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15 Mar MFU Delegates Help Shape National Policy

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/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container{position:static}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container .swiper-slide figure,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper .swiper-slide figure{line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-slide{text-align:center}.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-container-initialized):not(.swiper-initialized) .swiper-slide{max-width:calc(100% / var(--e-image-carousel-slides-to-show, 3))} Family farmers and ranchers from Montana traveled to Scottsdale, Ariz., March 10-12 for the 122nd National Farmers Union convention. Delegates and attendees heard from nationally known...

13 Mar NFU Closes 2024 Convention, Outlines Policy Priorities and Special Orders of Business

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – National Farmers Union closed its 2024 Convention by adopting the organization’s grassroots policy book, laying the foundation for advocating on behalf of family farmers and ranchers across the country. Convention delegates also adopted six special orders of business focused on issues of...

05 Mar Schweitzer: Ag Data Should be Public

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Ag data being harvested from producers should be publicly available to avoid market manipulation, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer told members of the Montana Legislature's Interim Committee on Economic Affairs this week in Helena.The committee has been tasked with how ag data is collected...

28 Feb MFU is looking for partners to build bunkbeds for the Farmers Union Camp

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This opportunity is open to any Montana FFA, 4-H, or school shop program. MFU wants to promote a student skill development with fund-raising potential. MFU needs six (6) twin / twin and ten (10) twin / queen bunkbeds. Programs are encouraged to develop their own project...

27 Feb MFU Applauds Tester, Rounds’ CRA to Overturn Biden Administration Decision Allowing Beef Imports from Paraguay

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Montana Farmers Union is supportive of senators Jon Tester and Mike Rounds action this week to file an official Congressional Review Act that would overturn the Biden Administration’s recent decision to lift a long-standing ban on beef imports from Paraguay. “Here in Montana we hold our...

21 Feb MFU Applauds Senators Tester and Grassley Standing Up for MT Producers, Consumers

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Montana Farmers Union applauds senators Jon Tester's and Chuck Grassley's recent letter to colleagues in opposition to any policy riders in the FY 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill that weaken the Packers and Stockyards Act and its protections for producers and consumers."Montana Farmers Union appreciates senators...

14 Feb Women Grow Selves, Knowledge at Women’s Conferences

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/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container{position:static}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container .swiper-slide figure,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper .swiper-slide figure{line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-slide{text-align:center}.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-container-initialized):not(.swiper-initialized) .swiper-slide{max-width:calc(100% / var(--e-image-carousel-slides-to-show, 3))} Women from across the state deepened their agricultural knowledge and networks during two Montana Farmers Union Women’s Conferences held this February.Roughly 40 women attended the second-annual...

14 Feb NFU Leads Letter to Congress: Uphold Packers and Stockyards Act Progress

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From National Farmers UnionThis week, National Farmers Union (NFU) sent a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership opposing harmful restrictions that would undo important work to revitalize the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) to better protect family farmers and ranchers.The letter, signed by national, regional,...

13 Feb MFU Talks Int’l Trade Impacts with Assistant Secretary Russo

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By Rachel PrevostMFU Member Services & Government Affairs DirectorMontana Farmers Union members, farmers, and ranchers, met with Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Bill Russo in January, relaying the impacts, priorities, and concerns that family farmers have in the foreign policy realm with...

11 Feb Schweitzer: Check Legislators’ Scorecard Before Voting, Consider Running Yourself

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General News

15 Mar MFU Delegates Help Shape National Policy

13 Mar NFU Closes 2024 Convention, Outlines Policy Priorities and Special Orders of Business

05 Mar Schweitzer: Ag Data Should be Public

28 Feb MFU is looking for partners to build bunkbeds for the Farmers Union Camp

27 Feb MFU Applauds Tester, Rounds’ CRA to Overturn Biden Administration Decision Allowing Beef Imports from Paraguay

21 Feb MFU Applauds Senators Tester and Grassley Standing Up for MT Producers, Consumers

14 Feb Women Grow Selves, Knowledge at Women’s Conferences

14 Feb NFU Leads Letter to Congress: Uphold Packers and Stockyards Act Progress

13 Feb MFU Talks Int’l Trade Impacts with Assistant Secretary Russo

11 Feb Schweitzer: Check Legislators’ Scorecard Before Voting, Consider Running Yourself

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