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The Biden administration Monday announced two new Department of Agriculture efforts to support fair and competitive meat and poultry markets. The efforts include publishing the proposed Inclusive Competition and Market …

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced details of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) $300 million investment, including with American Rescue Plan funds, in a new Organic Transition Initiative that will …

The USDA announced another phase of assistance will be forthcoming to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. Over 18,000 producers will soon be …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Montana under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for more than 3.1 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grassland Signup, …

A federal court in South Dakota sided with USDA on July 1 in a lawsuit brought by farmer Arlen Foster, ruling the department was not required to grant a review …

President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Maureen Wicks as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director for Montana. FSA State Executive Directors …

April marked the start of a major weather pattern change which brought much needed precipitation to Montana, and while April was a wet month, May was even wetter in certain …

Making the case that the country’s food system has gone through “a time of great disruption” tied to the pandemic, climate change “and an unprovoked and brutal war,” Agriculture Secretary …

Wednesday morning, the House Agriculture Committee passed the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act, sending the bill to the House floor. The bill would create a new special investigator office …