Farm Bill

Montana’s congressional delegation, and the state’s farmers and ranchers, are celebrating after the U.S. Senate gave approval to an $860 billion Farm Bill Tuesday. Versions of the bill have been under debate for weeks, but senators passed the current package on an 87-to-13 vote...

We spoke with Montana Farm Bureau National Affairs Director Nicole Rolf on Friday's Montana Talks to hear more about what they know about the agreement.

Q2 reports on a rare display of bipartisanship on Tuesday in Washington D.C. as Montana’s two U.S. Senators said the Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill looks– so far– like good news for Montana farmers and ranchers, with funding for crop insurance and ag-research stations, as well as some leeway for hemp farming...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has been traveling across the state hearing from Montanans about their needs, as Congress prepares to draft the next Farm Bill. KTVQ.com reports that Montana’s lone congressional Democrat visited Missoula this week on his Farm Bill listening tour...

Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester will begin holding listening sessions on the Farm Bill and other issues affecting Montanans in the federal government starting today in Billings.  Monday’s session, from 12:30 – 3 p.m., is scheduled for the Billings Public Library on N...