Although only a small portion of Montana cropland is irrigated, the irrigation plays a much larger role in the overall value of the state’s crop production. According to an analysis …
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Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, legislation which would “break up dominant meatpackers, rein in foreign controlled corporate giants, and use federal …
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Opinion: Oregon’s Initiative Petition 28: A Direct Threat to Wildlife, Rural America, and Conservation
There are 8.1 billion people on this planet. Wildlife does not survive on sentiment. It survives because people choose to conserve it. For more than a century, the United States …
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Farmers will go into spring planting with a little weaker price protection for corn and spring wheat, but will see a little stronger price protection for soybeans. The spring projected …
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USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have unveiled a promising new biological control strategy aimed at one of the most costly pests facing wheat growers, the wheat stem sawfly. The …
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Barley Growers From Montana, Idaho, North Dakota Join USGBC Goodwill Mission To Mexico
The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC), in collaboration with the Idaho Barley Commission (IBC), North Dakota Barley Council (NDBC) and Montana Grain Growers Association (MGGA), organized a goodwill mission …
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Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Friday announced USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments totaling more than $1.89 billion. Eligible applicants who applied …
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Association of National Grasslands President, Public Lands Council (PLC) Board Member, and Wyoming rancher, Ty Checketts, this week, testified in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
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Texas Ag Commissioner Calls for Heifer Tax Credit, “America First” Beef Policies
With America’s cattle herd at its lowest level in more than 75 years, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is calling for an aggressive “America First” beef policy to rebuild herds, strengthen food …
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EPA Issues Guidance to Allow Farmers and Independent Shops to Repair Equipment Emissions
In a single guidance document from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Trump administration on Monday essentially wiped away the stated reason why equipment companies restrict farmers and independent repair …
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