KMON youth judging contests continue strong 40-year tradition

Morgan Rose
Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022

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Augusta FFA Chapter won the first KMON Livestock Judging Contest. From left to right: Brent Hitchcock, Brad King, Rick Halmes, Loren Bradle, Bryan Morgan and advisor, Sylvan Susag.

Rick Halmes and Livestock Judging 7th high individual, Roni Parker from Belt FFA

Rick Halmes on the KMON Stage.

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Morgan Rose

It was September of 1980 when KMON, a Great Falls-based radio station, hired Rick Halmes. Looking back, Halmes says he had literally just stepped out of the haying tractor when he started his career writing agriculture-based stories for the radio station.

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