Ag News Stories

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it reached a significant milestone by placing 7,104 wild horses and burros into private homes nationwide during Fiscal Year 2019 (which ended …

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. This program, as required by the 2018 Farm …

Today, U.S. House of Representatives members Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully (MEAT) Act of 2019 to combat the rise of misleading …

United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released a press release stating they have listened to producer’s feedback on the proposed requirements for cattle and …

GREAT FALLS – On Saturday at the 104th convention of Montana Farmers Union, members elected Walter Schweitzer to serve as the new President of their statewide ag organization. Walter Schweitzer …

Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to address the shortage of …

Farmers and ranchers from Montana and across the country shook their heads when Miss Montana USA shared some very anti-animal agriculture information on her Instagram story this week. Merissa Underwood, …

The saga and lawsuit over USDA’s planned implementation of requiring radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags for cattle continues. On October 4th, Harriet Hageman of the New Civil Liberties Alliance …

Today, the United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) filed a petition for rulemaking with the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to address “Product of the U.S.A.” and “Made in …

Industrial hemp has certainly become a hot topic in agriculture this year. Montana continues to lead the nation in hemp production, doubling down to increase from 22,000 last year to …