Ag News Stories

The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation (MSF) is now accepting donations for its Wildfire Relief Fund which benefits Montana livestock producers affected by fires. Currently donations are focused on the Remington Fire …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced over $3.1 million in funding awarded to Montana through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Through this program, the Montana …

Lower courts in South Dakota erred in ruling Summit Carbon Solutions is a common carrier able to exercise eminent domain to acquire and inspect land for a planned 2,000-mile carbon …

Several agriculture stakeholders across the nation are showing support for legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) which offers producers fairer market prices for livestock disaster …

The American Sheep Industry Association worked with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and other stakeholders to develop movement decision criteria guidance addressing unique scenarios that would arise for federal lands …

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs field office released their Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) this week. The agency elected to take …

A recent decision by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) laid the track for a potential strike by nearly 10,000 rail workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific …

by Lesley Robinson, Montana Stockgrowers Association First Vice President Montana beef producers are faced with a number of challenges, and we don’t all agree on how to overcome them. These …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Grassland, General, and Continuous Conservation …

This week, Utah officials filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address whether the federal government can control “unappropriated” lands within a State indefinitely. The unappropriated land in question …