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ROBERTS 鈥?Hay is a hot commodity for farmers now because of a nationwide shortage, spurred by a drought from three years ago, the heavy rain this year, and continued high commodity prices, a Roberts rancher explained Wednesday. Tyson and Sadie Ropp own the Double Cross Cattle Company in Roberts, a one-stop shop for custom ag whether its fencing, feed supply, or hay production.They can barely keep up with the demand. Its been pretty high. We had a real bad drought about three years ago and hay production was next to zero, said Tyson Ropp.Though theyve successfully been playing catch up, Montana ranchers like the Ropps are now dealing with a new problem from Mother Nature. Alina Hauter/MTN News
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BILLINGS 鈥?MSU Billings announced Thursday that enrollment decreased 2 percent for the fall semester.The class count shows 4,315 students, down 86 compared to the 2017 fall semester. The number of full-time equivalent students was 3.9 percent bel
jordan ow the target 鈥?a key figure because thats the metric used by the state to determine funding based on enrollment. I knew when I started as Chancellor that long-term work is needed to grow MSU Billings, MSUB Chancellor Dan Edelman said in a news release. We have a number of initiatives underway that aim to impact future enrollment numbers. The total includes 2,749 students at the main campus and 1,566 at City College.MSUB has 3,960 undergraduate students and 355 graduate students.Dual enrollment, a program that allows high school students to take college classes, has increased 16.7 percent with 544 students.Also, Yellowstone County enrollment at 2,474 is the highest in four years.The College of Education and the College of Allied Health Professions
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We here at Scripps News take time each week to respond to some of the calls you ve placed to our Viewer Hotline, and judging from what we ve heard, the upcoming presidential election is top of mind. Particularly, former President Donald Trump s civil fraud trial in
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During this Mental Health Awareness Month, we re highlighting challenges brought on children. Not only by the pandemic, but also by racial tension and the police killings of Black and Latino adults and children. They re seein
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HELENA 鈥?On Tuesday, Central Elementary School teachers, students, and parents all laced up their shoes and got out the door bright and early to participate in the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. We re walking to school for Ruby today because she is an important figure in history, and for the students to be able to incorporate history and walk with her in her ideals, we are able to teach them even a deeper understanding of what we want in equa
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MISSOULA 鈥?Two Montana conservation groups are following through with their suit challenging the recently-enacted Flathead National Forest Plan, saying the new rules dont do enough to protect habitat for grizzly b
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af1 fort to come up with new land use approach for the millions of acres that cover the forest, including amendments to protect grizzlies of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.But a few weeks ago the Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan indicated they were going to file suit challenging the plan, saying it didnt do enough to protect habitat for grizzlies
jordan , and the endangered bull trout, which is found in waters along the Divide.Earthjustice filed suit in U.S. District Court in Missoula on Monday, saying the finished plan violates the Endangered Species Actand the National Environmental Policy Act.Earthjustice attorneys say the US Forest Service should be removing old roads in the Flathead, not building new ones that threaten grizzlies. Reporting by Dennis Bragg for MTN News Copyright 2024 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,