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Andy Schwab

Billings

Broadcaster at Northern Ag Network

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  • 2 days ago | northernag.net | Andy Schwab

    by Andy Schwab June 6, 2025 June 6, 2025 4 Wyoming’s elected officials are welcoming news that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will revisit the controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP), which governs the use of more than 3.6 million acres in southwest Wyoming. The BLM announced it will soon issue a Notice of Intent to amend the plan, offering a fresh round of public input. The move follows months of sharp criticism from state leaders who argued the Biden Administration’s...

  • 1 week ago | northernag.net | Andy Schwab

    Ag News StoriesGrain NewsNews by Andy Schwab May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 3 In cooperation with a producer-driven advisory committee, the Montana Department of Agriculture will soon deliver paper ballots to known Montana canola growers to voice their opinion on the establishment of a $0.10 per hundredweight ($0.05 per bushel) checkoff program. The proposed checkoff is both voluntary and refundable. The estimated revenue based on current production figures will be approximately $265,000 annually....

  • 2 weeks ago | northernag.net | Andy Schwab

    Representatives of the entire U.S. red meat supply chain gathered in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday as the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) opened its Spring Conference. USMEF Chair Steve Hanson, a rancher, cattle feeder and grain farmer from southwestern Nebraska, welcomed members with an optimistic message, despite heightened uncertainty in the trade policy arena.

  • 2 weeks ago | northernag.net | Andy Schwab

    Although agriculture groups are concerned that an expected report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission will attack pesticides, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee the report would not “jeopardize that business model.”A pending release of a report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission that is rumored to call for an end to the use of pesticides, including glyphosate-based Roundup, has the agriculture world reeling with concern.

  • 3 weeks ago | northernag.net | Andy Schwab

    by Andy Schwab May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025 1 The “One Big Beautiful Bill” stalled Friday when five House Republicans sided with Democrats in the House Budget Committee and voted against merging and advancing the budget reconciliation bill. The package meant to extend and expand on the 2017 tax cuts also includes provisions to improve the farm safety net, while cutting spending on programs such as $880 billion from Medicaid and roughly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

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