County W**d Control Board will receive sealed bids on the following:
2004 Chevy 3500 6.0L V8 with hydraulically operated boom spray system, 400 gallon tank, Honda motor with centrifugal pump
The spray truck will be available for viewing at the Stark County Family & Ag Resource Campus from September 18th through September 30th.
Spray Truck Bid Submission Forms can be obtained at our office or online at https://www.starkcountynd.gov/index.asp?SEC=FCD770BC-77BD-41A5-9E3F-E6BBED00B64B
Bid submission deadline is September 30, 2024 at 5 pm. $1,000 minimum bid. The Stark County Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities.
Bids will be publicly opened at the Stark County Commission Meeting on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.

08/28/2024

Stark County W**d Control Board is looking to fill a vacated position for District 4. Any resident living in the southwest portion of Stark County is eligible to volunteer for the Board. For additional information and to easily apply online visit our website: https://www.starkcountynd.gov/?SEC={D0D9DDB4-BBB8-459E-A332-CE82650CBDC1}

07/08/2024

Flea Beetle Field Day is today, July 8th at 10 AM. Watch for signs south of Gladstone on the Enchanted Highway to direct you to the site.

Remember to bring your net , blue ice, cooler and the legal land description where the bugs will be placed.

07/01/2024

Stark County W**d Control Board is looking to fill a vacated position for District 4. Any resident living in the southwest portion of Stark County is eligible to volunteer for the Board. Closing date to apply is July 15, 2024. For additional information and to easily apply online visit our website: https://www.starkcountynd.gov/?SEC={D0D9DDB4-BBB8-459E-A332-CE82650CBDC1}

07/01/2024

07/01/2024

PROJECT SAFE SEND
Farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies and homeowners with unusable pesticides can bring them to any of the Project Safe Send Sites listed below.
Project Safe Send is a safe, simple and non-regulatory program that helps people safely and legally dispose of unusable pesticides free of charge.

**We have heavy duty bags available at our office and the shop for use in transporting leaking containers to the Safe Send sites. **

For more information visit:
https://www.ndda.nd.gov/.../pesticide.../project-safe-send

06/14/2024

🚀Launching the NDSU Ag Minute 🎙

In this week's episode NDSU Extension W**d Specialist, Joe Ikley, discusses early season w**d control recommendations and which w**ds are most concerning across the state with KFGO 790 AM and Sarah Heinrich.

Listen https://omny.fm/shows/the-ag-news-leader/ndsu-ag-minute-combating-early-w**d-pressure?in_playlist=podcast

06/12/2024

July will be here before we know it and so will our Annual REC Field Days! ndsu.ag/fielddays24

06/07/2024

✅Save the date: 2024 PROJECT SAFE SEND
If you have unusable pesticides that need disposed of, you can bring them to the Project Safe Send Collection Sites.

Visit the NDDA site for me details:
https://www.ndda.nd.gov/divisions/pesticide-fertilizer-division/project-safe-send