Passenger and freight traffic across Montana’s northern border fell sharply in the first 11 months of 2025, with commercial freight seeing the sharpest decline from a for comparable periods in at least 30 years. The number of inbound people crossing also saw the steepest year-overyear percentage declines of recent decades outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation

The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced the appointment of five leaders in agriculture to serve on the Montana USDA Farm Service Agency state committee. Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and, in support of the Trump Administration’s Farmers First commitment, members of the FSA state committee are responsible for the oversight of