Our View: Agriculture still king in Hill County

About 400 people packed the Havre Ice Dome Saturday night for the Ag Appreciation Dinner sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's Ag Committee.

The annual celebration of Agriculture and its way of life is a reminder of what the industry means to Hill County and the Hi-Line.

There are significantly fewer people in agriculture than there were a few decades ago. There is as much land in production as ever, but the farms are bigger. This means that some of the Hi-Line towns that have depended on agricultural producers coming to town to do business are not faring as well.

But the impact...