By Skip Anderson, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Three researchers from MSU recently received a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a system that can autonomously detect and remove crop-killing microbes from hydroponic farms before they cause damage to plants. Hydroponic farming is a method of growing plants without soil by supplying nutrients through water.

By EmmaLee Rotlisberger, MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Researchers from around the world gathered at Montana State University June 25-27 for the International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy, exchanging research and ideas on pollinator health, natural history and land management. The three-day event, organized by Michelle Flenniken, a professor in the College of Agriculture's

HELENA — The Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition today announced registration is now open for the 2026 Governor’s Summit on Montana Food and Agriculture: Maximizing Montana’s Agriculture Opportunity. The Governor’s Summit, hosted by the Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition, in partnership with the Montana Department of Agriculture and the Governor’s Office, will be held on Oct. 23-24,

By MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Montana Department of Livestock and Montana State University Extension have issued guidance for the Montana livestock industry after a destructive parasitic fly called New World screwworm was detected in Texas. For the first time since 1966, the New World screwworm - also known as NWS, or Cochliomyia hominivorax - has been detected in the United States.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 2, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rotlins announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to combat weaponized regulatory and enforcement actions against America's producers, ranchers, and small businesses. This partnership advances Pillar 4 of the Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework by building a government-wide

By Ellis Juhlin Montana Free Press Southeastern Montana was wracked by heat as temperatures soared to 115 degrees on July 12. It was hotter than Death Valley Tayler Scherr didn’t head into the weekend expecting to clear out her home office. But when a surprise batch of freshly hatched chicks scampered across her path the morning of July 10, everything changed. Scherr raises dozens of chickens