REAL Montana, a one-of-a-kind two-year intensive leadership development program, is currently accepting applications for Class VII. Since 2013, REAL Montana has been dedicated to its mission of building a network of informed and engaged leaders to advance the natural resource industries in Montana.
Corner crossing has long been a hot-button issue across many western states, but a recent string of litigation stemming out of Wyoming has brought the corner crossing debate into sharper focus.
Ever feel like you’re a pawn when trying to decrypt all the different agricultural programs and incentives? Sometimes it seems like just when you're about to make a move, the rules of the game change. Instead of landing on “payday,” you’re sent back to square one.
SHERIDAN, Mont. – Old Man Winter finally decided to show up in southwest Montana with snow and plummeting temperatures on Thursday, March 5.
U.S. agriculture is facing an “expense problem,” where production expenses relative to farm incomes are growing too fast and are likely unsustainable, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU ag finance specialist.
“It would be very challenging if this were year one.”
Commodity Classic’s general session drew record attendance Feb. 26 in San Antonio, Texas, as agricultural leaders gathered to discuss policy priorities, technology and market opportunities.
MENOKEN, N.D. – Sheep and cattle grazing together on Menoken Farm perennials are in the sixth year of the perennial and annual crop rotations at the demonstration soil health farm.
As calving season progresses across the region, now is a good time to start thinking ahead to breeding season preparations. Arguably one of the most important preparations a producer can invest in is a breeding soundness exam (BSE) on all bulls intended to be turned out for breeding.
Technology in the meat processing industry has been limited, but a team of visionaries is combining robotic automation and AI in a way that could change the food supply chain.
SHERIDAN, Mont. – As February wound to a finish in southwest Montana’s Ruby Valley, life remained more or less the same for the Mehlhoff family of 5L Red Angus. Which is to say, life remained busy as ever and cows were still calving.
BERTHOLD, N.D. – While Mason Lautenschlager took two bulls that were sold in Arrow L Ranch’s recent bull sale to the veterinarian in Minot, N.D., to sign off on health paperwork, he gave his report during the drive.
The new Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon pipeline in Nebraska will be able to capture tax credits from the 45Z program, which could provide as much as 65 cents per gallon of additional revenue to ethanol plants, according to Dave Ripplinger, NDSU Extension bioproducts/bioenergy economist.
A wet year in 2025 led to increased white mold pressure in crops throughout the region, especially in soybeans and dry beans, and BASF is launching Zorina fungicide as a protective fungicide to control white mold.
The Agricultural Coalition for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) highlighted the agreement’s U.S. ag and rural economic boost in a press conference via zoom on Feb. 10.
Farmers facing a reduction in farm income have tough decisions to make when it comes to budgeting for family expenses.
White-flowered perennials swaying in a light breeze makes Haley Klosterman, owner and operator of Wild Roots Farm near Wyndmere, N.D., think of spring planting season and growing flowers.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) annual CattleCon took place Feb. 3-5 in Nashville, Tenn. The most anticipated seminar at the event – the annual CattleFax Outlook – was brimming with information for cattle producers to ponder in the early months of 2026. It seems drought, vol…
SHERIDAN, Mont. – The last time we checked in the Mehlhoff family of 5L Red Angus, they were in a holding pattern waiting for calving to truly begin. It turns out they didn’t have to wait too long before those calving flood gates burst open. The family’s first set of embryo transfer cows is …
BERTHOLD, N.D. – With spring-like weather settling into farms and ranches in the northwestern to north central regions of the state, Mason and Hannah Lautenschlager are planning to move their cowherd to stockpile grazing at Arrow L Ranch.
Local FFA alumni organizations can be most easily described as “booster” organizations, whose chief purpose is to raise funds and provide logistical support to the FFA chapter advisor, if and when it is needed. You do not have to have been a former FFA member to be an alumni member, nor do y…
Windlift tethered drones could be the next generation of ag drones, able to fly over crop fields and rangeland, monitoring crops, weeds and cows, with the ability to stay in the air for a long time.
Winding or unwinding electric fence by hand takes labor and time, but the Rappa Winder, a vehicle-mounted fencing product being introduced to the U.S. at CattleCon 2026, can do it quickly and more efficiently, according to Nick Cockayne, managing director at Rappa International, based in the…
BILLINGS, Mont. – K.R. Rauch Company, the Montana/Wyoming dealer for Wilson livestock trailers, is operated by a couple, Ken and Virginia, who married each other – and then “married” Wilson trailers.
BILLINGS, Mont. – The 2026 Montana Agri-Trade Exposition (MATE) will be held Feb. 12-14 at the MetraPark in Billings. MATE Show hours on Thursday and Friday are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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