Articles with the Tag: Agriculture
BOZEMAN — Four national initiatives are being offered in Montana through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): On-Farm Energy, Organic, and Seasonal High Tunnel. While the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) accepts applications for EQIP on a continuous basis, NRCS has ...
MISSOULA – High cattle prices have boosted the Montana economy, but forecasting what 2015 will bring for farmers and ranchers is difficult, according to Montana State University Professor George Haynes. Aside from beef prices, other factors may impact the bottom line of producers including low...
The lower floor of the KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino was awash with ranching men and ladies Saturday as the Western Montana Stockgrowers Association held their winter meeting. The WMSA presented their Lifetime Achievement Award to the Western Montana Cattlewomen. They were active for roughly 50 years,...
Quality low-cost healthcare is available to families involved in nearly every type of agriculture in Western Montana through the Montana Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Council, Inc., the same group that gives care to families that labor in cherry orchards along Flathead Lake each summer. Yet year-round disco...
POLSON – A grassroots group consisting of more than 230 farmers and ranchers kicked off a media campaign in support of the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact last week, just as officials wrapped up negotiations of the document. Members of the freshly formed Farmers and Ran...
RONAN – Montana is part of America’s great bread basket, but nearly 80 percent of the state’s grains are shipped overseas to be processed. Lake County Community Development has spent the last year organizing a conference for Montana Farmer’s Union that explains how farmers can engage ...
Helena attorney Jon Metropoulos gave a verbal resignation to Flathead Joint Board of Control on Sept. 30 after a tense exchange with irrigation commissioners about finalizing a document that spelled out the board’s stance on key elements of the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Com...
Gretel, Slim and Peanut all went to Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply on Saturday, Oct. 4. While it’s not so unusual to go to Murdoch’s, it is if you’re a pumpkin. Saturday was the giant vegetable contest hosted by the Big Sky Pumpkin Growers, sponsored by Murdoch’s and R...
MISSOULA – The Flathead Joint Board of Control dropped a pending motion for a temporary restraining order on Oct. 2, four days before a hearing that was scheduled to come before Judge Dana Christensen on Monday. Flathead Joint Board of Control Chairman Wayne Blevins said the board wi...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University Extension, in partnership with U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be visiting 28 Montana communities this fall to conduct a series of informational meetings about important new programs authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014. A meeting will be held Oct. 17 in...
