Trichomoniasis, a venereal disease of cattle, was recently identified in a herd in Fremont County. Commonly known as “trich”, the disease is caused by the protozoa, Tritrichomonas foetus, which is …
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Farm Bureau Announces Partnership to Revolutionize Farm Family Mental Health Services
by Colter BrownA landmark alliance is launching free, anonymous, online mental health and wellbeing services to provide a nationwide safety net of confidential and on-demand support to farmers, ranchers and farm families. …
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Process to Restore Grizzly Bears to Bitterroot Ecosystem
by Colter BrownThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a public scoping period to consider options for restoring grizzly bears to the Bitterroot ecosystem. The Service will assess the potential impacts …
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USDA Launches Pilot to Help More Processors Access High-Value Beef Grading
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 19, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a pilot program to allow more cattle producers and meat processors to access better markets through the U.S. Department …
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Eastern Montana Regenerative Agriculture’s Innovative cropping systems and marketing methods in the Arid West workshop took place in Miles City January 16th and 17th. Farmers and Ranchers gathered to hear …
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Vilsack Offers CCC as a Solution to Raise Reference Prices in Farm Bill
by Colter BrownAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack floated the idea of Congress using the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) fund in some “innovative and creative ways” to deal with the “pretty pricey” issue of …
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Tester Leads Bipartisan Effort to Block Largest Meatpacking Corporation from Stock Exchange
by Colter BrownMontana Senator Jon Tester led a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pressing the agency to block JBS’s request to be a publicly traded company on …
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Rock Springs RMP Task Force Releases Report to Have Stakeholder Input Included in BLM Decision
by Colter BrownThe task force on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Rock Springs draft Resource Management Plan (RMP), created at Governor Mark Gordon’s request, released their report containing their consensus recommendations today. This …
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Paradise Valley, MT — The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) today announced an innovative payment-for-presence program to compensate a rancher for providing elk habitat in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Using …
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OMAHA (DTN) — USDA on Friday released its January Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports. USDA pegged final …
