President Joe Biden is asking Congress to fund $21 billion in aid for farmers and ranchers as part of a $98.6 billion overall disaster package the president proposed that Congress …
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The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) provided comments to the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on trapping regulations that include an amendment that protects livestock producers’ privacy. The trapping regulations …
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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on Monday released the text of the farm bill she hopes can get through Congress before the end of the year and pushed …
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MSGA Has Concerns For Landowners in Regards to FWP Proposed Trapping Regulations
Montana FWP has released Coyote Trapping Regulations to go before the Fish and Wildlife Commission on November 12 at 8:30 a.m. The regulations are deemed necessary by FWP in order …
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American Sheep Industry Research Update Looks at Alternative to Shearing
by Colter BrownMontana State University Extension Sheep and Wool Specialist Brent Roeder joined the ASI Research Update podcast this month to discuss Bioharvesting Wool: An Alternative to Shearing. “They really got into bioharvesting in the …
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Canada’s exports of canola oil and forest products from West Coast ports have halted due to a labor dispute, producers said on Thursday. The stoppage, which started on Monday, involves …
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Interior Department Proposes Strengthened Protections for Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat
by Andy SchwabThe Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, …
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With votes still being tallied for US Senate and Representative seats, one voting measure that is a closed case is the ballot initiative presented to Denver voters to ban slaughterhouses …
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Several leadership positions were elected during Montana Farmers Union’s Annual Convention held recently in Whitefish, with Erik Somerfeld elected to serve a two-year term as Vice President. Somerfeld is a longtime …
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The Department of Agriculture is awarding over $120 million to fund six fertilizer production projects in Arkansas, California, Illinois, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP), which …
