LaneCast Ag Podcast

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, farm fairs which would be teeming with eager students have been nixed, but the Montana Farm Bureau is holding a virtual farm fair to bring the educational ag-related topics directly to your home. MFBF’s Promotion & Education Committee Chair Bonita Cremer shares how Montana Farm Bureau’s Virtual Farm Fair is scheduled to run on social media beginning May 11 and throughout that week.

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Montana Farm Bureau President Hans McPherson took a break from calving to talk cattle prices, COVID-19, anxiety in the countryside.

With a consensus that we are in or heading into a recession in the aftermath of the coronavirus, what impact will it have on the cattle markets? Ag economist Dr. Anton Bekkerman gives insight to the marketplace and looks to past recession trends on what may occur. Dr. Bekkerman is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University.

Click here for the full article: http://ageconmt.com/economic-recession-impacts-on-cattle-markets-lessons-from-2008/

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is president of the National Association of Attorney Generals. This week he spoke on the phone with U.S. Attorney General William Barr. They discussed price gouging and consumer protection in the wake of the coronavirus. Fox also brought up the livestock markets and concerns livestock producers have with meatpacker profits.

Montana Stockgrowers Association Exc. VP Jay Bodner shares an overview of MSGA's efforts during the COVID-19 situation, a new job opening with the association and plans for the 2020 Summer Business Meeting.

There has been a drop in the cattle markets in the wake of the coronavirus. Why is that? Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association gives insight into how his group is working to get to the bottom of the market losses cattle producers are experiencing. While also working with USDA to make sure a steady supply of beef continues to be restocked in the neighborhood grocery store.

Trina Jo Bradley and her husband ranch in the shadow of the Rocky Mountain Front near Valier, MT. Ranching comes with its own set of challenges. Ranching with grizzly bears makes things even harder. Trina gives insight on recent announcements from the Department of Interior. She also shares updates from her volunteer work on the Montana Grizzly Bear Advisory Council and USDA APHIS Wildlife Advisory Committee. https://www.facebook.com/trinajobradley/

John Wilkes is a former farmer from the United Kingdom. Wilkes now resides in Washington D.C. where he works as an international livestock industry consultant and journalist. He joins the Agriculture Conversation and gives insight on how the Brexit impacts agricultural trade, what U.S. agriculture can learn from UK and European farmers and consumers trends and much more!

During the 101st American Farm Bureau Convention in Austin, TX Montana Farm Bureau (MFBF) President Hans McPherson and Exec. V.P. John Youngberg joins the Agriculture Conversation. They share updates on issues from trade, metal healthcare, revitalizing rural America and much more. Tune into the conversation today!

A conversation with the leaders of the Pacific Northwest Canola Association. A new commodity group whose mission is to grow the canola industry in the Pacific Northwest (ID, MT, OR, and WA) through education, advocacy, and marketing.