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The Senate Agriculture Committee announced that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday, February 2nd, to consider the nomination of Tom Vilsack as USDA secretary. The hearing begins at 10:30am …

Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act. This legislation will allow state inspected meat to be …

Republican Senators from across the country joined together to introduce a resolution to uphold the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule this week. The resolution expresses the need for the …

DENVER (January 27, 2021)—As COVID-19 spread across the country last year, it spurred the “great grocery grab of 2020” – a shift to at-home food consumption not seen since the …

Due to the national public health emergency caused by COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under …

Producers need to be prepared in case drought conditions persist into 2021, according to North Dakota State University Extension specialists. Most of the Dakotas, Wyoming and eastern Montana suffered from …

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility will kick off BLM Wyoming’s 2021 adoption schedule with an event Feb.19-20, from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. …

For the first time since 2013/14, total U.S. winter wheat planted area increased on the year as producers took advantage of dry seeding conditions and strong prices through fall 2020. USDA’s …

After waiting for more than a year for the USDA’s Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) program, Montana farmers were thankfully to finally see the disaster aid program announced. Developed as part …

Helena, MT– The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) continues to prepare for a foreign animal disease (FAD) introduction into the state. The Animal Health Bureau (AHB) and the Montana Veterinary …