Fix USMCA and Finish Trans Pacific Agreements
BY WALTER SCHWEITZER We currently have a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico; it is called NAFTA.I support the resolution unanimously approved by the directors of NFU (National Farmers Union) asking Congress to fix USMCA. To gain NFU support for USMCA, Congress...
Members Gather for the 104th Annual State Convention
The 2019 state convention theme Exploring Ideas, Innovation and Impact brought members together from all over the state. The event was held October 25-26 at the Heritage Inn. The convention featured workshops on precision agriculture, trade, grizzly management, malt...
Tester Working to Bring COOL Back to Washington & Boost American Agriculture
By Sarah Feldman & Roy Loewenstein (U.S. Senate) – Aiming to Make COOL Cool Again and boost Montana’s agricultural producers, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced a Senate resolution to support reinstating country of origin labeling for beef and pork. Country...
MFU members elect state officers including Walter Schweitzer to serve as president at state convention
For Immediate Release October 28, 2019 Contact: Lyndsay Bruno 406-452-6406; cell: 406-788-8777 GREAT FALLS - At the annual MFU State Convention in Great Falls members elected state officers including Walter Schweitzer to serve as President of the statewide grassroots...
Montana Farmers Union Partners to Fund Industrial Hemp Fiber Testing for Construction
GREAT FALLS- Providing Montana farmers and ranchers with another crop option motivated Montana Farmers Union President Alan Merrill to seek out a partnership with Farmers Union Enterprises, Inc. (FUE) to provide funding research to understand the feasibility of...
MFU Advocates for Family Farms during D.C. fly-in
Montana Farmers Union members and staff joined nearly 400 National Farmers Union members for the annual D.C. fly-in. In addition to briefings at the USDA and on Capitol Hill, members met face-to-face with Senator Tester, Senator Daines and Representative Greg...
Members to attend NFU Fly-in
Farmers Union members from across the country will gather in Washington, D.C., in September for the 2019 Fall Legislative Fly-In! During their time in Washington, members will be afforded the opportunity to hear from U.S. Department of Agriculture officials about...
Hamilton couple to participate in leadership program
By Laura Garber Farming is not just a job or a lifestyle for us. We co-operate Homestead Organics Farm, a 14 acre certified organic mixed vegetable, seed, poultry, and hemp farm located south of Hamilton, Montana. For us, farming is an opportunity to empower youth,...
Ag groups partner with state agencies to create Montana agriculture in the classroom foundation
By Andy Fjeseth/ Montana Department of Agriculture Montana’s Agriculture in the Classroom program will take on a new form as Montana Farmers Union, the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, the Office of Public Instruction and the Montana Department of Agriculture today...
RAISING CHICKENS IN COW COUNTRY
By Colter DeVries Driving in to the wide-open valley where Flint Creek enters the Clarks Fork of the Columbia in June when the hills are solid emerald, the pines cover every horizon, and the wind is calm, the word majestic seems like an understatement to describe...