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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…
Forecasting Portland Soft White Wheat Prices
The following is a summary of an undergraduate research project conducted by Jamie Douglas, an…
Montana Wheat and Barley Planted Varieties: A Visual Overview for 2019
Wheat and barley are two of the most economically important crops produced in Montana. Buyers…
The 2019 wheat market looks a lot like it did in 2016
Back in August 2016, I wrote a post that started off as, “Despite the one…
What’s in the 2019 Market Facilitation Program?
The USDA recently provide additional details on the second iteration of the Market Facilitation Program…
Montana and the 2018 farm bill
Well, it’s farm bill time again. While legislation was passed late last year, many of…
To Pea or Not to Pea? That Is the 2019 Planting Question
If Hamlet had been a farmer in 2019, perhaps he would also struggle with making…
Pulse Crop Prices Dropped by 30-50%. Are Pulses Being Replaced by Wheat in Montana ?
The 2018/19 marketing year has been a rough one for U.S. pulse crop producers. Relative…
New Tool for Tracking Wheat Prices and Basis: msuextension.org/basis
Note: This post also appears in the latest issue of Lives and Landscapes. The MSU…