AgWest Farm Credit, a cooperative lending association focused exclusively on financing the agricultural industry, recently announced a new grant program that provides start-up funds to individuals just beginning their agricultural…
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Wheatland FFA Member Earns Top Rangehand Award at Montana Range Days
by Colter BrownThere were more than 180 students, volunteers, and instructors in attendance for the 46th annual Montana Range Days, which was held in Toole County from June 19th-21st. Participants attended outdoor…
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The North Dakota Grain Growers Association has hired Kayla Pulvermacher as their Executive Director. Pulvermacher, from Lincoln, North Dakota, previously served as Chief Executive Officer at the North Dakota Association…
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How High is Too High to Pay for Cow Replacements in 2023?
by Colter BrownCattle prices are up. There’s no doubt about that. Nominally prices are at or higher than where we were in the 2013 to 2015 cycle. June 2023 average monthly prices…
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70 Yearling Ewes Suspiciously Missing from Wyoming Ranch
by Andy SchwabA Wright, WY sheep producer is asking for the public’s help in locating 70 head of yearling ewes. Guy Edwards and his father noticed over the weekend that their flock…
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Ranchers Benefit from Fencing Projects with Ranchers Stewardship Alliance
by Colter BrownBy Kayla Walker for Ranchers Stewardship Alliance There’s been entire books written on the history of fencing in the West. The evolution of barbed wire, the impact fences had on…
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Elk hunters, landowners and other stakeholders interested in how Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks manages elk have an opportunity to weigh in on the new draft elk management plan. The…
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Bearish Outlook Continues Driving Global Fertilizer Prices Lower
by Colter BrownRabobank says a bearish sentiment in the global markets continues driving fertilizer prices lower after an extended run of significantly higher costs. Samuel Taylor is the executive director of farm…
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Yellow and white sweet clover seems to be everywhere this year. Timely rainfall has sweet clover growing in road ditches, fallow areas, pasture and range, and in places that no…
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A group of researchers from Montana State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, North Dakota State University, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln along with the USDA-Agriculture Research Service are…