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News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake started out with anglers saying “Fish On” many times over the first few days of the event. There are up to $225,000 in cash and prizes sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes that will be awarded at the conclusion of the event in several different ways. Categories are set up for the Top Twenty Anglers, Ladies, Youth, 70 & Over, Captains, Weekend Prizes, and Weekday Prizes. Thirty lottery prizes begin at $500 and go to $2,000 - all it takes is one fish to win in the lottery drawings. Bonus dollars are set by totals of fish that anglers turn in ...
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...
News from WMGC RONAN — The Western Montana Growers Cooperative is excited to share that our CSA season is coming up in May. CSA is a farm membership system that allows consumers to sign up to receive a season’s worth of farm products (veggies, eggs, cheese, meat, etc.) over a number of weeks...
Montana farmers are worried about being whipsawed in a trade war as the United States trades tariffs on farm products with China, Canada and Mexico. Wheat and lentil exports are likely to face tougher markets in the coming year as tariffs erode favorable trade terms in Canada and China, producers told Mon...
BOZEMAN – From 2003 to 2019, amateur butterfly enthusiast Harlan Radcliff spent his lunch breaks observing butterflies on the grounds of the Camp Dodge military installation in central Iowa. Over those years, between the months of April and November, Radcliff meticulously recorded the dates, times, ...
News from Montana Stockgrowers Association HELENA — The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is pleased to announce the addition of Rachael Oliver to its staff as the Partnership Programs Manager. In the role, Oliver will implement effective and innovative sponsorship and partnership recruitmen...
POLSON - If you can’t complain about the weather, you could complain about politics. Neither will get you many results. If you want to enjoy April Fool’s Day, just look at congress. The TV is showing mostly basketball tournaments, so I am rediscovering reading and enjoying it. Speakin...
