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Farm Bills have been a farce for years. This one seems tragic

  • Darvin Bentlage

Lawmakers must stop pretending this Farm Bill works. As Charles Givens once said, “Doing more of what doesn’t work won’t make it work any better.” The U.S. Senate has released its version of the Farm Bill and lawmakers are already calling it “a strong safety net” and “support for producers.” But out here in rural […]

Billings man wins 'the Super Bowl of auctioneering'
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Billings man wins 'the Super Bowl of auctioneering'

  • SHERYL ZHANG szhang@billingsgazette.com
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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.