Field Days: Spreading Fertilizer

By Sarah Brown

Published September 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM MDT

Bighorn farmer Shane Strecker climbs aboard his fertilizer spreader in mid-June

On this episode of Field Days, Shane Strecker of Strecker Farms in Bighorn spreads fertilizer on his growing sugar beet crop.
Field Days is an award-winning weekly audio diary following the day-to-day life of agricultural producers in Montana, produced by Yellowstone Public Radio. Theme music by John Kosel.

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Sarah Brown

Sarah Kanter Brown is the producer of YPR’s Field Days. A graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, Brown has worked at newspapers and magazines nationwide.

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