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Wildlife Services to cut back killings pending environmental review
In 2018, the most recent year for which data is available, Wildlife Services killed 7,965 coyotes, 46 wolves, one grizzly bear and many other species in Montana.
With livestock prices falling and food banks in need, ag producers find new ways to share
With livestock prices falling and food banks in need, Montana ag producers are finding new ways to share.
Pandemic prices could shutter Montana ranches
“Ranchers are scared as hell. They have no clue what their calves might be worth in the fall.”
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Montana crops get COVID bump, questions
Most of Montana’s major commodity crops haven’t seen a significant drop in prices, because Montana farmers generally grow food that’s consumed by humans.
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With beef backlogged and the market in flux, Montana cattle ranchers face tough choices
Cattle prices are down about 30% since the beginning of the year, even as the price of store-bought beef spikes.
Candidates for governor — minus Gianforte — address agriculture via internet
The candidates faced similar questions about agricultural and rural issues, and expressed broad agreement, with a few notable exceptions.
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What the $2 trillion federal stimulus bill means for Montana
Policymakers and citizens don’t yet have a complete picture of how, where, and when Montana’s shuttered businesses and furloughed workers will see relief. Here’s what we do know.
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Stockpiling, not production breakdowns, fueling home supply shortages across Montana
“What we’re seeing in the grocery store is not a reflection of the entire food system.”
Who’s positioned to gain from adult-use marijuana legalization
According to an analysis by multistate marijuana provider Verilife, Missoula has the largest number of dispensaries in the country per 50,000 residents.
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Journalist Dexter Roberts on Chinese capitalism and the Montana connection
“For a state like Montana, which has a large reliance on agriculture, there is a very obvious fit with China’s growth. I would be ready for the potential of real disruption in the economy going forward.”
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Montana’s Great Prairie Experiment
The Nature Conservancy, ranchers, and the American Prairie Reserve have different ideas for the future of this land. But maybe they don’t have to choose at all.
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Who’s yea and who’s nay on the CSKT water compact
As the Montana Water Rights Protection Act awaits action in Washington, D.C., here’s where key players stand.
Olszewski and Republican cohort asks Daines to withdraw CSKT compact bill
“This discussion that the water is a treaty right is wrong,” Olszewski said Wednesday.
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As trade war simmers, Montana farmers get federal relief. Here’s where the 2019 subsidies hit home.
Industry leaders are skeptical that the program puts ag producers back in the black.
Daines and Tester co-sponsor CSKT water rights settlement
Montana Water Rights Protection Act would settle more than a century of disputes.
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