Attendees at Montana Farmers Union's 110th Annual Convention will hear Jason DeShaw’s tale of resilience blended with musical storytelling to inspire hope.Born and raised in Montana, Jason DeShaw is a national award-winning mental health speaker and country singer. He grew up working on a farm...
Montana Farmers Union will again celebrate family farmers and ranchers whose land holdings have been in their families and in operation for more than 100 years through its Centennial Farm and Ranch Program during MFU’s Annual Convention this year.Since the mid-90s, Montana Farmers Union has...
WASHINGTON – Montana Farmers Union member John Wicks on July 16 testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit, to detail the importance of credit and risk management to family farmers. In his testimony before...
Montana Farmers Union Foundation is pleased to announce more than $43,000 has been awarded through its Community Grant program 22 Montana projects that create new opportunities and contribute to the growth and enhancement of Montana agriculture and rural communities.“MFU Foundation’s grant program has been a...
While the recently passed budget reconciliation bill has many highlights for farmers, it also undercuts the rural-urban coalition that has underpinned comprehensive Farm Bills in the past, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said."The recently passed budget reconciliation bill has some good, some bad, and...
[gallery size="full" columns="2" ids="8042,8043"]As Americans fire up their grill this Independence Day, National Farmers Union highlights how little independence family farmers have in the marketplace. The “Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar”, released June 30, is a periodical report highlighting how little family farmers earn...
Improve the health of your farm or ranch business by participating in National Farmers Union's Beginning Farmer Institute. The free, online, 10-week intensive program is open to producers ages 18 and up and is inclusive of all operation types and scales of production. “BFI is not...
In what Montana Farmers Union called a win for farmers and ranchers, the United States Court of International Trade Wednesday ruled that the law does not authorize any of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, including tariffs...
WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Rob Larew released the following statement today upon the release of the Make America Healthy Again Commission Report:“NFU appreciates the attention the White House brings to the health and well-being of America’s children. We agree that addressing chronic...
WASHINGTON – On February 20, 2025, the Cattle Plaintiffs in the In re: Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation against JBS, Tyson, Cargill and National Beef received preliminary approval of an $83.5 million settlement with JBS. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2019 by National Farmers Union (NFU), R-CALF...