Just 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The Navigable Waters Protection Rule would be repealed and replaced with pre-2015 definitions of waters of the U.S. in a proposal released by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of…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…
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Making Grazing Management Decisions After Severe Drought
by Colter BrownDr. Jeff Mosley, MSU Extension, talked to a packed room in the Grazing Management; Decisions After Sever Drought workshop at the Montana Farm Bureau Convention in Billings last week. In…
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U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) say that the announcement that Vietnam’s government will eliminate a 3 percent tariff on U.S. wheat imports effective…
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Montana Farm Bureau Sets Policy and Elects First Female President at Convention
by Colter BrownMontana Farm Bureau Federation members representing 30 county Farm Bureau statewide gathered in Billings this week to discuss, debate and vote on policy for the coming year. Farm Bureau policy…
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Montana FWP to Assist Department of Livestock in Monitoring Bovine Tuberculosis
by Brett McRaeGLASGOW – To assist in monitoring bovine tuberculosis, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is looking to deer hunters in Blaine and Phillips counties for help. In September, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) was…
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Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on Secretary Vilsack to immediately suspend all imports of fresh beef from Brazil to the United States. In the letter to USDA,…
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Daines: State, Local, Tribal Support a Must for Any CMR Bison Proposal
by Colter BrownMontana Senator Steve Daines is calling for the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to provide more information on the purpose and scope of what…