During meetings in Washington earlier this month, the Montana Farm Bureau continued to stress the need for grasshopper control while visiting with Congressional leaders. In talking with Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Matt Rosendale, and with the staff of Sen. Steve Daines’ and Representative Ryan Zinke’s offices, Farm Bureau leaders explained the negative impact of the destructive insects and the

The 2024 flow test from Fort Peck Dam was the first in a series of test flows intended to comply with the 2018 Biological Opinion. The 2024 flow test was comprised of the following: An attraction flow, which began April 26 and continued through early May, and was intended to encourage pallid sturgeon to enter that reach of the Missouri River. A retention flow of release rates lower than the

During a conference call with Montana media members on Thursday, July 25, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said that it’s unlikely that a new farm bill will get approved any time soon. “It’s so political right now. There’s not a lot of things moving,” Tester said of the climate in Washington, D.C. Tester noted that the ag committee chairman and ranking member haven’t reached any

Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and Northwest Communications Cooperative have announced the sale of Nemont’s North Dakota telecom properties to NCC. Nemont’s customers in Williston, Trenton, Fortuna, Ambrose and East Westby will now be served by North Dakota-based NCC, a 100 percent fiber-to-the-home internet service and communications provider. Nemont and NCC share the same values