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Montana Farm Bureau is commending the Department of Livestock and the Montana Department of Public Health for their safety guidelines for agricultural activities in our state during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Montana Farm Bureau has joined 26 other state Farm Bureaus in signing a letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting his attention on two important matters: relief to cattlemen seeing increasingly volatile markets and investigating any price manipulation occurring in the cattle industry.

Ag Week provided an excellent opportunity for Montana Farm Bureau to share some of our educational resources virtually with parents and teachers.

Montana Farm Bureau Federation has announced the winners of the “Montana Ag in Color” contest. The contest was developed in recognition of National Ag Week, March 22-28, as a creative competition for elementary school children.

Mark your calendars! Montana’s Seventeenth Annual Young Ag Leadership Conference (YALC) is set to take place October 16-18, 2020 at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls, Montana.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers and ranchers across the state were experiencing hard times with low commodity prices and natural disasters. Farm Bureau is highlighting issues about mental health, stress in rural areas, and the importance of helping each other.

We have been seeing a lot of great agriculture literacy content shared on social media platforms wanted to provide our members and friends with links to direct Ag Accurate resources for your students at home.

For the next two weeks and likely longer, steps are being taken throughout Montana to minimize the spread of the Coronavirus. Schools, government offices, and businesses have closed or reduced hours of operation. Agricultural operations are no different.

American Farm Bureau has released its first assessment of the impact on farmers and ranchers in the wake of the national mitigation efforts to combat COVID-19.

With the health and safety of our members and those around us in mind, the staff of Montana Farm Bureau will be working remotely (from home) for the next two weeks. This will not change our ability to take care of the business of Farm Bureau.

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