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Today’s high culling numbers and ongoing drought across key cattle-producing regions underscore how important it will be for producers to find easy ways to hold down their feed costs going…

From November 30th’s edition of Voices of Montana on the Northern News Network: (Roy, MT) – Like almost every other ranch in Eastern Montana, Buck and JoAnn Mosby, and Buck’s…

With over 70% of the American West, Southwest and Northern Plains categorized in D3 (severe) drought or higher since June, the American Farm Bureau Federation designed and distributed a second…

Senate lawmakers Tuesday introduced the Covered Farm Vehicle Modernization Act. The legislation expands and modernizes the exemptions for Covered Farm Vehicles to reflect the variety of vehicles commonly used by…

In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting…

If you’ve suffered excessive livestock death losses and grazing or feed losses due to recent wildfires, you may be eligible for disaster assistance programs through the USDA Farm Service Agency…

In one of the worst fire years on record for Montana, over 2,000 fires have burned more than half a million acres this year and we’re far from being out…

Where are we going to find hay this year? That’s a question that far too many ranchers in Montana are asking themselves as the historic drought has severely limited hay…

Drought is creating forage shortages across the Western U.S. this year, which means producers will have to find alternative sources of feed for their livestock. North Dakota State University, the…

This year’s dry weather is increasing the blister beetle threat to cattle and other livestock, North Dakota State University specialists say. “Blister beetles tend to be more numerous when grasshopper…