Colter Brown

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte today encouraged Montanans to support farmers and ranchers living with a disability or illness through the Cutting Fences Foundation (CFF). “Montana farmers and ranchers feed the …

Farmers hit by disaster in 2022 are expecting significantly smaller Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments, setting up a dispute between Congress and USDA over the methodology used to calculate payments. …

U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation to suspend beef imports from Paraguay. The senators’ bill would also require the establishment of a working group …

Leading a group of western governors, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte opposed an attempt by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to change its grazing policies without collaboration and urged them …

USDA announced $195.9 million in a mix of loans and value-added grants on Monday pegged to improve the supply chain for food and agriculture. The funding announcement was tied to …

Large feedlot placements for the second consecutive month pushed November feedlot inventories up 1.7 percent year over year.  October feedlot placements were higher by 3.8 percent year over year, enough …

A total of 26 states and a group of agriculture interests have renewed the legal fight against the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, filing amended complaints …

Farms and ranches across the U.S. received 14.9 cents per dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2022 as compensation for farm commodity production. This portion, called the farm share, …

Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02), along with Senator Steve Daines (MT), and Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01), sent a letter on Friday to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Montana …

Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.) this week urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reconsider policies that will limit the effectiveness of disaster relief that Congress provided …