|
Washington, D.C. -- Montana Farm Bureau President Bob Hanson urged Montana’s Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, to support an increase in the estate tax exemption. The best bet in town is a new amendment called the Small Business Jobs and Credit...
Released: 7/14/10 (Column)
|
|
|
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2010 -- Small and independent meat processors are at significant economic risk due to increased regulatory costs included in a preliminary draft guidance document issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service, according...
Released: 6/23/10 (Column)
|
|
|
Tax Protest -- May 31, 2010 -- Deadline for 2nd half 2009 property taxes. Taxpayers must pay their taxes by this deadline and under protest to get a refund from our tax reappraisal lawsuit or from their own appeal. Taxpayers are encouraged to...
Released: 5/28/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The deadline to pay the second half of 2009 property taxes is looming, and many ag-land owners are trying to figure out if they should protest their Class 3 taxes. A Class Action Lawsuit filed by Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Lucas Ranch, and Montana...
Released: 5/14/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) and the Montana Taxpayer’s Association (Montax) appeared before the Montana Department of Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee (RATIC) April 29 and told members why they were forced to file a...
Released: 4/30/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is urging its members to “Put the Death Tax to Rest” in a new campaign focusing on upcoming death tax legislation. If Congress does not act beginning in 2011, the law reverts back to a $1 million...
Released: 4/20/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The following comments on the“Concept Paper for a New Direction for the Bovine Brucellosis Program” were submitted by MFBF. Docket No. APHIS-2009-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD,APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River..
Released: 3/26/10 (Column)
|
|
|
BOZEMAN -- The Montana Farm Bureau sent letters to Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester today urging them to truly consider issues of importance to the state’s farmers and ranchers in the health care debate. “Health insurance costs...
Released: 1/8/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The 2009 Property Tax reappraisal is the first reappraisal in decades that has not only updated information, but used a different formula for appraising agriculture land in Montana. This new process has brought about many changes for agriculture lands...
Released: 1/8/10 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation worked on many issues in 2009 that directly affect farmers and ranchers. Issues ranged from national concerns, such as health care, estate tax and climate change legislation, to Montana issues, such as water rights,...
Released: 12/31/09 (Column)
|
|
|
MISSOULA--Climate change legislation and the cap and trade issue was a primary topic of discussion during the Montana Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention Nov. 8-11 in Missoula. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman, who flew in from...
Released: 11/12/09 (Column)
|
|
|
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman presented testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Noting AFBF’s opposition to the House companion,...
Released: 10/30/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau is urging caution before rushing into the recent push for the Health Care Reform Bill. MFBF’s Executive Vice President Jake Cummins noted that while both Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester have done an exemplary job in...
Released: 8/13/09 (Column)
|
|
|
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is inviting hunters, landowners, outfitters and others to get involved earlier than ever before to help set hunting seasons for the next two years. In years past, FWP would propose "tentative" seasons and season...
Released: 8/12/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation continues to express dismay with the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate change bill. The organization echoed the words of American Farm Bureau Federation President Stallman who told the Senate Committee on...
Released: 7/15/09 (Column)
|
|
|
Nancy Schlepp, national affairs director for Montana Farm Bureau, recently spent time in Washington, D.C. visiting with Montana’s Congressional delegation about estate tax issues. “This is the time to start talking about the estate...
Released: 7/7/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation has been granted intervenor status in the Defenders of Wildlife vs. Salazar case, along with Mountain States Legal Foundation and the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation. The lawsuits began when in February 2008,...
Released: 7/6/09 (Column)
|
|
|
Washington, D.C.—The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation has called on the House Agriculture Committee to make drastic changes to a climate change bill before it is considered by Congress, telling the committee that to do less...
Released: 6/24/09 (Column)
|
|
|
Washington, D.C.—The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation called on the House Agriculture Committee to make drastic changes to a climate change bill before it is considered by Congress, telling the committee that to do less could result.
Released: 6/12/09 (Column)
|
|
|
BOZEMAN--The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is urging its members—and anyone else with a concern about water and property rights—to contact their Senators and urge them to oppose S.787, the Clean Water Restoration...
Released: 6/9/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The talk on Capitol Hill is not to expect climate change legislation to become law this year, but do expect Congress to take action before the 2010 elections. Any delay in sweeping climate change legislation is welcome news for America’s...
Released: 5/22/09 (Column)
|
|
|
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2009—Climate change legislation unveiled last week (H.R. 2454) “ignores the complex needs of a very diverse U.S. agricultural industry” and will draw opposition from the American Farm Bureau...
Released: 5/19/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is expressing its strong dismay over a recent ruling and Federal Register posting regarding regulations of alleged greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA has opened a 60-day comment period on a proposal that could...
Released: 4/24/09 (Column)
|
|
|
HELENA--The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is asking its members, as well as like-minded horse owners across the state, to urge Governor Brian Schweitzer to sign off on HB 418, the horse processing facility bill. “If Montana could...
Released: 4/22/09 (Column)
|
|
|
The American Farm Bureau Federation supports a market-based incentive program rather than a government-mandated program to address the issue of climate change. AFBF outlined its goals for climate change legislation in a 29-question survey...
Released: 4/16/09 (Column)
|
|
