Farming

A Montana man who pleaded guilty to starving his cattle received a deferred, six-year jail sentence and was ordered to pay restitution of more than $15,000.

Coming in at #2: Former Miss Montana USA Weighs In, Supporting Ag |

Feral hogs cause severe harm to farmers and ranchers as well as wildlife habitat and to waterways.

Former Miss Montana USA Tahnee Peppenger (pictured above) is speaking out in support of agriculture, and sending a strong message to the Miss USA Pageant. This, as the current Miss Montana USA, Merissa Underwood, is facing criticism for her radical animal rights activism, and recent social media posts viewed as being anti-agriculture.

The Montana Agri-Trade Expo and Home & Health Show will be going on through Saturday at MetraPark with more than 14,000 visitors expected for the largest Agriculture show in the region.

Q2 reports that a widely cited study of suicide rates for different occupations in the U.S. has been retracted as it may contain flawed conclusions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced the 2016 study that showed the “farming, fishing and forestry” occupational group suffered a higher rate of suicide than any other occupation...

Retired Montana State University economist Gary Brester says U.S. farms are producing more food per acre because of genetically modified crops than farmers in Europe where genetically modified organism are banned. Brester told attendees at the Montana Farm Bureau Federation convention in Billings that farmers are producing more crops per acre because of genetically-modified organisms...