Ag News Stories

This Friday is “payday” for local sugarbeet farmers! The Western Sugar Cooperative has announced that they are making the third and final payment on last year’s sugarbeet crop.  Across the …

Helena, Mont. – The Economic Transformation, Stabilization and Workforce Development Advisory Commission voted unanimously to recommend using $7.5 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to strengthen and diversify …

Senate lawmakers Thursday announced the bipartisan Food Security is National Security Act. The legislation would give top U.S. agriculture and food officials permanent representation on the Committee on Foreign Investment …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $21 million as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) collaboration with the Department of Interior’s (DOI) WaterSMART Initiative to help farmers and ranchers conserve …

DTN- The Biden administration issued a proposal to rescind several regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act finalized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National …

Originally posted in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel Report Inflation is usually caused when too much money is put into circulation by a central bank (like our Federal …

October’s USDA Cattle on Feed Report revealed feedlot placements in September were 97.1 percent of last year and marketings were 96.9 percent of one year ago.  The placement total was …

Supply chain disruptions and material shortages are fueling speculation about a herbicide shortage for the 2022 agriculture growing season. Allan Gray, executive director of the Purdue University Center for Food …

Montana ranchers have taken a major step towards ending food insecurity in the state. With the formation of the Producer Partnership early in the pandemic, nearly 80,000 pounds of beef …

Demand for livestock loans grew in the third quarter, boosting agricultural lending activity. However, demand for operating loans was more subdued, and total non-real estate lending remained near its average …