Agriculture

News from the Lake County Conservation District LAKE COUNTY — Help support pollinators by growing pollinator habitat. Lake County Conservation District is continuing our Pollinator Initiative by giving away free pollinator seed at the Ronan Farmers Market on Oct. 7 and 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. and at the Polson Farmers Market on Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will also host an online workshop about pollinator plot site preparation and our new Urban Pollinator Initiative on Oct. 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. To save time at the farmers market, reserve your seed ahead of time by going to: https://lakecountyconservationdistrict.org/pollinator-initiative/ Find us on Facebook and Instagram to...

News from the Lake County Conservation District LAKE COUNTY — Want to help pollinators in Lake County? Planting a dormant pollinator plot is one way to help. Dormant pollinator plots are when you do your plot site prep in the fall, seeding in the winter, and wait till the sprint to see your blooms...

News from the USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture is updating the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 for contract producers of eligible livestock and poultry and producers of specialty crops and other sales-based commodities. CFAP 2, which assists producers who faced market disruptions in 2020 du...

News from the Montana Farmers Union MONTANA — It’s no secret that lack of competition in healthcare has increased prices and reduces access to quality care. Nearly one in four Americans report difficulties paying for medication, and these high prices are partly the result of a lack of compet...

News from the Montana Farmers Union MONTANA — Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers across the U.S. will benefit from a new executive order by President Biden to promote competition in the American economy.  Agriculture has become increasingly consolidated, with fewer and fewer corpo...

From MSU News Service MONTANA — Due to the extended drought in Montana, water availability in many areas has become severely limited. Reservoirs have dried up and are becoming covered in weeds. Montana State University Extension educators are cautioning livestock managers to evaluate weed feed and...

News from the Montana Farmers Market Network  Montana joins markets across the country in celebrating National Farmers Market Week August 1-7. The National Center for Appropriate Technology and the Montana Farmers Market Network encourages everyone to celebrate the “Bounty of the Big Sky&rdqu...

News from the offices of Governor Gianforte, U.S. Senators Daines & Tester and  Rep. Rosendale HELENA — Following requests from Governor Greg Gianforte, U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester, and U.S. Representative Matt Rosendale, the U.S. Department of Agriculture authorized th...

News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY — Following his direct appeal to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last month urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make investments in new meat processing facilities, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today celebrated the USDA announcement that it wou...

News from USDA MONTANA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is investing up to $15 million to support the development of new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands through the Conservati...