Montana

A nearly 80-foot tall Christmas tree arrived Monday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.  The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service provides a tree each year from a different state for the Capitol.  This year's tree a 79-foot tall Engelmann Spruce, comes from northwest Montana.  The 15,000 lbs., ...

The non-profit Ag Community Relief is helping ranchers in Montana rebuild fence that was destroyed in wildfires over the summer.  With millions of acres burned, Ag Community Relief has established the "Western Wire Roundup" in effort to help western ranchers rebuild.   ...

The Northwest continues to dry out, and for the first time this summer, the D1 designation has been reported in Washington.  According to the latest USDA numbers, nearly 2% of the Evergreen state is under a Moderate Drought, or D1 designation.  Th...

Montana has lost almost a half million acres of land thanks to wildfires.  And more than half of that acreage total came from just one fire.  The Montana Stockgrowers Association told DroversCattleNetwork.com that cattle losses from the fires have been limited.  Twenty-...

The USDA is offering more relief for farmers dealing with a drought in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.  Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is authorizing the use of additional CRP lands for emergency grazing and haying.   Perdue is allowing the emergency action during and after the primary nesting season in parts of Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota that have reached severe drought le

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue authorized the release of Conservation Reserve Program land in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, for emergency haying.   The announcement came after ag groups and state legislators made urgent requests to the agency to address the severe drought conditions in the Upper Great Plains region.   ...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue continues traveling this week as he will attend the Montana Ag Summit Thursday.  Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts is expected to join Perdue at the event that was organized by committee member Steve Daines, a Montana Republican.  ...