Drought

The majority of the cow-calf sector has been on the defense for the past two to three years due to adverse weather and production cost conditions.  Widespread drought has forced …

Governor Greg Gianforte announced the release of the Montana Drought Management Plan, modernized over the last two years by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to improve the …

Farmers hit by disaster in 2022 are expecting significantly smaller Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments, setting up a dispute between Congress and USDA over the methodology used to calculate payments. …

Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.) this week urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reconsider policies that will limit the effectiveness of disaster relief that Congress provided …

As most producers know by now, disaster aid payments are almost always at least a year after the actual disaster. USDA will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and …

Farmers and livestock producers hit by natural disasters going back to 2020 will start to see the last of $1.75 billion in disaster aid from USDA starting this week. The …

Drought conditions in portions of North Dakota and Northern Montana are forcing some ranchers to consider their options, according to North Dakota State University Extension specialists. Currently 31% of North …

Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, both California Democrats, and Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., have introduced the Agricultural Emergency Relief Act to create a permanent structure …

The USDA’s July 1 Cattle on Feed Report showed the lowest number of U.S. beef cattle in a decade. The July 1 beef cow inventory was 29.4 million head, down …

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