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Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced the unemployment rate in December marked a year of historically low unemployment, with a record 42 consecutive months of unemployment at or below 3.4 percent. “In Montana, our economy is strong, resilient, and full of good-paying jobs,” Gianforte said. “With our historic stretch of unemployment and with wage growth outpacing inflation in Montana over

MSU News Service An analysis by Montana State University researchers has shown that replacing summer fallow with a pulse grain crop, even in dry regions, can increase profits for farmers. Farmers in regions with low precipitation, such as Montana’s Golden Triangle, know there is an economic risk to continuous small grains cropping, according to Perry Miller, professor of sustainable cropping