A dramatic rise in fertilizer prices is weighing heavily on U.S. crop farmers and input suppliers as they prepare for the 2022 planting season. Prices for nitrogen-based fertilizers commonly used…
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Landowners Convene to Explore Solutions to Grizzly Bear-Livestock Conflicts
by Andy SchwabChoteau, MT – Due to successful recovery efforts, grizzly bears are expanding their range into the plains and private lands of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front; lands that support food, fiber,…
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From November 30th’s edition of Voices of Montana on the Northern News Network: (Roy, MT) – Like almost every other ranch in Eastern Montana, Buck and JoAnn Mosby, and Buck’s…
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Despite concerns about inflation, agricultural bankers overall are more upbeat about the profitability they are seeing from their loan customers than in the past five years. The ABA and Federal…
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Montana and Wyoming Sugar Beet and Malt Barley Symposium Coming Back to Billings
by Colter BrownBOZEMAN — Registration is now open for the 2022 Montana and Wyoming Sugar Beet and Malt Barley Symposium, which will be held Jan. 12-13 at the Billings Hotel and Convention…
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Crop Prices Projected to Decline, Livestock Prices to Rise Over the Next Decade
by Colter BrownRecently released USDA projections reveal expectations for U.S. crop prices to decrease over the next 10 years while prices for major animal products, except hogs, are forecast to increase. Expected…
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Producers Receive Smaller Share of Retail Thanksgiving Dinner Price
by Colter BrownJust when it seemed there was nothing left to draw political lines over, the cost of this year’s Thanksgiving meal may bring a little heat from the proverbial kitchen into…
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Ranchers Prioritize Local Conservation, Sound Science in Sage Grouse Scoping Process
by Colter BrownOn Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the beginning of a scoping process on Greater Sage-Grouse management, a part of the agency’s process to revise west-wide management plans…
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The Navigable Waters Protection Rule would be repealed and replaced with pre-2015 definitions of waters of the U.S. in a proposal released by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of…
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SPONSORED: Chronic Wasting Disease is a 100% fatal disease that infects members of the deer family, including elk, moose, mule, and white-tailed deer. CWD is not a virus, bacteria, or…