Insights and Stories on Montana

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

Sep. 27, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month […]

Deer heads required from Kootenay region for CWD tests

Sep. 26, 2019 at 9:54 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Trump questions request for Chinese delay on farm trip

Sep. 24, 2019 at 1:18 am CDT

By Steve Holland

Hopes for trade breakthrough fade as China cancels U.S. farm visits

Sep. 20, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. northern Plains ranchers welcome hay lottery

Aug. 18, 2017 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

Jan. 9, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it had detected a type of bird flu in a wild duck in central Montana that appeared to match one of the strains found during an outbreak of the disease in 2014 and 2015 that led to the […]

By Tom Polansek

Livestock seen threatened as biting insects press north

Sep. 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

Bluetongue’s most recent appearance in the Canadian cattle herd may be a taste of what’s to come as insect species expand northward, a new study warns. Anna Zuliani, previously a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary (UCVM), recently published a paper on how geographical distribution of […]

By Staff

Canada blocking poultry from Montana, South Dakota

Apr. 4, 2015 at 2:17 am CDT

Canada is blocking cross-border shopping for raw poultry, eggs and live birds from another border state, after H5N2 avian flu was confirmed in central Montana on Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday expanded restrictions that block travellers to Canada from H5N2-positive states from bringing in live birds, […]