Ag News Stories

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.5 million head on Jan. 1, 2026. …

R-CALF USA applauded the House Committee on Natural Resources yesterday for voting to advance H.R. 4255, the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act, out of Committee. If passed, the bill, led …

On Jan. 16, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) reported on their website that, in a unanimous decision, the major merger application filed by Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced the launch of the New World Screwworm (NWS) Grand Challenge to help combat and prevent the pest from spreading farther north. …

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced the appointment of five leaders in agriculture to serve on the Montana USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.    Members of …

Routine annual surveillance testing identified a brucellosis affected herd in Sublette County. Laboratory testing was conducted at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, Laramie, and results were confirmed at the National …

Private lands play a central role in the well-being of people and wildlife throughout the West, yet they are under increasing economic pressure. A new, groundbreaking report sheds light on …

U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today sent a letter to President Trump urging favorable pulse crop provisions in any future trade agreements between the United States …

Governor Greg Gianforte today praised the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed decision to cancel grazing permits authorizing bison grazing previously issued to the American Prairie Reserve (APR). “Today’s decision …

Congress has quickly engaged in putting together potential aid packages for farmers that would more than double the Trump administration’s $12 billion under the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program. Politico …