Pasta Montana opened a new $6.5 million processing line this week and marked it’s 20th anniversary in Great Falls. The 91,000 square-foot facility employs 115 people and will increase production capacity from 55 to 80 million pounds of pasta annually, according to the company. “Our new production line will move 4,850 pounds of pasta per hour, and operate 24 hours
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holding a meeting tonight to discuss opportunities for grazing relief on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in response to the fire emergency in the Lodgepole Complex. On July 24, 2017, soon after the Lodgepole Complex fire in Montana began, FWS began identifying opportunities to help local ranchers impacted by fire. Refuge Manager,
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it is suspending the 30-day livestock ownership requirement due to sever drought conditions in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Livestock Risk Protection Basic Provisions contain language requiring livestock to be owned by the producer within the last 30 days of the insurance period or the policy is terminated with premium
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For the first hour or so, a herd of goats was barely visible among weedy overgrowth on the eastern side of Malmstrom Air Force Base. But after arriving Monday afternoon, the Spanish Boer Cross goats will make quick of the patch that’s roughly a third of an acre before being moved to a neighboring section within 24 hours. The goats are
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The U.S. has suspended all imports of fresh beef from Brazil due to continuing concerns about the safety of the products intended for the American market. The suspension will remain in place until the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture takes corrective action which the U.S. Department of Agriculture find satisfactory, according to a Thursday evening news release. “Ensuring the safety of
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American beef is another step closer to reaching the Chinese market. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it had reached an agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to start exporting beef to China for the first time since 2003. The announcement is part of the U.S.-China 100-day action plan
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