Agriculture
News from USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up runs from today, July 14, to Aug. 8, 2025. Grassland CRP, offered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), is a voluntary working lands conservation program that enables participants to conserve grasslands while also continuing most grazing and haying practices. Grassland CRP emphasizes support for grazing operations, plant and animal biodiversity, and grasslands and land with shrubs and forbs under the greatest threat of conversion. &n...
News from MT Stockgrowers Association HELENA — The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is honored to announce that its members, G&G Livestock and the Cathey Cattle Company, have been selected as one of six regional honorees of the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). The award, ...
News from the Lake County Conservation District HOT SPRINGS - The Lake County Conservation District is excited to announce that Hot Springs High School senior, Nick McAllister, has been selected as the recipient of their annual scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school senior ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte GREAT FALLS – Governor Greg Gianforte this week joined BASF Agricultural Solutions to celebrate innovation in agriculture and introduce a new canola seed to Montana farmers. “Agriculture is our number one industry in Montana, and we’re prou...
The Northern Plains Resource Council is a 3,000-member grassroots conservation and family agriculture organization which was founded by Montana farm and ranch families in 1972. Northern Plains sent a letter to Montana’s congressional delegation last week citing concerns with H.R. 1, the “One Big ...
News from Lake County Conservation District LAKE COUNTY — Bees, butterflies, and other animal pollinators are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food by traveling from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies to help plants reproduce. Pollinators are also essential c...
RONAN — As stewards of the family homestead, Dennis and Melvina Krantz, have spent the last 50 plus working and loving the land. Dennis is especially proud of his Krantz family roots that come from Benjamin Krantz who moved to the Valley in 1910. Dennis, a third generation farmer, still lives in the sa...
HELENA - Joining Montana Department of Agriculture Director Jillien Streit on March 18, Governor Greg Gianforte in the State Capitol thanked Montana farmers and ranchers as part of National Agriculture Day. “Our farmers and ranchers work tirelessly to grow and raise world-class products to fee...
LAKE COUNTY — With over 35 million chickens destroyed nationally, and 10% of the nation’s laying chickens gone, other than a rise in the cost of eggs at local markets, Lake County appears to have escaped the avian flu issue. Jack Stivers, currently acting as interim agent at MSU Extension i...
LAKE COUNTY — With so much going on in the world all the time, one very commonplace issue may slip your mind … how much water there is. However, this issue is a lot more commonplace and important to farmers whose industry relies on water for just about everything. As an important element of farm...
