The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorizes the release of emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres nationwide to livestock producers affected by the recent wildfires in…
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Wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas have burned more than one million acres and devastated farmers and ranchers in the region. On Thursday morning, the Smokehouse Creek Fire merged with another…
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $500 Million to USDA Forest Service’s Wildlife Crisis Strategy
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing nearly $500 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand work on the USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire…
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HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today issued an executive order declaring a statewide drought emergency in Montana. “Every region of the state faces severe to extreme drought conditions, and…
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Fires across Montana have burned more than 200,000 acres in recent weeks. Those farmers and ranchers affected by the fires have a long road to recovery. Damages incurred by producers…
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As we enter a new decade, we took the opportunity to look back on the last 10 years to see what stories were the most interesting to the Northern Ag…
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by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian A potential deal to fix the U.S. Forest Service's chronic wildfire funding problem collapsed Wednesday in Congress. The lack of action means the Forest Service…