Montana Free Press In the early months of 2020, Northern Rockies Medical Center CEO Cherie Taylor believed her facility was finally pulling out of a tight financial spot. NRMC had reeled from an $800,000 shortfall in 2018 — a considerable amount for a hospital whose gross annual revenue is roughly $10 million — and Taylor’s team was facing some tough choices. They removed obstetrics from

USDA’s Farm Service Agency helped farmers, livestock producers and foresters weather a tough 2020, marked with a pandemic and natural disasters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, FSA continued to deliver farm programs to producers through phone and online tools, using social distancing guidelines. The agency also provided extra flexibilities to its programs, adjusting reporting dates and loan processing

After securing $1.5 billion for farmers facing crop losses due to extreme weather and pushing for more than a year to get the relief into the hands of Montana farmers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture Quality Loss Adjustment Program, which will finally provide relief to producers who suffered crop quality losses in 2018 and 2019. “I’ve been pushing

The fourth annual Mon-Dak Ag Research Summit has moved online due to COVID-19 and features a series of six webinars, each an hour and a half long, focusing on agricultural issues and research applicable to area farmers and ranchers. The 2021-webinar series kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. with a keynote presentation looking at appropriate fertilizer application decisions in the face