Ag News Stories

WASHINGTON (April 30, 2019) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil …

Laketown, Utah – USDA recently announced significant improvements to the Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Plan (LRP), a program that allows cattle producers to insure against unexpected price declines. LRP allows …

Written by Chelcie Cargill, Lobbyist – Montana Farm Bureau, Melville, MT   I firmly believe Montana farmers and ranchers care deeply about developing and growing consumer confidence and trust in …

University of Wyoming Extension sheep specialist Whit Stewart said he found inspiration to help U.S. producers and growers deal with challenges they face in the lamb industry after his recent …

There is growing recognition of America’s historically high levels of industry concentration, and it’s looking like this will be a major issue in the 2020 presidential election. Most of the …

After 34 years with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the past four as CEO, Kendal Frazier announced his plans for retirement this week. Kendal’s career began as a farm …

R-CALF USA has filed a class action lawsuit in federal district court alleging the nation’s four largest beef packers conspired to depress cattle prices and inflate their own margins. The …

Written by Jim Baker, President of the Montana Cattlemen’s Association   The Montana Cattlemen’s Association is very disappointed that the Montana Legislature refused to enact a Montana Country of Origin …

WASHINGTON (April 22, 2019) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Public Lands Council (PLC), American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), and Society for Range Management (SRM) today announced support for …

Water has become a mainstay of the topics debated in the Montana Legislature. This session Representative Alan Redfield from Livingston introduced a bill that would prevent the state of Montana …