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BOZEMAN – Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has announced her plans to retire in June 2025, concluding a transformative 15-year tenure at the helm of Montana’s land-grant university.   Cruzado, …

Great Falls, MT – Montana harvest has been fast and furious for 2024, with hot temperatures pushing wheat, peas and other crops to rapidly ripen. Montana Wheat & Barley Committee …

The AgWest Farm Credit Board of Directors has selected Bill Perry to serve as the next President and CEO of AgWest Farm Credit, which serves customer-members in a seven-state Farm …

Billings, MT – The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) announced their support of Representative Harriet Hageman’s (R-WY) joint resolution to block the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rule …

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announces changes to the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan Programs, effective Sept. 25, 2024 — changes that …

The National FFA Organization, a nationally recognized school-based student leadership development organization, announced today that it reached a record-breaking milestone of having more than one million FFA members: 1,027,273. States …

HELENA – The wolf population in Montana remains healthy, according to the 2023 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wolf Report. Increased harvest during the 2023 wolf season has not yet …

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2024 – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced it has issued payments to eligible applicants under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP), which aims to …

The USDA announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to additional crops as well …

Last week, a tip was sent into the Squeal on Pigs Hotline that a wild boar was spotted running loose on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation near Three Buttes, MT. …