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The Western Stock Show, held in Denver for its 111th year, attracted 684,580 visitors from across the country. Beginning on January 7 and ending 16 days later, the agricultural extravaganza displayed a variety of over 15 thousand animals. Numerous awards were given to the best livestock in several categories, and over ten million dollars in livestock dealing transpired. Among the participants drawn to the Western Stock Show was the Olsen family of Williston, North Dakota. The Olson family, led...
On Thursday, March 2, Fairview's Future Farmers of America (FFA) helped serve food at the Richland County area at the Mondak Ag Days banquet. Mondak Ag Days & Trade Show is an annual event that provides the newest technology and education related to agriculture production with new innovations in the farming world. The FFA members served cranberry cake with butter sauce dessert and helped clean up after the event. Lexie Selting, Fairview's FFA secretary said," I enjoyed helping out and talking to...
This week, the House Agriculture Committee heard what was arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation to agriculturalists in Montana this session. Senate Bill 155 - the “seed bill” -- aims to provide consistency in our state’s seed laws and protect the private property rights of Montana’s family farmers and ranchers. This is a piece of legislation written as a result of collaboration among Montana’s leading agricultural organizations and their grassroots memberships. Farmers in our state grow crops based on upon a few key princ...
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) has presented Montana Senator Steve Daines a "Friend of Farm Bureau Award." Daines received the award from MFBF members who were in the national's capital for the American Farm Bureau Advocacy Conference. "We are very honored to present this award to Senator Daines. He has been a real champion for agriculture and rural Montana," said MFBF Director of National Affairs Nicole Rolf. "Whether it's supporting good legislation to protect farmers from harmful...
In President Trump's recent joint address to Congress, he called for a national time of rebuilding, while recalling the last great infrastructure undertaking in our country, the Interstate Highway System under President Eisenhower. A few weeks ago I toured the modern marvel that is the Hoover Dam-an infrastructure investment that has provided irrigation for millions of acres, electricity for millions of homes, and which after 80 years, is still used today. Here in Eastern Montana, we can quickly...
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