First cutting proves challenging, in typical Montana fashion By Laura Nowlin The sweet smell of fresh air and fresh cut hay remain a rancher’s favorite smells. Windrows of hay down and bales churning out of baler are a rancher’s favorite...

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...

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...

Ryan and Haven Linder embody the plus side of raising your kids back on the Farm. Ryan’s graduating class was twelve, Haven’s was four. And there’s a lot of joy in that. There is so much talk of how we...