Farm income plummeting

Kristen Inbody | Great Falls Tribune

Net farm income is expected to be half what it was four years ago, the National Farmers Union reported.

Household income meanwhile is projected to be down $1,400, according to to Montana Grass Roots, the publication of the Montana Farmers Union.

The National Farmers Union launched the Farm Crisis Center in response, farmcrisis.nfu.org.

Teens pitch in on LDS farm

GERALDINE – Young members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent a couple hours working on the church’s durum farm as part of a youth gathering in Great Falls.

They picked rock and cleared shelter belts, among other tasks, the River Press reported.

The Mormon Church is one of the largest landowners in the state. It has 51 “welfare farms” in the country, one of which is in Montana.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/money/2016/06/21/who-owns-montana-top-10-landowners/86179936/

North African grain buyers check out Chouteau County crops

FORT BENTON – Grain buyers from Morocco and Algeria visited Fort Benton in May for an education in Montana grain, from farming to processing to storing.

The group was particularly interested in hard red winter and spring wheats and durum, the River Press reported.

