Ag News Stories

Pictured L to R: Alexa Smieja from Belgrade, Grace Mosher – Reporter from Shepherd, Ryan Bal – Sentinel from Park City, Emma Lou Slivka – Secretary from Winifred, Sierra Mauland …

Wickens Salt Creek Ranch of Hilger has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Montana Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go above …

Trichomoniasis was identified in a herd in Fremont County in January 2024. Potentially exposed bulls have completed testing, and no additional trichomoniasis cases have been identified. All associated quarantines have …

Could Project 2025 derail the farm bill? Or could it possibly accelerate efforts to get a farm bill passed if it looks like former President Donald Trump will win the …

Bozeman, Montana—Since 2011, the Montana Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Hoofin’ it for Hunger Run has raised $87,000 for the Montana Food Bank Network. This year the run will …

HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced appointments to the Montana Pulse Crop Committee (MPCC) and Montana Wheat and Barley Committee (MWBC). The following appointments were …

Twenty-four community projects centered on agriculture have received a total of more than $33,000 in grants from the Montana Farmers Union Foundation. “This year was harder than ever to select …

More than 190 4-H members from across the state visited Montana State University last week for the Montana 4-H Congress, an annual event offering competitive events, workshops, entertainment and social …

A lawsuit filed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, Public Lands Council, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, American Sheep Industry Association and 8 other groups challenges the lawfulness of the Bureau …

BIG SANDY, Mont. — Montana Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark and representatives from the Department continued their focus on highlighting the diversity in Montana’s agricultural ecosystem earlier this week …