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Statewide summit looks at local food and agriculture
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (270+ words) Farmers harvest wheat in farmland along Columbia Falls Stage. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE) The Grow Montana Coalition is set to host the third Governor's Summit on Local Food and Agriculture on Oct. 23 - 24 in Helena. " Held every 10 years, the…...
Children’s book about world’s largest steam tractor aims to inspire
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (721+ words) Smoke billows from the stack of the steam-powered tractor as it chugs along, sounding like a train locomotive. At a top speed of just under 6 mph, the 150 Case Road Locomotive moves methodically but is mighty in strength as it's able…...
Bailout Band-Aid can’t fix Republican tariff problem
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (324+ words) Trump's tariff war caused irreparable damage to agricultural markets. Costs for fertilizer, seed and equipment skyrocketed and essential items became harder to get. When harvests came this year, American farmers lost billions in sales to the tariff war." Every business…...
Flathead farmers grow regenerative agriculture practices with grant
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (889+ words) From left to right, Matthew Kyle and his son Cameron, Pam Gerwe, Ellen Mering and Emily Farr and her daughter Willow at their Falls Farm Co-op booth at the Columbia Falls Community Market in Sep. 2025. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)…...
Small batch vanilla products rooted in Montana
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1423+ words) Meggen Wilson, of Pine & Palm Kitchen, chops Madagascar vanilla beans while making her small-batch vanilla products on Thursday, July 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Meggen Wilson, of Pine & Palm Kitchen, holds a Madagascar vanilla bean while making her…...
Families partner to open pick your own blueberry farm
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (625+ words) Chris Rash walks among the newly planted berry bushes on July 7, 2025. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Alvin and Danica Young, left, and Chris and Stephanie Rash, right, at their new blueberry farm outside of Kalispell on July 7, 2025. (Kate Heston/Daily…...
Northwest Montana farmers say canola remains a marketable and reliable crop
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1406+ words) Canola blooms in a field along Steel Bridge Road. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE) A closeup of flowering canola off of Steel Bridge Road. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Tryg Koch with Heritage Farms shows the part of the…...
Student-run microgreen business sprouts at Whitefish High School
11+ mon, 1+ hour ago (1234+ words) Charlotte Wallace works alongside another student to harvest microgreens in the CSE Friday. (Julie Engler/Whitefish Pilot) A package of 4th and Pine microgreens with a student-designed sticker. (Julie Engler/Whitefish Pilot) For years, agriculture classes at Whitefish High School have…...