Due to increasing natural gas prices, nitrogen fertilizer prices are relatively high compared to recent years and are expected to remain high and possibly increase through next spring, says Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University Extension soil science specialist. “China has supplied about a third of the world’s phosphate, and it has essentially banned exports through 2022,” Franzen

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is urging President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to protect Montanans’ financial privacy and abandon the Biden administration’s proposal to force banks and other financial institutions to report customer information, such as deposits or withdrawals of as little as $600, directly to the IRS. At a U.S. Senate hearing, Daines raised his concerns

community and museum education coordinator, will speak to Native associations, particularly Salish myths and stories, with the species represented in both art and scientific specimens in the shows. This perspective will be in sharp contrast with 19th century strategies in the natural sciences that called for the killing and harvesting of specimens and re-“naturalizing” them through works of art

Following his request to President Joe Biden in mid-September, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced he secured a major disaster declaration for the state of Montana as a result of the Richard Spring Fire. “This major disaster declaration is great news for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and communities in Rosebud County impacted by the Richard Spring Fire in early August,” Gianforte said.

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., released the following statement after voting against the continuing resolution on Thursday, Sept. 30. “Today I voted against the continuing resolution to fund our government,” Rosendale said. “For me this was a pretty easy decision. Despite knowing this was necessary, Democrats waited until the last minute and did not attempt to reign in the out-ofcontrol

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., released the following statement regarding reports that Afghanistan refugees will be settled in Montana. “Today, I learned that 75 refugees from Afghanistan will be arriving in Montana. I strongly oppose the resettlement of these Afghan nationals in Montana. Following the Biden Administration’s disastrously mismanaged withdrawal from Afghanistan,

The store and shop at Agland in Nashua closed up in September. Agland general manager Dave Williams told the Northern Plains Independent that the location was producing just a small fraction of the business produced at other locations. “It makes economic sense for us,” said Williams. Despite the closure of the manned portions of the business, the Nashua location will continue to have gas