Missoula
As someone who had never been to a rodeo before, my jaw kept dropping from the first 10 minutes I sat in the arena at Billings' MontanaFair last Friday.
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PIERRE — South Dakota’s Brand Board will raise its livestock ownership inspection fee for the first time since 2013, after a legislative committee approved the rule change Tuesday. The committee, made up of three state senators and three state representatives, voted 5-1 in favor of the change. Sen. Taffy Howard, R-Rapid City, voted no. The […]
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George Kenzy said he did all he could to prepare his family’s feedlot for extreme heat and humidity. That included extra water tanks, covering the ground with light-colored bedding to reduce heat absorption, and keeping the ground as wet as possible. “And it seemed like Mother Nature just had the upper hand on this one,” […]
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More than half of North Dakota is now in a drought, with blistering July heat shriveling crops and taking a toll on pastures. The U.S. Drought Monitor, which is updated weekly on Thursdays, shows a third of the state in moderate drought and more than 23% in extreme drought. The extreme drought area increased dramatically […]
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A North Dakota judge is set to decide whether the process for who serves on the state’s Beef Commission is unconstitutional. South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren heard arguments Monday from attorneys for the state and the Ranchers Rights Initiative. The group’s directors – Kenneth Graner, Michael Heaton and Jeremy Maher – are three […]
New Jersey
New Jersey's livestock farmers often travel hours for meat-processing, because of a statewide lack of USDA-approved slaughterhouses.
Montana
Mont. — Ranchers across Montana kept a close eye on cattle as stretches of hot weather raised concerns about heat stress.
Missoula
23-year-old auctioneer Jace Thompson from Billings won the 2026 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion, carrying his family's legacy forward as a third-generation practitioner serving rural America.
Missoula
For the Grant-Kohrs Ranch, branding is about more than proof of ownership. It’s about preserving traditions of the American West.
