OpEd: The Real Whopper

April 18, 2019 @ 11:26 am

By Jennifer Houston, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President, Sweetwater, TN We’re not even a third of the way through 2019, but we already have a frontrunner for a...

SD Stockgrowers Frustrated with Electronic ID Push

April 18, 2019 @ 8:57 am

The South Dakota Stockgrowers are growing increasingly frustrated at the direction the USDA is taking animal traceability. Rapid City, SD (SDSGA)- After James Halverson, Executive Director for The...

USDA Approves Bipartisan Request to Issue Livestock Disaster P...

April 17, 2019 @ 3:54 pm

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue has approved a request made by a partisan group of Senators to provide immediate Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) assistance to agriculture producers....

Developing a Secure Sheep and Wool Plan

April 16, 2019 @ 3:00 pm

The American Sheep Industry Association has initiated a project to develop a Secure Sheep and Wool Supply Plan for Business Continuity in a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak, working with...

Are Pulses Being Replaced by Wheat in Montana?

April 16, 2019 @ 11:34 am

by Dr. Anton Bekkerman, Associate Professor of Economics, Montana State University The 2018/19 marketing year has been a rough one for U.S. pulse crop producers. Relative to average prices observed...

2019 Montana FFA Convention Another Huge Success

April 15, 2019 @ 10:29 am

Over 1,650 members and guests attended Montana FFA’s 89th Annual State Convention April 3rd - 6th in Bozeman, Montana. The Montana FFA State Convention hosted 12 career development events,...

Midland-Bull-Test-2019-Final-Sort-Sale: Leif and Amelia at the Final Sort Bull Sale
2019-KBJM-Farm-Home-Show: Leif with the KBJM crew in Lemmon, SD
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Taylor, Courtney and Bryce visiting our friends Bob and Karen Toole at KCBK in Deer Lodge.
Spending some time at the 2019 Missoula Agri Business Banquet.
Crystal from Bretz RV hanging out with Josh at the KGHL studio.
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Leif Bakken and Colter Brown at 2018-MT-Stockgrowers
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Today’s Livestock Market Update:

DTN reports: Nearby and deferred lean hog futures continued to move in opposite directions Wednesday, as a lack of fundamental support is eroding summer prices. Cattle markets struggled to move in any direction Wednesday.

Fed Steers Live	Dressed Basis
Steady $126	Steady $204 - 205

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Today’s Grain Market Update:

DTN reports: May soybeans fell 9 cents and November soybeans were down 8 3/4 cents -- both at their lowest closes in 2019 -- reflecting anticipation of record-high ending soybean stocks in 2018-19. May

Local 12% Winter	Local 14% Spring
+3 to 4 403 - 487	Steady 453 - 519

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Montana Group Looking for Donations to Help Nebraska Producers

April 11, 2019 @ 5:09 pm

A group of Montanan’s are looking to deliver supplies to Nebraska to help the ranchers there impacted by recent storms and flooding. A new drop location for donations has been set up at Western...

New Ag Census Data Released

April 11, 2019 @ 4:44 pm

WASHINGTON (DTN) -- There were fewer middle-sized farms in 2017 than five years earlier, and the age of the average farm operator continues to tick upward, according to results of the 2017 Census of...

EHM Emerges in the Region

April 11, 2019 @ 9:06 am

Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) has been confirmed recently in horses in several states, including Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, California and Iowa. Owners of horses that have traveled in those areas recently are being advised to...

Drought Monitor Improvements

April 10, 2019 @ 8:54 am

Sen. John Thune (S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, this week wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to encourage him to prioritize several provisions of the 2018 Farm...

Governor Bullock Issues Executive Order to Expedite Fertilizer...

April 9, 2019 @ 4:10 pm

With yet another late, wet winter impacting the region, Montana Governor Steve Bullock has issued an executive order exempting fertilizer haulers from hours of services regulations to expedite delivery to farmers. Farmers around Montana...

GUEST OPINION: Property Rights Are for Everyone — Even Ameri...

April 9, 2019 @ 11:38 am

by P.J. Hill, James Huffman, and Brian Yablonski In Montana, property rights are sacred. That’s why the resolution before the state legislature attacking the American Prairie Reserve is so troubling. As long-time property rights proponents and advocates for free-market conservation,...

Save the Cowboy, Stop the APR! What does this mean?

March 26, 2019 @ 12:31 pm

Dana Darlington is a leader with the credentials to explain this complicated answer... Big Sandy, MT - We have all seen the colorful banners posted on roadsides, near ranch...

6-700 lb Steers	+3	163 – 180
7-800 lb Steers	+10	148 – 166
5-600 lb. Heifers	+5	159.75 – 169
6-700 lb. Heifers	+6	144 – 162.50
7-800 lb. Heifers	+1	134 – 148