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Cannabusiness in the Big Sky: Montana Hemp Update 2019
This spring I wrote about hemp as a relatively new, rapidly expanding crop in the…
USMCA to Increase Exports of Capital-Intensive Agricultural Products
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides important opportunities for U.S. agricultural producers. Canada and Mexico…
Dairy Margin Coverage in the 2018 Farm Bill
While dairies may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about…
ARC-Individual in the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills
A few months back, I discussed the 2018 farm bill and the fact that the…
What’s in the 2019 Market Facilitation Program?
The USDA recently provide additional details on the second iteration of the Market Facilitation Program…
Thoughts on how to Manage National Parks
There’s been increasing agitation in the last few years about the overcrowding of Yellowstone and…
Rising U.S. Farm Wages
In a recent study, my coauthors and I find that real U.S. farm wages would have…
China is still important to Montana and U.S. agriculture
With the ongoing saga regarding the China-US trade dispute, it’s easy to get consumed with…
Montana and the 2018 farm bill
Well, it’s farm bill time again. While legislation was passed late last year, many of…
How Much do Governments Subsidize Fossil Fuels?
Earlier this month the Billings Gazette reported that the US Department Energy (DOE), at the…