Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Ryan Crossingham
WEST FARGO, N.D. – Educational programs have always been an important part of the Big Iron Farm and Construction Show, and this year will be no different as there are several educational opportunities for those attending the show.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
September is recognized as farm safety month, a fitting time considering so many agriculturalists are generally in the throes of some form of harvesting – be it crops or livestock. Even during a good year, fall tends to be a period of high stress for most producers, but in a challenging prod…
- Ryan Crossingham
WEST FARGO, N.D. – With around 365 companies registered, representing more than 800 booth spaces, as well as training sessions, demonstrations and countless opportunities to connect with peers, the Big Iron Farm and Construction Show is the place to be for farmers looking to immerse themselv…
- Sue Roesler
Across the state, producers have been harvesting small grains in dry conditions. Out in the crop fields, soybeans, corn, and sunflowers will soon be maturing and drying down, and fall harvest will be in full swing in a few weeks.
- Kristin Danley-Greiner
More consumers want to put a face to the food they buy.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
In early August, the Montana Stockgrowers Foundation (MSF) announced the hiring of Ashleigh Heimbach as the foundation’s new executive director.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Benjamin Herrold
As another harvest season draws near, billions of bushels of corn and soybeans will be coming out of U.S. fields. Many of those will end up on barges, floating down the major rivers to be delivered to customers.
- Benjamin Herrold
Farmers are facing higher input costs, including fuel costs. Even within this growing season, farmers have seen significant movement in fuel prices.
- Tim Kenyon
COLFAX, Iowa — Speakers at Becknology Day in central Iowa urged producers to be hyper vigilant to keep their farming operations in the black.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Enacted in 1980, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) was set up to ensure entities could seek justice against the federal government and not be deterred by prohibitive legal fees. Put that way, EAJA has a very democratic “ring” to it, but like so many things that are created with good int…
- Janelle Atyeo
Brooke Rollins made her first trip to Minnesota as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture when she spoke at Farmfest Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, but she’s no stranger to Minnesota farm country.
- Benjamin Herrold
For farm families, finding healthcare coverage is an important but challenging task.
- Katelyn Winberg
Agricultural economist David Widmar opened his presentation at the South Dakota Governor's Ag Summit with a story that had little to do with commodity markets.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
According to family history, Adam Kuntz first arrived in Custer, Mont., around 1926. A World War I veteran and son of Russian immigrants, Adam left North Dakota on the hunt for better opportunity, which he ultimately found in the nutrient-rich soil of the Yellowstone River Valley. He settled…
- Katelyn Winberg
Grey Zabel didn't come to the Governor's Ag Summit with a PowerPoint. He came with a $100 bill from American Bank and Trust, a challenge for the crowd, and story after story tying a field outside Selby, South Dakota, to a football field in Seattle.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Montana is a big state. It has big, wide-open spaces, big, tall mountains, and big, blue skies. But, in all that bigness there is one resource that is absolutely finite, and that’s water. With population and development expanding in the state, water allocation has become a forefront issue th…
- Sue Roesler
Energy prices are continuing to drive inflation up – 4.2 percent – the highest rate since 2023, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU Extension agricultural finance specialist.
- By SKIP ANDERSON, MSU News Service
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Three researchers from Montana State University (MSU) recently received a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a system that can autonomously detect and remove crop-killing microbes from hydroponic farms before they cause damage to plants.…
- Andrew Chung Reuters
The decision overturned a jury verdict in Missouri awarding $1.25 million to a man who said he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate in Roundup.
- Ruth Nicolaus
“A lot of people will say they are born broke. That isn’t quite the case, but they’re much calmer than other breeds.”
HELENA, Mont. - The Montana Agribusiness Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 2026 scholarship program. This year’s scholarship winners are Madelyn DeVries of Denton, Mont.; Avery Schubert of Hardin, Mont.; Hattie Hossfeld of Ranchester, Wyo.; and Dani Taylor of Stanford, Mont.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
There aren’t many teenagers that are regularly awake at 5:30 a.m., but for 17-year-old Kenndyl Meine, her days have to start that early just so she even has a prayer of getting everything she needs to do done in a day.