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By Kate Fuller, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University.  For the last three years, Anton Bekkerman and I have run a survey with …

BILLINGS, MT — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers of fall-planted crops in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 …

This morning, Montana Governor Steve Bullock distributed a press release detailing his Thursday evening State of Fire Emergency declaration. In the letter, Governor Bullock included language that was recommended by …

Great Falls, MT – 21 Senators representing wheat-producing states, including Senators from  Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture “regarding the deteriorating …

The US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently released their annual farmland value estimates for 2020. The NASS estimates are derived from a survey, administered each June, in which …

During a very uncertain year, Briess Malt & Ingredients recently shared some exciting news with their producers, announcing they will be accepting up to 100 percent of each contract. That …

U.S. CONGRESS – U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Greg Gianforte sent a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) asking it to clarify the rationale behind its lien criteria and …

MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock and the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that over $7.5 million in grant funding has been awarded through the Montana Meat Processing Infrastructure …

After passing the halfway point of 2020, producers are gearing up for the back half of summer and looking for any indicators of what fall and winter could bring. Brian …

At a hearing this week, Senator Steve Daines presented his Montana Water Rights Protection Act to the members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The legislation, which is co-sponsored by …