Montana Stockgrowers Association

It’s not easy being a rancher, and while some are giving up, others are trying to hold on in the face of stagnating cattle prices and industry consolidation. While retail beef prices are at record highs, cattle ranchers say those profits aren’t trickling down to them.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has appointed a director to the state Department of Agriculture.

The USDA opened swathes of conservation easements in Montana for emergency haying and grazing. It’s a sign of relief for farmers and ranchers during drought conditions. The department started accepting applications to access Conservation Reserve Program lands in the state earlier this week.

Montana officials are butting heads over the future of the national mammal. At stake is whether bison should be treated as livestock or as wildlife. New…

Conservation and livestock groups have found a resolution to a long simmering bison disease management disagreement in northeast Montana. The compromise could help inform similar agreements if the American Prairie Reserve continues to expand its bison range.

A Wyoming rancher was awarded nearly $340,000 last month after disputing wildlife managers’ initial offer to pay for several livestock killed by grizzlies…

Montana wheat farmers say they’ve been given a “glimmer of hope” with an initial trade deal reached this week between the U.S. and local grain growers’...

Many are calling for the fast resolution to the Trump Administration's trade war with China. Among them are Montana cattle producers who see opportunity...

The U.S. Interior Department announced changes Monday to how federal agencies will apply the Endangered Species Act (ESA). There is concern that the…

Debates are intensifying at the Montana Legislature over the state’s management of North America’s largest land mammal: The American bison.Some argue…