The Montana Department of Agriculture has issued an emergency quarantine order to protect against the introduction and spread of the emerald ash borer, a destructive wood-boring beetle that has already killed millions of ash trees in North America. The order was motivated by the removal of federal domestic quarantine regulations by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health

A strong majority of farmers/ farmworkers say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their mental health, and more than half say they are personally experiencing more mental health challenges than they were a year ago, according to a new American Farm Bureau poll. The survey of rural adults and farmers/ farmworkers explores how the pandemic has affected their mental health personally and in their communities,

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division is warning Montana taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments. In the last several months, IRS-CI has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment scams and other financial schemes designed to steal money and personal information from taxpayers. Criminals