The government shutdown will negatively impact Montana farmers and ranchers, delaying technical assistance, emergency and conservation payments, and loan processes, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said."The government shutdown on the eve of the Farm Bill extension expiration is just another slap in the face...
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...
MFU Members Gather for 109th Annual Convention [gallery size="medium" ids="5012,5011,5010,5009,5008,5007,5006,5005,5004,5000,5001,5002,5003,5042,5040,5037,5036,5026,5027,5028,5031,5032,5033,5025,5022,5020,5019"] The overarching conversation during Montana Farmers Union's 109th Annual State Convention Oct. 17-19 in Whitefish was loud and clear: Reauthorize the Farm Bill in 2024. “Clearly Congress has put politics ahead of the Farm Bill,” MFU President Walter...
Congress has unnecessarily left farmers in limbo as they wait for either a reauthorization or yet another extension of the Farm Bill, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said.The Farm Bill was last reauthorized in 2018, with Congress extending it, and funding for its programs,...