Rick Haines (KMON, Great Falls, MT) reports that spring has finally come to the Salmon River Valley after what even the old timers called a harsh winter. “As you see from the picture, things are greening up, and I currently have two mating pair of geese, two otters, thousands of birds including the Western Meadow Larks and Robins, Hungarian Partridge and elk, deer and bear to join me as I do radio from my front porch!” Rick adds, “Business is interesting since in addition to my regular duties as owner of the Independent Ag Network, I am still doing two shows a day for Evan Slack and am the Ag Director for KMON Radio (Great Falls, MT). Seems I have trouble saying no, but I love the business and 21 shows a day gets to be a rhythm after a few months (ha).” He observed, “My one-hour weekend program has been well received and is scattered from northern Nevada to 100 miles short of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We are all waiting for the markets to lift, the final snow to melt, and the sense of a new production year has begun.” Rick served as NAFB President in 2000.
