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From USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana has set an Oct. 29, 2021, application cutoff for agricultural operators to be considered for the next conservation program funding cycle. The cutoff date applies to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program — EQIP — Conservation Stewardship Program-Classic — CSP — and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program —RCPP. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forestland...
From USDA Farm Service Center BOZEMAN — Agricultural producers in Montana can now sign up to receive free email and text messages directly from their local U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center for information related to loans, farm disaster assistance, conservation programs, crop insurance and other USDA programs. USDA is expanding the service that the Farm Service Agency has used for years to now include local information from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Risk Management Agency, and other USDA a...
Press release Small-scale farmers, food processors and distributors, and farmers markets have been financially impacted by COVID-19 may be able to access up to $20,000 to recover costs related to the pandemic. The National Center for Appropriate Technology — NCAT — is helping food producers access the dollars through the USDA’s Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program. Applications will open in early October. Producers should get prepared for the application period now. People who operate a small farm producing speci...
From U. S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday it will establish an Equity Commission and is requesting nominations for membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee and Equity Commission Subcommittee on Agriculture. The notice represents an important step towards implementing President Joe Biden’s commitment to create an Equity Commission and the American Rescue Plan Act provision that directs USDA to “address historical discrimination and disparities in the a...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks GLASGOW - Although most hunters respect the land, property and wildlife they are hunting, others may not. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 Citizens Advisory Council, recognizing that this is an ongoing issue, raised the need to annually remind hunters to be good stewards of the land and respect both private and public property. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area boxes, hunters...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff answer thousands of questions every year from both new and experienced hunters. A new online resource is now available to answer many of those questions and connect hunters with helpful information as they plan their hunt. FWP has created a frequently asked questions guidebook to help make many aspects of hunting in Montana easier to understand, especially for people who are new to hunting in the state. This guidebook is one of several other online...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted at its meeting Aug. 20 regulations for Montana’s first traditional muzzleloader season. House Bill 242 was passed in the 2021 Legislative Session and established a nine-day muzzleloader heritage hunting season for deer and elk that begins on the second Saturday following the end of the regular season. For 2021, the season is Dec. 11 to Dec. 19. To address this new statute, the commission adopted the following regulations, most of whi...
Press release The Fish and Wildlife Commission at its meeting Aug. 20 approved changes to elk shoulder seasons in several hunting districts. All changes apply to this coming hunting season. However, no early shoulder seasons were added. Elk shoulder season changes made by the commission are: • a shoulder season in hunting district 314 that applies to LPT 314-00 only and is not valid on public lands; • extending shoulder season to Feb. 15, 2022 for HDs 262, 290, 298, 314, 390, 391, 393, 411 east of Montana Highway 238 onl...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Potential hunting regulation changes for 2022 and 2023 are available online for the public to review. The proposed changes are coming now during the normal biennial season setting year to help make Montana’s hunting regulations simpler and easier to understand. To see the potential changes and make comment, people can visit https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/public-comment-opportunities/hunting-reg-changes online. Over the last several weeks, FWP biologists have worked on the potential c...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The newest program in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture is set to host its inaugural agricultural production symposium Thursday, Oct. 7. The symposium, “Calving Season: When is Optimal for Your Ranch?” will be hosted by the Dan Scott Ranch Management Program, a program of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences, which offers the college’s newest undergraduate degree in ranching systems. It will be all-day event from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The day’s agenda includes a presentat...
From USDA Farm Service Agency WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing additional time for livestock and poultry producers to apply for the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program, or PLIP. Producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing may now apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals through Oct. 12, 2021, rather than the original deadline of Sept. 17. PLIP is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers ini...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson and Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm unveiled Tuesday a joint resource guide to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services. “Access to quality, affordable child care and early learning opportunities is imperative for rural America. It enables parents to work, str...
Sept. 30: 2022 NAP application for coverage deadline for annual fall-seeded crops, perennial forage and grazing, mixed forage crops (including spring seeded annual types of mixed forage), rye, speltz, triticale, wheat and garlic Oct. 12: Last day of Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) Signup Oct. 12: Deadline to apply for or modify applications for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 signup. Visit http://farmers.gov/cfap for details on all eligible commodities and additional program resources. Producers have multipl...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday it will soon publish Requests for Applications — RFAs — for new grant programs — the Pandemic Response and Safety or PRS Grant program and the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant program — to support agricultural stakeholders who haven’t yet received substantial federal financial assistance in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The grant programs will provide assistance to small businesses...
From USDA Farm Service Agency WASHINGTON — In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program — ELAP — to immediately cover feed transportation costs for drought impacted ranchers. USDA’s Farm Service Agency will provide more details and tools to help ranchers get ready t...
Staff and wire report The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Chouteau and Liberty counties as primary disasters area due to drought. The secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — As established in House Bill 93 signed during the 2021 legislative session, the Montana Department of Agriculture can now certify additional materials, such as gravel, as being free of noxious weeds. Administrative rules for Noxious Weed Free Materials were recently adopted following a public hearing and comment period that received no comments, although industry groups have expressed support for certifying materials beyond forage. “Laying the groundwork for more materials to...
From Montana Farm Services Agency Intermediary lenders can now apply for loans through the new Heirs’ Property Relending Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications today through Oct. 29 and cooperatives, credit unions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply for these competitive loans, which ultimately will help agricultural producers and landowners resolve heirs’ land ownership and succession issues. “Heirs’ property issues have long been a barrier for many producers and landown...
From https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Montana Sept. 17 is the last day of Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program — PLIP — signup. Sept. 30: 2022 NAP application for coverage deadline for annual fall-seeded crops, perennial forage and grazing, mixed forage crops (including spring seeded annual types of mixed forage), rye, speltz, triticale, wheat and garlic. Oct. 12: Deadline to apply for or modify applications for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 signup. Visit http://farmers.gov/cfap for details on all eligible com...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has accepted 2.8 million acres in offers from agricultural producers and private landowners for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program in 2021. This year, almost 1.9 million acres in offers have been accepted through the General CRP Signup, and USDA’s Farm Service Agency has accepted more than 897,000 acres for enrollment through the Continuous Signup. The Continuous Signup remains open and CRP Grasslands Signup closed in Aug...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly trade forecast released yesterday shows that U.S. agricultural exports not only continue at a record-setting pace for fiscal year 2021, but that they will eclipse the 2021 total in fiscal year 2022. The August forecast is USDA’s first look at expected exports for FY 2022. “As we work to build back better, exports remain a vital engine spurring growth in the U.S. economy. America’s farmers, ranchers and processors are the world’s be...
From https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Montana Today, Sept. 1: 2022 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) application for coverage deadline for all canola (winter and spring seeded) and value-loss crops such as nursery, christmas trees, grass sod, ginseng, aquaculture, floriculture, root stock sets and mushrooms Sept. 17: Last day of Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) Signup Sept. 30: 2022 NAP application for coverage deadline for annual fall-seeded crops, perennial forage and grazing, mixed forage...
From Montana Farm Service Agency People who have suffered excessive livestock death losses and grazing or feed losses due to recent wildfires may may be eligible for disaster assistance programs through the USDA Farm Service Agency. The Livestock Indemnity Program offers payments for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program provides emergency relief for losses due to feed or water shortages, disease, adverse...
Note: This was provided by the office of Sen. Jon Tester Amid disastrous drought and a catastrophic wildfire season, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., this month introduced their bipartisan Livestock Disaster Relief Act to ensure that ranchers receive the necessary relief to recover from future disasters. “We are experiencing a devastating drought that has touched every corner of Montana and put a real hurt on livestock producers in our state,” said Tester. “This bipartisan bill will beef up criti...
From U.S. Department of Agricultre WASHINGTON — Organic producers and handlers can now apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture funds to assist with the cost of receiving or maintaining organic certification. Applications for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program are due Nov. 1. People can visit https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/occsp/index ....
