Ag News Stories

The late-season wildfire that whipped through the Central Montana farming community of Denton on December 1st, nearly wiped the town off the map. 25 homes and four grain elevators were …

The Billings Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Bill Dutcher, general manager of MetraPark, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Award for Agriculture Excellence. With …

18 U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai requesting the administration pursue a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against …

EPA has not yet responded to a 2017 petition by environmental groups, demanding the agency fully regulate pesticide-treated seed. Now, in a lawsuit filed Dec. 15, those groups are asking …

The following is an opinion editorial written by Norman Voyles, Jr., the 2021 vice chair of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, who runs a cow-calf and feedlot operation in Indiana In …

Great Falls, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA), Montana Wheat and Barley Committee (MWBC), and Montana State University (MSU) have partnered to fund a Crop Variety Promotions and …

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it published the final rule updating import regulations for sheep, goats and meat from …

October was another strong month for U.S. red meat exports as beef export value continued to soar, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export …

On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed four bills, previously approved by the House Ag Committee, including overwhelming support for an extension of the Livestock Mandatory (Price) Reporting Act and the …

By Joe Cook   My background and heritage are in production agriculture across Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming. I am named after my grandfathers- Joseph Cook and Patrick Goggins- both …