18 June 2020

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Montana’s Family Farms And Ranches Face Uncertain Future As Producers Age Out

Montana’s Family Farms And Ranches Face Uncertain Future As Producers Age Out


Independent Record The 68-year-old old poultry farmer pointed out the hen houses he built decades ago, providing details of each wooden tenement's residents. Hugh Spencer built the hen houses and accompanying grain bins, which look like high-density housing for chickens, shortly after he and his wife, Viki, purchased the land in 1981. Spencer's 48-week-old hens are kept in the

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Montana is the oldest state ….

Montana is the oldest state ….


Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenges, opportunities. Graying Pains is a six-month series of weekly stories and broadcasts exploring

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