Matthew Brown

Associated Press

When Filling Automation Wins

When Filling Automation Wins

August 1, 2026

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Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Food Poisoning Cases

August 21, 2026

The Axen AX4™ is a practical four-gas monitor designed by Industrial Scientific to help organizations protect workers with dependable gas detection that is easy to deploy, use and maintain.

Industrial Scientific Introduces 4-Gas Monitor for Everyday Industrial Work

August 20, 2026

Illegal Cookie Factory Caught Substituting Charcoal for Cocoa

August 20, 2026

When Filling Automation Wins

When Filling Automation Wins

See how automated bulk bag filling and palletizing helped eliminate labor challenges and improve output.

August 1, 2026

A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed, July 15, 2025, in Chicago.

Trump Administration Seeks to Roll Back Protections for Imperiled Species and Their Habitats

Agencies would have to craft species-specific rules for protections.

November 20, 2025

Buffalo manager Robert Magnan, center, field dresses a bison at the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes Buffalo Ranch near Wolf Point, Mont., Nov. 10, 2025.

Tribes that Restored Buffalo Killed Some to Feed People Because of the Shutdown

The Fort Peck tribal government authorized killing 30 bison — about 12,000 pounds of meat.

November 13, 2025

In this photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wildlife officials release five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Colo.

Wolf Pack Blamed in Colorado Livestock Attacks Captured, Will Be Relocated

The capture of the Copper Creek pack marks an early stumble in a voter-driven initiative to restore wolves to the state.

September 10, 2024

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White House Moves to Make Conservation, Industry Equal on Public Lands

Critics called the measure a backdoor way to exclude mining, energy and agriculture from government acreage.

April 19, 2024

A sheep, nicknamed 'Montana Mountain King,' that was part of unlawful scheme to create large, hybrid species of wild sheep for sale to hunting preserves in Texas.

Montana Rancher Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Create 'Giant' Hybrid Sheep

He was charged with wildlife trafficking and conspiracy to traffic wildlife.

March 14, 2024

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., at the Capitol in Washington, June 23, 2021.

Ranchers Push Back on Land Leasing Changes

The proposal would allow conservationists and others to lease federally owned land to restore it.

May 16, 2023

Cattle graze along the Missouri River near Fort Benton, Mont., Sept. 19, 2011.

Proposal Would Let Conservationists Lease Public Lands

The measure would put conservation groups on equal footing with ranchers or oil and gas producers.

May 15, 2023

Some of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison wait in a corral near Golden, Colo., March 15, 2023.

U.S. Tribes Get Bison as They Seek to Restore Bond

Dozens of bison from a Colorado park were transferred to tribes from across the Great Plains.

March 16, 2023

A bison calf with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., Sept. 27, 2022.

U.S. to Focus Bison Restoration on Tribal Herds

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the bison remains “functionally extinct.”

March 6, 2023

A U.S. Air Force installation surrounded by farmland near Harlowton, Mont., Feb. 7, 2023.

U.S., States Weigh Farmland Restrictions After Chinese Balloon

Some worry that power over agriculture and the food supply could end up in the wrong hands.

February 8, 2023

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Montana Beef on China's Largest Online Retailer

The scope of the agreement is relatively small compared to Montana's overall cattle market.

November 9, 2017