Ag News Stories

The South Dakota Stockgrowers are growing increasingly frustrated at the direction the USDA is taking animal traceability.   Rapid City, SD (SDSGA)- After James Halverson, Executive Director for The South …

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue has approved a request made by a partisan group of Senators to provide immediate Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) assistance to agriculture producers. Severe …

The American Sheep Industry Association has initiated a project to develop a Secure Sheep and Wool Supply Plan for Business Continuity in a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak, working with the …

by Dr. Anton Bekkerman, Associate Professor of Economics, Montana State University The 2018/19 marketing year has been a rough one for U.S. pulse crop producers. Relative to average prices observed over …

Over 1,650 members and guests attended Montana FFA’s 89th Annual State Convention April 3rd – 6th in Bozeman, Montana.  The Montana FFA State Convention hosted 12 career development events, general …

A group of Montanan’s are looking to deliver supplies to Nebraska to help the ranchers there impacted by recent storms and flooding. A new drop location for donations has been …

WASHINGTON (DTN) — There were fewer middle-sized farms in 2017 than five years earlier, and the age of the average farm operator continues to tick upward, according to results of …

Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) has been confirmed recently in horses in several states, including Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, California and Iowa. Owners of horses that have traveled in those areas recently …

Sen. John Thune (S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, this week wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to encourage him to prioritize several provisions …

With yet another late, wet winter impacting the region, Montana Governor Steve Bullock has issued an executive order exempting fertilizer haulers from hours of services regulations to expedite delivery to …