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Podcast: Small Town News
Episode: Sidney, MT - We Get Our Agate Rocks Off (Don't Worry We Have a Form for That)
Description: Welcome to Sidney, Montana, "Montana's Sunrise City!" Sidney Montana is located 10 miles west of the North Dakota border and 100 miles south of Canada on the banks of the Yellowstone River. Founded in 1911, The town's major industries are oil and agriculture including the production of sugar beets. Sugar beets are grown in areas to cold for sugar cane to produce white sugar. Midland Sugar Company constructed a sugar beet refinery in town in 1925. The plant closed in early 2023 after nearly a century in operation. Sidney offers an array of outdoor activities including fishing. Anglers fish for rainbow trout and paddlefish, a large...