Ag News Stories

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 …

By Jennifer Houston, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President, Sweetwater, TN   We’re not even a third of the way through 2019, but we already have a frontrunner for a political …

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 …