With new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, the ag industry is bracing for another financial hit. From equipment to replacement parts, rising costs will leave farmers with fewer affordable options, such as with often-used farm equipment like sprayers, according to Arthur Eric…
With much of the region experiencing drought these past few years, Dr. Sarah McCoski, reproductive biologist and assistant professor at Montana State University, has been focusing her research on how drought may impact early pregnancy and pregnancy retention in cows.
In the small Montana town of Broadus, near the South Dakota border, residents are working to “change the conversation” about their community, inspiring improvement projects and greater civic pride.
Montana farms and ranches creating products for direct sale can boost their product visibility through the “Made in Montana” label, allowing producers to claim a share of the $168 million spent by visitors to the state.
DODSON, Mont. – Calving season just started on the Robinson ranch, with Lesley Robinson reporting that 10 calves were already on the ground as of the last week of March.
WOLF CREEK, Mont. – The Blackman family is getting ready for lambing season while Scott Blackman tries to negotiate the “chick fever” that has taken hold, creating fresh demand at the North 40 store where he is a farm and ranch associate buyer.
The canola market has attempted to find a bottom recently due to trade concerns, with the ICE futures canola contracts hitting lows recently. Many market analysts feel that the fundamentals of the canola market are being overweighed by other factors.
WOLF CREEK, Mont. – The Blackman family is getting ready for lambing season while Scott Blackman tries to negotiate the “chick fever” that has taken hold, creating fresh demand at the North 40 store where he is a farm and ranch associate buyer.
The canola market has attempted to find a bottom recently due to trade concerns, with the ICE futures canola contracts hitting lows recently. Many market analysts feel that the fundamentals of the canola market are being overweighed by other factors.
After enjoying a period of higher prices to start the new year, durum prices have been slowly retreating the past few weeks as the market looked ahead to the March 31 USDA Planting Intentions Report.
For alfalfa growers, balancing pest management, harvest flexibility, and economic efficiency has long been a challenge. HarvXtra alfalfa is changing the game by providing a unique solution that not only improves forage quality but also plays a vital role in integrated pest management (IPM) a…
Like all the other grain commodities, there has been a lot of market chatter about projected U.S. planted acreage ahead of the March Prospective Plantings Report on Monday, March 31. The report contains the first official planted acreage estimates of what producers are intending to plant in 2025.
Spring wheat prices enjoyed a brief rally early in March after a February sell-off, but as the month wore on, prices began to settle back down days before the Planting Intentions Report that was to come out on March 31.
With South American corn supplies dwindling and producers there busy planting their safrinha, or second corn crop, the U.S. is seeing corn sales picking up.
Determining the best way to communicate between different generations can be particularly challenging in agricultural operations, as parents, children, and grandparents may all be involved in the business. But learning how to effectively communicate with people of different generations start…
The continuing high cattle market is creating some shifts in feedlots in the U.S., with more heifers being sold as feeders, as well as feedlots keeping cattle on feed for longer periods.
Herd rebuilding is likely to be slow due to limited replacement heifers, as cattle herd numbers continue to decline, according to recent USDA-NASS reports.
While many horse owners struggle with behavioral issues with their horses, it has become more common in recent years to look to medication as a solution when other options have failed. However, choosing to use medications to help ease a horse’s anxiety or fear should only be done after all t…
Nathan Clemens, WestBred seed account manager, lives in Spokane, Wash., and deals with seed in western Montana, Washington, Oregon and northern Idaho.
2025 will be the 10th year of North Dakota State University’s “Field to Fork” webinar, which was created for food enthusiasts and offers information on gardening, as well as preparing and preserving fruits and vegetables.
When considering how to bring life back to small towns and rural communities, author and consultant Jeff Siegler said he has developed a list of components that are necessary to rebuilding civic pride.
DODSON, Mont. – Over the last several weeks, Lesley Robinson has been busy traveling as the President of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, including trips to Washington, D.C. to meet with government officials.
WOLF CREEK, Mont. – The Blackman ranch recently completed the spring shearing of their Columbia sheep herd, a process that Scott Blackman said yielded both commercial fleece that will go to market and some choice fleece for showing this year.
The canola market has been caught in the crosshairs of tariffs or threatened tariffs announced by the U.S. and China in the last three weeks. May canola futures contracts on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) have dropped by over $100 per metric ton (MT) from the recent canola highs on Feb.…
Egg prices will inch back up over Easter, but more eggs are coming from different countries to fill the hole in the market due to avian flu, according to Brooke Rollins, USDA Secretary of Agriculture.
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