Early March still means cold water on Montana’s Stillwater River, but stabilizing flows and a gradual warming trend are helping trout show more activity. Here’s what’s working now, what to watch as spring approaches, and how to time your trip for improving conditions.
As North Central Montana waters warm after ice-out, anglers are reporting the jig bite is back. In a new FISH HEAD ASSASSIN video, the host breaks down what’s driving the uptick—plus how jig choice and cadence can turn lookers into biters.
Early 2026 crop insurance price signals may improve soybeans’ revenue-protection outlook relative to corn. Even in Montana, where corn and soy acres are smaller than the Midwest, those benchmarks can influence irrigated crop budgets, feed planning, basis expectations, and what lenders and landlords want to see in tight-margin years.
Live and feeder cattle futures closed the week with sharp Friday losses—feeders hit harder. Here’s what it could mean for Montana calf and yearling bids, basis, and risk-management decisions heading into spring marketing.
Montana’s sale barns still set the weekly tone for price discovery, but more cattle are moving through private treaty deals, dispersal/estate sales, and straight-across trades. Here’s how these off-auction channels can help ranchers manage freight, timing, biosecurity, and risk—without losing momentum on cash flow.
Cattle futures ended the week with a sharp selloff in both live and feeder contracts. While Montana cash prices don’t move tick-for-tick with the board, a late-week futures break can quickly change buyer behavior, basis, and the tone of early-week bids from the Hi-Line to the Yellowstone Valley.
Across Montana, the sale barn still anchors weekly price discovery—but more ranchers are using off-auction options like private treaty, dispersals, and direct load-lot deals to match timing, genetics, and delivery windows. Here’s how these deals work, where they’re showing up, and what paperwork and verification can make or break them.
Friday’s commodity board action sent a mixed message for the Northern Rockies: grain futures climbed while cattle contracts finished sharply lower. Reports indicate corn, soybeans, soybean products and Chicago wheat all closed higher on March 6, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures ended the day down. For Montana, that split matters. Higher grain can […]
Friday’s board action sent a mixed signal for Montana agriculture: grain contracts pushed higher while cattle futures took a step back. Reports indicate the day’s closing values showed strength in corn, soybeans, soybean products, and wheat, while live cattle and feeder cattle contracts ended sharply lower. For Montana ranchers, that combination matters because it can […]
Explore the excitement and techniques behind catching a 33-inch walleye in a creek.