College Students Check out NILE Internship

The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) is offering the experience of a lifetime October 11-21.  The NILE is looking for college students who are willing and able to work all day and into the night, eat and sleep minimally, handle high pressure situations, work in the extreme weather conditions of October in Montana, and enjoy every minute of it. NILE […]

Stuff Animal Rights Activists Say: 2018 Edition

Hannah Thompson-Weeman Animal Agriculture Alliance Each year, the Animal Agriculture Alliance releases reports from major animal rights conferences. We believe it is critical for all of us in animal agriculture to understand what strategies and tactics will be used against us next. We recently released our report from the 2018 Animal Rights National Conference, held in Los Angeles in late […]

It’s Hard to Tell Is it 2018 or 2012 or Worse?

By Alan Guebert Every July, Congress begins to pack its collective bag to escape the scorching heat and suffocating humidity of Capitol Hill. And that’s just inside the Senate and House, outside it’s even worse. Trapped in this year’s pressure cooker is the 2018 Farm Bill. While the Senate and House each passed their versions earlier this summer, neither is […]

SCOTUS Nominee Upheld Mandatory COOL for Beef

On July 9, President Trump announced Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Kavanaugh currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 2014, Kavanaugh defended the constitutionality of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL). After two appeals in a lawsuit against COOL, in a 9 […]

A Cowboy at Heart

By D. Krayton Kerns, DVM It was late September and we were gathering cattle from the top of the Big Horns.  The twenty guests joining us were welcomed to our Lake Creek Cow Camp by a foot of fresh snow.  The first morning, each cowboy took a couple guests and scattered through the high country searching for cows. Renee and […]

Marty Uses Magic

By Jean Peterson “Good thing we have you,” said Banjo. Ben shifted his weight to secure the box bungee corded across the panniers. “We can do it, as long as Marty comes through,” said Ben.  “I sure hope he’s been watching those burrows and tunnels up there.” “Tuff’s been hunkered behind a rock outcropping and double checking,” said Banjo.  “He […]

Judging 4-H Moms

By Susan Metcalf It is 4-H and FFA Fair time everywhere and as usual, I have received several requests to run this column about 4-H Moms yet another time. I hope everyone has a great time at their local fairs and remember parents, there is a fine line between extremely supportive and crazy!  I can tell you it is so […]

Agri-Kid

In case the heat the last few weeks has been getting to you, here is a look back at the long winter and spring we had!  8-year-old Alivia Foxley was bringing in a lamb from the cold near Ridgway, MT.  

Making a Case for Public Lands Ranchers

A lieutenant governor, a scientist, and an agricultural industry leader made the case for eliminating regulatory burdens and legal loopholes impacting livestock grazing on federal land during a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing held on July 12. Idaho Lieutenant Governor Brad Little, University of Montana Professor Dr. Dave Naugle, and Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse provided testimony entitled “The […]

Montana Agri-Women D.C. Fly-In

Montana Agri-Women (MAW) members attended the American Agri-Women (AAW) 33rd Annual Legislative Fly-In in Washington, D.C. in June, along with over 50 other AAW members from across the country. Katie Yost, Kellie Kittelmann, and Karen Yost attended with MAW President Megan Foran, who was the recipient of scholarships from both AAW and MAW for this trip. Members attended the AAW […]