MFU Ambassador Network Grows
Gwyneth Givens spent her formative years in the heart of Montana’s Golden Triangle wheat country. Her family’s diverse business enterprises of finishing hogs, raising AQHA performance horses and operating a…
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President’s Message
Over a year ago Farmers Union started the Fairness for Farmers campaign. The primary purpose of this campaign is to educate consumers and our elected leaders on issues that impact…
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MFU Applauds Defeat of CI-121
HELENA – Montana Farmers Union praised the success of a broad coalition formed to keep Constitutional Initiative 121 off the November ballot. The Know the Consequences: No on CI-121 campaign…
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A Champion for Agriculture Remembered
Montana Senator Mark Sweeney was a man dedicated to Montanans who good naturedly went about his work, Montana Farmers Union members and staffers remember. “He was serious in his work,…
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Bills to Increase Competition Pass Senate Ag Committee
FU Applauds Movement on Bills to Increase Competition in the Meat and Poultry Sector The Senate Agriculture Committee’s passing of two bills this week that would increase competition in the…
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MFU lauds appointment of Wicks to Montana FSA helm
Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer applauded the appointment of Maureen “Morb” Wicks as Department of Agriculture State Executive Director for the Montana Farm Service Agency. “Morb Wicks is a…
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Parker Farms Blooms through Generations
Down a dirt road half a mile off Highway 200 in the Sun River Valley, you’ll find a garden oasis. Parker Farms Greenhouse is tucked back near the Sun River…
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MFU Applauds House Passage of Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act
A package of ag-related bills that would in part create a special investigator to help increase competition in the meat processing industry passed the U.S. House Thursday, despite a “no”…
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Park City Graduate Receives National Scholarship
National Farmers Union Foundation announced this week that Montana student Phillip Prewett received the Hubert K. & JoAnn Seymour Scholarship, worth $2,000. Prewett, who graduated from Park City High School,…
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