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2020 Montana Crop Acreage Trends
2020 has already been a pretty bizarre year, for a number of reasons. With crop…
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) in Montana
Over the next week, Montana Farm Service Agency is running two webinars covering the details…
8 Charts About the Opportunities and Challenges for Montana’s Organic Sector
I was recently invited to be part of a panel at the 2019 Montana Organic…
Cannabusiness in the Big Sky: Montana Hemp Update 2019
This spring I wrote about hemp as a relatively new, rapidly expanding crop in the…
Are You Overpaying for Wine?
Wine. It’s an iconic product and a frequent staple at social gathering. It can also…
Value-Added and Direct-to-Consumer Sales: Montana Highlights from the 2017 Agricultural Census
The results of the 2017 USDA Ag Census were released last week. (Both Anton and…
Hemp is the next big _______
In 2016, Montana had zero reported acres of industrial hemp. In 2018, Montana narrowly became…
The Produce Safety Rule: Implications Differ for Small Producers
Shortly after I moved to Bozeman I toured Root Cellar Foods, a processing and distribution…
Are there barriers to crop insurance usage in organic and diversified operations?
Recent posts by Kate and Joe have provided information on growth in organic acreage and…
Trends in Organic Agriculture
I love ag trade shows in a big way. Lately I’ve been following the happenings…