Farming
Winter Wheat Whiplash: What Price Volatility Could Mean for Montana Acres This Spring
Montana grain country is heading into spring with a familiar problem: winter wheat prices that can’t seem to settle down for long.…
Farming
Montana Producers Weigh Early Fertilizer Buys as Input Prices Stay Jumpier Than Grain
Reports from other grain states suggest a familiar lesson is resurfacing this year: the producers who bought fertilizer early are sleeping better…
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Biofuel policy shifts ripple into Montana feed, freight, and fertilizer costs
Montana producers don’t need to be selling corn into California to feel the pull of biofuel policy. Reports indicate that as low-carbon…
Farming
Rising Inputs, Unsteady Markets: Montana Producers Feel the Squeeze From the Hi-Line to the Yellowstone
Across Montana, the story producers keep coming back to in coffee shops and sale barns isn’t just cattle prices or hay yields—it’s…
Farming
Montana Growers Eye Fertilizer Market Power as Input Bills Stay High
Montana farmers are heading into another planning cycle with a familiar problem: fertilizer remains one of the biggest line items on the…
Farming
DOJ Scrutiny of Fertilizer Giants Puts Montana Input Costs Back in the Spotlight
Fertilizer has been one of the most stubborn line items in farm budgets since the price spikes of the early 2020s. Now,…
Farming
Feds eye fertilizer pricing as Montana growers brace for another high-cost season
Montana producers are heading into another planning cycle with fertilizer still near the top of the worry list. Reports indicate the U.S.…
Farming
Fertilizer Prices Under the Microscope: What a Federal Probe Could Mean for Montana Farms
Montana producers have spent the last few seasons juggling high interest rates, volatile cattle markets, and weather that can turn on a…
Farming
Fertilizer prices in the spotlight: What a federal antitrust probe could mean for Montana fields and hay ground
Montana producers have been living with high input costs for several seasons, and fertilizer remains one of the biggest line items for…