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Jenny Lavey MSU News Service BOZEMAN – The public is invited to attend free annual field days across Montana to tour and learn about the people, places and projects involved with agricultural research at Montana State University’s College of...

Press release Montana Farmers Union is offering a workshop on industrial hemp April 12 in Bozeman. The growth of iHemp is gaining traction as part of a pilot program offered through the Montana Department of Agriculture. MFU has led several...

Press release USDA Farm Service Agency is hosting a producer meeting Tuesday, April 3, at 1 p.m. at the new Stone Child College on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The meeting is open to the public. FSA will present information on the Livestock Ind...

Havre Daily News staff The Northern International Livestock Exposition — NILE — says it is looking for college students who are “willing and able to work all day and into the night, eat and sleep minimally, handle high pressure situations,...

MSU News Service The annual Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum is set for April 17-18 at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman. It is co-hosted by the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences of Montana State University...

Press release Five Montana Farm Bureau members traveled to Washington, D.C., in early March not only to attend the American Farm Bureau Issues Advisory Committee meetings but to meet Montana’s congressional delegation and visit two agencies that...

Press release BOZEMAN — Opportunities to be a trade show vendor, volunteer, advertise and sponsor are available at the 88th Annual Montana FFA State Convention in Billings April 4-7, hosted by Rimrock Auto Group. Over 2,000 high school and middle s...

Press release GREAT FALLS — The Wheat Quality Council held its 68th annual meeting, forum and technical review sessions Feb. 21-22, in Kansas City, Missouri, with over 125 university and industry participants in attendance, and some new Montana...

Press release GREAT FALLS — The Montana Grain Growers Association and the Montana Grains Foundation will each offer scholarships to be used for the 2018-2019 school year. MGGA will award two $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing an agricultural...

Press release The Nature Conservancy has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on an innovative and voluntary program that contributes toward the conservation of greater sage grouse and four declining grassland songbird species on...

Press release HELENA — The Montana Alfalfa Seed Advisory Committee will meet at 9: a.m. Monday in Billings at the Red Lion Hotel and Convention Center, 1223 Mullowney Lane. The agenda for the meeting is: Welcome — John Mehling, Chair Public...

Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting petitions for new plants to be added to the Montana Noxious Weed List. Interested parties who feel that a plant should be listed as a noxious weed in Montana can fill...

Press release BOZEMAN — Agricultural producers wanting to enhance current conservation efforts are encouraged to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program. Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service helps private landowners b...

Press release HELENA — The Montana Pulse Crop Committee is seeking proposals to fund market development projects and educational projects designed to promote and enhance Montana’s pulse industry. All funding awards will be determined by the...

Press Release In recognition of National Agriculture Week and National Agriculture Day March 20, Montana Women Involved in Farm Economics — WIFE — invites Montana’s school children to express their ideas on farm life by participating in...

North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association meeting today at 6 p.m. at the Eagles Club will cover not only organization business but also business advice from guest speaker Kirk Donsbach. Donsbach, a broker with Daniels Trading who also runs his f...

Press release ST. LOUIS, Mo. — In 2018, it is projected that 2.4 million jobs in science, technology, engineering and math, STEM, will go unfilled. To help K-12 educators enhance their STEM curriculum and excite their students about these fields,...

2017 brought a wave of change for farming. It was a better year than farmers and ranchers have seen in a while. WOTUS EPA’s much-maligned and litigated Waters of the United States rule appeared to have met its match in 2017. Already blocked by...

Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center has extended an invitation to all to attend the Annual MCHF Induction Ceremony and Western Heritage Gathering, Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Best Western Heritage Inn in Great Falls....

Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Revenue is mailing livestock reporting forms this week to livestock owners who own livestock and need to meet upcoming reporting and payment deadlines. “The department wants to make it more...

Press release HELENA — The Montana Alfalfa Seed Committee is seeking proposals for demonstration projects, applied research, and market development projects designed to address needs and opportunities for Montana’s alfalfa seed industry....

Press release BILLINGS — The Northern International Livestock Exposition Scholarship Program, funded by the NILE Foundation, is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year.   Since 1990, the NILE has awarded...