Farming in Montana

Montana Agriculture Farm Crops
Annual Revenue
(past 5 years average)
Wheat: $340,295,070
Rice: $0
Grains: $21,952,975
Soybeans: $0
Sunflower Seed & Oil: $0
Peanuts: $0
Cotton: $0
Cotton Seed: $0
Tobacco: $0
Fruits & Juice: $0
Tree & Nuts: $0
Vegetables: $24,989,313
Livestock: $9,585,361
Hides & Skins: $894,860
Poultry: $313,256
Fats & Oils: $246,116
Dairy: $2,800,085
Feeds: $31,812,459
Seeds: $12,429,191
Other: $10,494,379
TOTAL: $455,813,064

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Standing Up Against a Threat to Indian Country - Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Standing Up Against a Threat to Indian Country Indian Country Today Media Network.com Jon Tester Montana's Indian country is sacred ground for all of the Big Sky's tribes. Tribal lands safeguard and preserve ceremonial sites from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Each site deserves our everlasting respect and protection.

Labor department will re-evaluate proposal to restrict youth agricultural work - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

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Labor department will re-evaluate proposal to restrict youth agricultural work The Bozeman Daily Chronicle Montana's US legislators each wrote in opposition of the measure, which called for adding a variety of new restrictions to child labor in the agricultural sector, such as banning those age 16 and under from operating most power-driven equipment. Department Of Labor Looks At Ag. Child Labor LawsKEYC TV all 22 news articles »

US seeks to idle fragile land amid crop boom - Alberta Express

US seeks to idle fragile land amid crop boom Alberta Express The US government will idle "as many acres as we possibly can" of fragile farmland but record-high grain prices are pulling land into crop production, a senior agriculture department official said Wednesday. Some 6.5 million acres could return to ... and more »

Bruce Wright estate taxes - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Bruce Wright estate taxes The Bozeman Daily Chronicle "I don't like them," said Skinner, whose family owns a farm. The federal estate tax is also called a death tax. According to a fact sheet by a Montana State University Extension family economics specialist, it is "a tax against the estate of a deceased ...

USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for February 3 - Bloomberg

USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for February 3 Bloomberg Prices are in dollars a bushel Information is supplied by the US Department of Agriculture. *Montana cash prices* US 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat US 1 Durum Ordinary 11 pct 12 pct 13 pct 13pct Billings Area 5.69-5.84 6.29-6.44 6.84-6.99 7.34-7.49 Golden ...

125 years later, cattle kill of 1886-87 reminds how tough life in Montana can be - Great Falls Tribune

125 years later, cattle kill of 1886-87 reminds how tough life in Montana can be Great Falls Tribune A census of Montana that year recorded 428000 cattle and 279000 sheep, with the vast majority of them grazing west of the Musselshell River. Just six years later, the US Department of Agriculture estimated there were 664000 cattle and 986000 sheep in ... and more »

US Forest Service plans to boost timber production, forest health work - Billings Gazette

US Forest Service plans to boost timber production, forest health work Billings Gazette "Collaboration is most effective in getting forests managed in a proper way," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a conference call on Thursday. "We want to move beyond the conflicts in the past that slowed progress down. and more »

Dueling transportation bills dominate hill action - GOP goes after EPA on ... - Politico

Dueling transportation bills dominate hill action - GOP goes after EPA on ... Politico Montana Republican Senate contender Denny Rehberg has been taking donations from lobbyists without disclosing where they work, according to a new Associated Press report. But the campaign for Rehberg — who currently serves as Montana's lone House ... and more »

Yellow cedars victims of lack of snow - Globe and Mail

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Yellow cedars victims of lack of snow Globe and Mail 'The cause of tree death, called yellow-cedar decline, is now known to be a form of root freezing that occurs during cold weather in late winter and early spring, but only when snow is not present on the ground,' US Department of Agriculture scientist ... and more »

Ritzville taps roots to cultivate tourism - The Spokesman Review

Ritzville taps roots to cultivate tourism The Spokesman Review Other agriculture-based museums the backers have studied include the Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery, the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, and the Mill City Museum in Minnesota. Kris Robbins, Ritzville's city clerk and a member of the Ritzville Public ...