Opinion

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 …

As the Montana Legislature gets to work, so are Montana Farmers Union staff and members, with a Legislative Drive-In and lobbying efforts to help family farms and ranches thrive. “Legislators …

By U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Director Brett Crosby A blog post published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 12, 2022, claimed that Congress is “rushing” to consider “aggressive legislation …

Opinion Editorial by Nathan Descheemaeker The public land law review commission was a Congressional committee tasked with analyzing and reviewing the history of public land laws in the US and …

by Mark Barnett, Livestcok Marketing Association President, from Kentucky-Tennessee Livestock Market in Guthrie, Kentucky The cattle industry and policy makers agree – we need to increase U.S. beef packing capacity, …

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Don Schiefelbein Six months into my tenure as the President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), I have had the opportunity to travel …

by House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Glenn “GT” Thompson The global food supply is in crisis, and the worst is yet to come. The world’s most vulnerable communities are feeling …

Every farmer knows that weather is the least predictable “input” in our businesses. The drought of 2021 was one for the record books and reduced yields on all types of …

Opinion by Kaycee Monnens-Cortner There is one pair of green, Hondo boots featured in my website’s header that are no longer with us, but will be kept there for a …

By Chuck Denowh – United Property Owners of Montana Policy Director In a few areas of the state elk populations have been allowed to grow to crisis proportions. For example, …