U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has helped introduced the “Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.” The bill is part of Daines’ efforts to return fairness to the cattle marketplace dominated by four major meat packers. “We must bring transparency to the cattle market to ensure Montana ranchers are competing on a level playing field and receiving the fairest price for their beef.

Dr. Jeff Mosley, MSU Extension, talked to a packed room in the Grazing Management; Decisions After Sever Drought workshop at the Montana Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Billings last week. In his presentation, Mosely explained that drought is an inevitable part of normal climate fluctuations in the semi-arid rangeland that exists in Montana. “The severe drought in 2021 makes it necessary

American Express has announced its 12th annual Small Business Saturday, which will take place Nov. 27. The campaign, part of the company’s goal to drive $100 billion in reported consumer spending at small businesses from 2021 through 2025, features a series of initiatives to drive consumers to Shop Small during the holiday season, including: • New nationwide marketing campaign and new ways

The Fort Peck Tribes will have its Food Sovereignty Day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, in the Greet the Dawn Auditorium at the Fort Peck Community College in Poplar. The day will feature the documentary film, “Gather,” which depicts the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim identity through food. Lunch and dinner will be served. The day will include art vendors,

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff is on pace to collect a record number of chronic wasting disease samples from deer, elk and moose this year. Between July 1 and Nov. 12, FWP staff collected 3,147 CWD samples, of which 1,613 were from the 2021 priority sampling areas located in northwestern, northcentral, southwestern and southcentral Montana. This is above last year’s 2,966 collected

The Biden administration reversed course, suspending its implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers after previously telling businesses they should proceed despite a court-ordered pause. A federal court order instructed OSHA to “take no steps to implement or enforce” its Emergency Temporary Standard until the court

As many prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and look ahead at a busy holiday season, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors across the country to harness their humanity by giving blood in the coming weeks. As a result of low blood donor turnout in recent months, the Red Cross is heading into the holidays with its lowest blood supply in more than a decade at this time of year. The ongoing

Culbertson, Glasgow, Nashua and Scobey Jobs for Montana Graduates are participating in an effort to put together totes for children heading into foster care. Their goal is to be able to present a total of 20 totes with suggested supplies to the Department of Public Health and Human Services offices in Glasgow and Wolf Point. “Janice Rorvik from Nashua contacted us last year to see if we would