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While little is known about how the Biden administration will rewrite waters of the United States, or WOTUS, definitions, EPA Administrator Michael Regan on Monday said exemptions for farming and…

President Joe Biden announced that the United States and European Union committed to a global pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% by the year 2030. In response to the…

By Nicole Rolf, Senior Director of Governmental Affairs, Montana Farm Bureau Federation   The infamous drought of 1988 is seared into the memories of Montana farmers and ranchers.  People who…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has completed the initial review of two petitions filed to list gray wolves in the western U.S. as threatened or endangered under the…

The Biden Administration is taking a tougher stance towards meatpackers that is says are causing food price inflation at the retail level. On Wednesday, the White House hosted a press…

This week, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), will formally introduce the American Beef Labeling Act, legislation that would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL)…

This past weekend, two cases of atypical Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease were confirmed in Brazil, causing a suspension of Brazilian beef exports to China. Atypical BSE…

In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting…

By Chuck Denowh An important deadline approaches for Montanans fighting to stop the American Prairie Reserve from decimating the agricultural economy of Eastern Montana.  The Bureau of Land Management will…

An August 2021 survey of 737 farmers across the United States conducted in late July by Farm Progress Publications suggests that wheat, corn and soybean planted area will be up for 2022.…