One of the disadvantages in trying to eke out a living in the cattle business on rented land is that the owner of the land will often be asked for access to the ranch to hunt, bird watch, shoo…
Potato harvest will get underway in the next month. Here are some basic potato recipes courtesy of the Idaho Potato Commission.
Here are some classic sandwich recipes from beefitswhatsfordinner.com.
A popular idea floating around the vegan community is that we could solve the whole climate change dilemma (hoax) overnight if all the world’s vegan billionaires would donate a billion dollars…
Let me preface my remarks with the emphatic proclamation that, contrary to what some misguided people might think, I AM NOT A HOARDER!
Here are some classic holiday recipes from the folks at Gold Medal Flour.
We don’t have many mirrors in our home, for obvious reasons, but recently I saw a reflection of this stranger in the window of the hardware store.
People who ride horses fall into one of two categories: English or Western. They are as different as night and day, Republicans and Democrats or Holsteins and Brahmas.
Grilling season is in full swing. Here are some recipes from the Beef Council.
I hated it when the word “Farmer” was taken out of the name “Future Farmers of America.” The organization is still known as the FFA but the “F” word (Farmer) was eliminated.
Cowboys can be divided into three basic types: 1) Rodeo cowboys, 2) movie and TV cowboys and 3) real cowboys. (Thank goodness we don’t have to worry about urban cowboys and disco cowboys anymore.)
I swear, sometimes I think a lobotomized Suffolk sheep has more brains than our public servants. Have you seen the Forest Service latest answer to saving our national forests?
The price of ground beef has been in the news a lot lately as a representation of the cost of ongoing inflation. That put us in mind of quick family dishes that can be made with ground beef.
There’s been a slow drift towards cultural diversity amongst the cowboy clan and it hasn’t always been pretty.
The Consumer Food Insights Report, a new monthly report identifying trends and changes in consumer food purchases and preferences, has been released.
On Jan. 3, the administration announced it would invest $1 billion to expand meat and poultry processing capacity — with a focus on small and mid-sized independent processors — to increase com…
I don’t know about you but I’m getting tired of all this sustainability gobbledygook.
State protocols for COVID-19 will be in place during this year’s Spokane Ag Show, its director says.
A new report outlines the factors that have contributed to the rapid increase of retail meat prices.
Munts, 70, will retire Jan. 3 after more than 15 years as small farms and urban agriculture coordinator for Washington State University's Spokane County Extension.
Spokane Ag Show organizers are looking forward to just getting back to normal.
From the Pork Producers, here are some recipes with an international flavor.
There’s lots of talk about how the beef industry needs more small processing plants to combat the power of the Big Four beef packers.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — A parasitoid wasp that is the natural enemy of a fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila could be a good friend to growers.
Several fertilizer producers recently reported bullish financial results to investors and predicted that global economic factors bode well for their continued strong performance — meaning pric…
Jeff Mosley, Montana State University Extension, talked to a packed room in the Grazing Management; Decisions After Sever Drought workshop at the MFBF Convention in Billings recently. In his p…
Registration for the 2022 Montana Farm Bureau Campaign Seminar is now open.
BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has three new, free publications available about weeds and pests in Montana.
In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its annual farmland value estimates for 2021.
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation has announced that 31 tribes in 12 states will receive $9.9 million through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program.
Dairy farmers now have a new technology from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) that may become one of their key tools to reduce expenses and limit pollution.
Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have teamed up with NASA to use satellites to monitor the water cycle on Earth, specifically “evapotranspiration” — the amount of water …
For the first time ever, a sample of fresh U.S. chipping potatoes arrived in China and was displayed at a tradeshow in Shanghai.
PROSSER, Wash. – Good hops make good beer, so when hops improve, so does beer.
The sparkling crown, the bold, red jacket, the crystal-studded, black-hided sash — all staples of the iconic Miss American Angus.
U.S. exports of frozen potato products increased by 30% for the July-September 2021 quarter compared to 2020.
WASHINGTON — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association criticized the Biden administration’s repeal of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which provided regulatory certainty to farmers and …
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductees and award winners will be honored on Jan. 31 during the 13th annual banquet, which will precede the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention an…