Montana farming news, insights, and analysis covering the crops, markets, weather, and innovations shaping agriculture across Big Sky Country. This section of Montana Outdoor News focuses on the farmers who produce Montana’s wheat, barley, hay, pulses, and specialty crops, along with the equipment, irrigation systems, and agronomic practices that keep operations productive from the Hi-Line to the Yellowstone Valley.
Here you’ll find updates on Montana crop conditions, planting and harvest progress, market trends affecting grain and hay prices, drought and water outlooks, agricultural policy developments, and the technology transforming modern farming. We also highlight the challenges and opportunities facing Montana producers, including soil health, input costs, labor, and changing climate patterns.
Whether you’re a farmer, landowner, ag professional, or simply interested in the agricultural backbone of rural Montana, this category delivers timely reporting and practical insights on the people and operations driving Montana’s farming industry.
Grain markets have been sending a message lately: pricing opportunities may be opening back up. Reports indicate soybeans have been trading around…
Reports from national market outlets indicate soybeans traded higher overnight alongside a sharp move up in crude oil. Montana producers don’t raise…
Across the Northern Plains, reports indicate agricultural land values have stayed firmer than many producers expected, even with higher interest rates and…
Grain and livestock futures finished mixed on March 10, with cattle contracts showing notable strength while several grain contracts drifted lower. Reports…
USDA’s latest supply-and-demand update kept projected U.S. ending stocks for corn, soybeans, and wheat essentially unchanged from the previous month, according to…
Reports out of national water-quality research circles suggest something important for working producers: changes in what gets grown—and how plants use nitrogen—may…
Grain futures ended the session without a clear direction, with soybeans and wheat finishing mixed and corn giving back some earlier strength.…
Grain futures ended the day with a split personality: soybeans and wheat were mixed, while corn gave back part of its earlier…
Short-stature corn isn’t a new idea in plant breeding, but it’s getting fresh attention after reports from the 2026 Commodity Classic that…
Montana’s spring moisture can boost winter wheat tillering, help spring wheat get established, and improve hay and pasture growth—but stacked storms and…