News and analyses related to agricultural policy relevant to Montana and the northern Great Plains.
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What’s going on with Whole Farm Revenue Protection?
In 2014, the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance product was introduced by the Risk…
How Much Could HOS and ELD Regulations Skew the Livestock Market?
Meghan Brence, recent graduate of Montana State University’s Agricultural Business program, contributed to this post.…
How Hours of Service and ELD Provisions Could Skew the Livestock Marketing Playing Field
Meghan Brence, recent graduate of Montana State University’s Agricultural Business program, contributed to this post.…
Hemp is the next big _______
In 2016, Montana had zero reported acres of industrial hemp. In 2018, Montana narrowly became…
New Report Shows Evidence of Tightening Farm Labor Supply
The government shutdown continues into its second week, and one of the primary issues is contention over…
Farm Workers and Health Care
I recently visited two Ag Worker Health & Services clinics to learn about health…
The Produce Safety Rule: Implications Differ for Small Producers
Shortly after I moved to Bozeman I toured Root Cellar Foods, a processing and distribution…
Montana, Natural Resources, and Dark Money
Money in politics has long been a controversial issue in America, but its importance has…
Rural Communities Are Likely to Feel Greater Impacts of New Tariffs, and It’s Not Because China Retaliated
Key Insights: The most recent 10% tariffs placed on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods…
Agricultural Export Prices Fell 5.3% in July 2018, Exactly As Economic Theory Indicates
Key insights: The July 2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics report on U.S. Import and Export…