Big Timber, MT is welcoming nearly 200 meat processors from across Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon this week for the Annual Montana Meat Processors Association …
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Help Available for Livestock Death Losses Due to Blizzard
by Colter BrownApril blizzards may bring May flowers, but blizzards can also cause newborn calves and other livestock to become smothered, trampled and die due to the conditions created by adverse weather. …
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NCBA: Biden NEPA Framework Compromises Environmental, Economic Goals
by Colter BrownThe National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) today expressed concern that the Biden administration’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule undermines progress made over the …
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Global Beef Consumption and Imports Forecast to Increase
by Colter BrownThe recent USDA Foreign Agricultural Service bulletin on Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade provides a current summary of the major beef consuming and importing countries in the world. …
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The Consumer Price Index increased again in March as the nation grapples with decades-high inflation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports year-over-year inflation in March was 8.5 percent. American Farm …
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Drought Concerns Continue to Plague Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop
by Colter BrownWhile the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains the biggest driver of wheat futures prices, U.S. winter wheat in drought conditions across the Plains is becoming an increasingly bullish factor for prices. This …
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Four New MSU Wheat and Barley Varieties Receive Official Names
by Colter BrownAfter inviting the public to help name three new publicly released wheat varieties and one new barley variety, the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee (MWBC) and Montana State University Plant …
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At the conclusion of the 2022 Montana FFA Convention, Montana FFA Foundation Board of Directors President, Curt Robbins, announced the addition of Kelsey Kraft and Morgan Kuntz to the Montana …
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MSU Graduate Student Works to Understand, Control Invasive Grass on Crow Reservation
by Brett McRaeBOZEMAN — For the past decade, Ventenata dubia, an invasive grass, has popped up across 24 counties in Montana, where it has decreased plant diversity and lowered forage availability for …
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House and Senate Ag Committees to Hold Hearings on Cattle Markets
by Colter BrownCattle markets and legislation to institute some reforms will be front and center on Capitol Hill at the end of April. The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on …
