UNUSUALLY BITTER TEMPS, SNOW TRIGGER TOUGH, NEARLY FATAL CONDITIONS Well, we made it through the brunt of this year’s unusually harsh winter and onto the sweet, sweet springtime. Enduring nearly a month of a strong, arctic polar vortex sitting...
Feature Photo by Alexis Bonogofsky of a hemp farmer in Northeast Montana. Article written by Amanda Garant. Update on May 6, 2019 On May 3, 2019, Governor Steve Bullock signed all three of Senator Tom Jacobson's hemp bills. SB 176...
State Agencies, Private Businesses and Local Government work to increase hemp processing in Montana No longer is hemp a taboo topic, something whispered about behind closed doors over cups of coffee or shots of whiskey. Last summer, during the second...
Written by Laura Nowlin. Feature photo by Reba Ahlgren I have read several stories recently that make life in rural America seem pretty dismal – the population is aging and decreasing, everyone is poorly educated and addicted to drugs, and the land is either not...
People may be more spread out on the eastern half of the state, but they’re coming closer together. Group after group are working on community-level solutions to some of rural Montana’s most complicated problems. Check back this winter to find inspiration for...
As another year wraps up, Prairie Populist takes a look back at 2018. We covered stories from all four corners of the state and everything in between. We featured writers from the Musselshell Valley to Northwest Montana, from Fort Peck...
Crop Potential has Montana Farmers Seeing Green By guest contributor Alexis Bonogofsky It’s not every day that Montana farmers have an opportunity to grow a new crop that provides the raw material for more than 25,000 products found in homes...
The Holiday Weekend was a Time for Family -- and Hunting Thanksgiving represents a host of different traditions. The holiday weekend also brings special significance for many Montanans: the last few days of hunting season, which means we have just...
Farm Bill’s Conservation Programs Make Farmers and Ranchers Strong Conservationists The conservation programs featured in the federal farm bill have helped Montana’s farmers and ranchers become some of our state’s best conservationists. Those same conservation programs are designed to help...
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