Agriculture

This weekend, Joplin's buzzing with art, cars, and community spirit! Get ready for a Saturday packed with creativity and celebration.

We got to hear Dave Marit, the ag minister for the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, speak in Scobey, Montana on Friday night. Very interesting comments about the carbon tax, prairie dogs, ag statistics, and more.

He's the GOAT. The legendary rodeo entertainer from Choteau, Montana- Flint Rasmussen- had his last ride inside the arena at the PBR in Billings, Montana over the weekend.

Foreign ownership of land, bison in Yellowstone and the APR, the water courts and more. Here's our chat with the President and 1st Vice President of the Montana Stockgrowers Association during their 138th Annual Convention taking place in Billings.

According to the Department of Agriculture: Mining and agriculture lured settlers to Montana during the latter half of the 1800s, and agriculture remains the state's number one industry. One out of every six Montana workers is employed in an agriculture-related field ...

People are asking about how the dry conditions and fire danger will affect hunting seasons.  FWP is not recommending that the Fish and Wildlife Commission close hunting seasons.  “Because of widely variable conditions and different types of hunting scenarios across the state, that is a decision rightly left to an individual landowner, a block management cooperator, or a land manager.  If a private

BROWNING, Mont.—A majority of Blackfeet Nation voters Thursday approved a water rights agreement with Montana and the United States. An unofficial count had 75 percent of the votes in favor, approving the Blackfeet Water Compact and Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act...

HELENA, Mont. -- After more than two years in development, Montana school and afterschool programs can now register for the Montana Harvest of the Month program which will encourage students to learn about where their food comes from, and how to choose nutritious foods...

MSU Extension's popular Master Gardener Training will begin March 22nd in Cut Bank. These classes provide the foundation of gardening knowledge to help others in their gardening pursuits! The classes will be held once per week on Tuesday evenings from 6 - 8 p...

Instructors: Lacy Roberts (FSA) & Kari Lewis (MSU Extension) Each series will be limited to 22 participants, laptops will be provided for hands-on practice and interaction. Excel Class Series - March 15 & March 17 at the Cut Bank Voting Center 6 - 7:30 p.m.  $1...

MSU Extension plant pathologist Dr. Mary Burrows has issued a new AgAlert bulletin dealing with general seed treatment recommendations for disease management in pulse crops. Click HERE to download the bulletin in pdf form.

            MISSOULA – University of Montana Assistant Professor John McCutcheon recently received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty.             The Faculty Early Career Development award, also known as a CAREER grant, is given annually to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the i