The 2026 Montana Angus Tour is set to take place Sept. 22-24, and this year it will showcase cattle and seedstock producers across north-central Montana with the Hi-Line town of Havre, Mont., serving as the tour hub.
As drought conditions continue to impact ranchers across the Northern Plains, Farm Rescue is launching Operation Hay Lift, an effort to help farm and ranch families secure the feed they need to care for their livestock.
- Sue Roesler
Concerns over the New World screwworm have kept the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s (NDDA) state veterinarian’s office busy this summer.
- By Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more imported ground beef into the country, saying it will help Americans shrink their grocery bills.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
On July 14, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum was in Bozeman, Mont., to officially announce the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed change to the protective regulations of the grizzly bear under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. Effectively, the proposed rule change giv…
- By MORGAN GARRISON
The cattle industry absorbed an onslaught of reports on Friday, July 24 – some expected, some not. First to roll out was the July Cattle on Feed Report (COF), and it did not offer anything overly surprising. In fact, when analyzed, the report merely seemed to quantify the reality being lived…
- From NDSU Extension
As drought intensifies, many farmers are deciding to harvest drought-stressed crops for livestock forage. In some areas of the state, farmers have already harvested small grains as hay.
- Janelle Atyeo
Along with America’s milestone birthday this summer, lovers of Targhee sheep celebrated some big anniversaries for this all American breed.
- Sue Roesler
MANNING, N.D. – With hot days in the summer, cattle may start to feel the heat and bunch up together in the corners of pastures. Rachel Gibbs, NDSU ruminant systems management specialist at Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), said she has been focusing on what short bursts of heat ca…
- By MORGAN GARRISON
According to the USDA, 17 counties across Montana are considered “critically underserved” when it comes to veterinarian professionals. While that may seem staggering on paper, the impact is even more significant to the farmers and ranchers who struggle to find veterinary care for their lives…
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
Livestock and horses are both prone to overheating. Here are some things to think about.
- Sue Roesler
The New World screwworm has not and should not impact U.S. cattle markets negatively, according to Tim Petry, NDSU livestock marketing specialist.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
With much of cow country considered in drought conditions going into the summer grazing season, producers tuned in May 27 on social media to watch a live panel discussion hosted by the Society for Range Management through their “Good Grazing Makes Cents” program in the hopes of gaining insig…
- From the MSU News Service
BOZEMAN — The Montana Department of Livestock and Montana State University Extension have issued guidance for the Montana livestock industry after a destructive parasitic fly called New World screwworm was detected in Texas.
- Benjamin Herrold
The hot summer months can be a challenge for cattle herds. Heat can affect performance in several ways, including average daily gains and reproductive issues.
- Heather Schlitz, Tom Polansek and Cassandra Garrison Reuters
Experts said an outbreak could cause $1.8 billion in damage to Texas' economy and likely would raise beef prices by shrinking cattle supply.
- Katelyn Winberg
Near Rockham in northeastern South Dakota, spring calving season stretches across much of the year for Jade Jandel.
- Ruth Nicolaus
“When I go out to the pasture, they all follow me around. They’ve been referred to as my herd of dogs.”
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Born and raised in southern Alberta, Canada, Candy Wilcox says she truly has always had a deep passion and love for horses. Despite growing up on a dryland farm, Wilcox kept begging her parents for a horse and they finally relented when she was 15 years old. The rest, as they say, is history.
- Katelyn Winberg
On a regular Monday in April, when the average person was at work or school, millions of dollars changed hands before lunch in a sale barn in southeastern South Dakota.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
It is no secret that the cattle and beef industry is one of the most contentious and divided agriculture industries in the US. With key industry leading groups often vocally disagreeing with other leaders, it has been increasingly difficult for meaningful policy to be enacted because lawmake…
- Benjamin Herrold
When it comes to spring calving or fall calving, cattle producers have a variety of factors to consider.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
"After getting to work on some of these bulls, I can tell you first hand that they are treated like royalty."
- Katelyn Winberg
SDSU Extension shares research at Cattlemen’s Education Day
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
When you are shopping at the grocery store, you see many different options for the same thing, and one thing that you may notice are the “organic” labels.
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