Ag News Stories

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, reintroduced the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New …

The Montana Farm Bureau is applauding a success story with the First Judicial District Court – Lewis & Clark County, dismissing the Advocates for School Trust Lands case. The State …

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today introduced the bipartisan “Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act” to increase access to existing infrastructure that will allow easier and faster installation …

Tracy Stone-Manning has been reported as President Biden’s pick for the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Stone-Manning is a Senior Advisor at the National Wildlife Federation …

400 members and guests attended Montana FFA’s 91st Annual State Convention April 7th– 10th in Billings, Montana.  The Montana FFA State Convention hosted numerous career development events, general sessions and …

Sales to China continue to vastly outpace those to other U.S. corn and sorghum markets. Yet, behind the headlines, a half-dozen other countries and several emerging markets are also proving …

The American Sheep Industry Association joined half a dozen other livestock groups in calling on Congress to reject any attempts to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Packers and Stockyards …

February exports of U.S. beef remained below the rapid pace established in early 2020, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). However, …

The U.S. economy continues to outperform expectations as stimulus funds are fueling robust consumer spending. Consensus forecasts point to 7% GDP growth for 2021, the fastest rate of expansion since …

During an early April meeting, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission welcomed the newly Governor-appointed commissioners, Brian Cebull, Patrick Tabor, K.C. Walsh, and Montana Stockgrowers Association’s (MSGA) second vice president, …