Ag News Stories

Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. MDT, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a hearing titled “Successful State Stewardship: A Legislative Hearing to Examine S.614, the…

RAPID CITY, SD – The future of America’s national mammal continued to brighten this week as officials from South Dakota State University (SDSU), the National Bison Association and the National…

By Kate Fuller, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University.  For the last three years, Anton Bekkerman and I have run a survey with…

BILLINGS, MT — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers of fall-planted crops in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021…

This past spring, the American Sheep Industry Association asked wool producers to report their sales in an effort to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture develop an accurate picture of…

Last week, Taiwan announced they will be accepting U.S. beef that is aged more than 30 months, as well as U.S. pork containing the feed additive ractopamine. The move helps…

BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota’s state veterinarian says the state’s first reported case of anthrax this year is a reminder to livestock producers to take action to protect their animals…

This morning, Montana Governor Steve Bullock distributed a press release detailing his Thursday evening State of Fire Emergency declaration. In the letter, Governor Bullock included language that was recommended by…

By U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) I read a quote from my local sale barn operator Bryan Hanson, the other day: “You used to be able to survive on a…

Great Falls, MT – 21 Senators representing wheat-producing states, including Senators from  Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture “regarding the deteriorating…