Opinion

By: Montana State Senators Jason Ellsworth and Butch Gillespie The recent spate of headlines about grizzly bear attacks and human-bear conflicts highlights the need for the federal government to return …

By Chad Franke – Rocky Mountain Farmers Union President I am grateful to serve as President for the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, whose mission of education includes assuring consumers can …

By Congresswoman Harriet Hageman The lengths to which Joe Biden will go to control our lives knows no bounds. We have been burdened with ‘rules and guidance’ in education, energy …

by Karen Budd-Falen Remember the huge backlash in 2017 over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Planning 2.0 regulations?” One of the major concerns was that the BLM could use …

by Carl DeVries I have been blessed to be operating alongside the 5th generation of our family ranch in Roberts, Montana. Ranch families like mine understand the importance of neighbors, community, …

by Rich Roth As a third-generation rancher from Big Sandy, I am absolutely aware of the importance of water, water rights and the protection of Montana’s primacy over the water …

By Cat Urbigkit, Reprinted courtesy of Cowboy State Daily Just as surely as we change the clocks for daylight savings time and the weather gives us hints of spring before …

By Todd Wilkinson, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President When asked what concerns me most for our industry’s future, one of the first things that comes to mind is the threat …

The following is a response from the Montana-Dakota Beet Growers Association Board to the closure of the Sidney Sugars plant by American Crystal. For almost the last 100 years, the …

By Walter Schweitzer, Montana Farmers Union President Recently there has been a media blast by John Deere claiming a Memorandum of Understanding signed with American Farm Bureau Federation provides right …