Grain News

To help farmers and ranchers overcome barriers to participating in voluntary carbon markets, the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, introduced today, would establish a USDA certification program for the private …

WASHINGTON  – USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers with …

Old irrigation structures tend to fail when they aren’t updated or repaired in a timely manner. Producers learned that in southeast Wyoming when the Goshen/Gering-Ft. Laramie irrigation district’s tunnel collapsed. …

(Washington, D.C., May 19, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct …

Great Falls, MT – The Montana Grain Growers Association (MGGA) and the Montana Grains Foundation (MGF) announced the recipients of their college scholarships for the 2020-21 school year. The MGGA …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will host a webinar on Thursday, May 14, at 1 p.m. ET, for farmers, ranchers …

Great Falls, MT – As another growing season begins, so too does the Montana Grain Growers Association annual crop survey. Featuring weekly reports from growers, our survey is an informal look …

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced the recipients of nearly $50,000 in mini grant funding from the Growth Through Agriculture program. Grants support the diversification …

China is looking to purchase up to 30 million tons of crops from the U.S. to help rebuild state stockpiles. Reuters reports that the Asian nation is looking to protect itself …

WASHINGTON – Producers signed a record 1.77 million contracts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2019 crop year, …