Rural mental health care is critically important. Being trained to recognize the signs of mental health struggles in our friends and family members can save a life.Join Montana Farmers Union for a QPR for suicide prevention training from noon to 2:30 p.m., Jan. 22, at...
Producers and business owners can share what’s important when it comes to agriculture and the City of Great Falls’ future during stakeholder roundtables Jan. 22 and 23.The stakeholder roundtables will serve as listening sessions to provide the consultant team with insights into the agriculture industry...
Montana Farmers Union members can let Montana legislators know what family farmers and ranchers prioritize first-hand during the Montana Farmers Union biennial Legislative Drive-In planned Jan. 7 at the Capitol in Helena.“The Helena Drive-In hosted by Montana Farmers Union helps members connect with their local...
Applications are now open for the 2025 Farmers Union Enterprise Leadership Program, a Farmers Union Enterprises and Farmers Union Industries sponsored program to help cultivate and build Farmers Union Leaders from the FUE states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Farmers Unions. The...
Montana Premium Processing Cooperative will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, Nov. 13, with lunch and tours beginning at noon at the Havre meat processing facility. Tours are open to the community.Following lunch, cooperative members will meet from 2-4 p.m. at the Best Western, when they...
Montana Premium Processing Cooperative will boost production capacity and invest in new equipment for value-added products thanks to $250,000 in Local Meat Capacity grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The member-owned, USDA-inspected Havre meat processing facility processes beef, bison, sheep, goats, and hogs. The...
More than 100 years, acres added, cattle purchased, sheep sold, and hardships overcome have passed since Walter Lee “WL” and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Elbert) Harbaugh filed for homestead rights on Sand Creek near Jordan and established Harbaugh Ranch.The family’s fortitude was honored recently by Montana Farmers...
Several Montana youths were recognized for exhibiting exceptional leadership qualities during Montana Farmers Union’s 109th Annual Convention held Oct. 17-19 in Whitefish.Amiya Smith from Great Falls, Joseph Mikulecky from Rudyard, Ella Chauvet from Big Sandy, and Huck Turville from Belt received the Mildred Stoltz Award for...
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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,...