Today, at the National Farmers Union Annual Convention, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim…
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Northern Ag Network’s Colter Brown to Emcee MWBC’s March Madness Wheat and Barley Research Competition
On March 18th at 3 P.M., the Montana State University Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology students will gather at the MSU-SUB Ballroom to present their current research works in under…
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Montana State Barley Research Extends to Brewing Quality
by Colter BrownBOZEMAN – Thanks to a new license, barley research at Montana State University is set to extend beyond breeding and malting to the science behind brewing. In November, the Montana…
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2024 Crop Year Deadline for Ag Risk and Price Loss Coverage is March 15th
Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2024 crop year have until March 15, 2024, to revise…
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USDA Crop Outlook: Growing Supplies, Lower Prices in 2024
by Colter BrownUSDA sees farmers planting 91 million acres (ma) of corn, 87.5 ma of soybeans and 47 ma of wheat in 2024, according to a Commodity Outlook report released in conjunction…
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Ag Secretary Calls Decline in Farms and Acreage a ‘Wake-Up Call’
by Andy SchwabThe U.S. lost nearly 142,000 farms and 20.1 million ag acres from 2017 to 2022, which Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said should be a “wake-up call” for policymakers. USDA released…
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of steps Wednesday that EPA intends to take to comply with the Endangered Species Act when it comes to pesticide use. In a…
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USDA to Issue $306 Million in Final ERP Phase One Payments to Producers
by Colter BrownThe U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing final Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments totaling approximately $306 million to eligible commodity and specialty crop producers who incurred losses due to natural…
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2023 Crop Overview Molson Coors relies heavily on Montana malt barley growers, both domestically and internationally, as more than one third of their barley is from Montana. Northern Ag Network’s…
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USDA Investing $207 Million in Clean Energy and Domestic Fertilizer Projects
by Colter BrownAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that USDA is awarding $207 million in 42 states for projects through the Rural Energy for America Program and the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program.…