Agriculture

After Lloyd McKenna read his "If 2020 Was a Buckin' Horse" poem live on the radio with us, he said the response was so big, that he figured he better put together a poem about 2021. Here it is...

Governor Greg Gianforte (R-MT) hit the ground running in the last two weeks with major policy change announcements, releasing a budget proposal, and announcing his Cabinet picks. He also announced a slate of new appointees for state boards and commissions, including coveted positions on the Fish and…

McKenna wrote a poem about the year 2020, "If 2020 Was a Buckin' Horse." And it's a good one. So good that I wanted to read it on air. But I knew I couldn't do it justice. Thankfully Lloyd McKenna joined us on the radio and read the poem himself.

If you've haven't heard of the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area, there is an effort underway to create a national designation for the area. Opposition has been mounting to the proposal, though, as ranchers, landowners, local officials, and others express concerns about the i…

That historic heart-shaped cattle brand that we told you about back on November 5th sold over the weekend for $36,000 in Joliet, Montana. Absarokee auctioneer Rick Young tells us it was an awesome auction.

I was up in Scobey, Montana for Veterans Day with a great crew and spoke at the ceremony for the VFW Post in Scobey, which is the oldest VFW Post in Montana. While there, I was lucky enough to drop in to the Farver Farms Cookhouse and Mercantile. It is definitely worth the trip. Check out the Made i…

John Twiggs is a producer with Montana PBS. He joined us recently to talk about his new documentary that premieres on Montana PBS Monday night: "Keeping the Barn."

Check out this cattle brand that is coming up for auction later this month. It is a heart-shaped cattle brand that has been in one family all the way back since it was first registered in 1873. The brand was first registered to O.C. Whitney of Ennis, Montana on February 10, 1873.

Voters in Colorado are poised to give the predators another boost in their rebound from extinction in the region last century, through an initiative that would reintroduce them on the state's Western Slope.