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Access to adequate, good quality water will continue to be a challenge for ranchers this spring, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist, Miranda Meehan. …

Not only was 2021 defined by lingering COVID-19 market effects and widespread supply chain woes, 20 weather and climate disasters, each with damages over a billion dollars, struck the U.S …

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and the Agriculture Development Council have announced recipients of the state’s $907,504 investment in innovative, value-added agriculture projects through the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Growth Through …

The House and Senate passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package to fund the government through September, the end of the federal fiscal year. The bill included several key provisions …

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is announcing Zach Coccoli as Deputy Director today. Coccoli, who served as Deputy Legal Counsel prior to serving as Acting Deputy …

The USDA announced it will support developing additional fertilizer production in the U.S. to address rising costs and spur competition. The agency will make $250 million available this summer through …

The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) applauded the South Dakota Legislature’s passage of HB 1096, a Livestock Identification Bill, which allows producers the right to choose how to best identify …

At the annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association this week in Nashville, the Montana Electric Co-ops brought a Resolution to urge the NRECA to support allowing state …

The war in Ukraine has injected much uncertainty into global markets.  Markets do not like uncertainty and much of the market reaction thus far is about uncertainty rather than reality.  …

Groups like the National Farmers Union and other right-to-repair advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against John Deere over the right to repair its equipment. The FTC …