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Montana Stockgrowers Association Announces Partnership with Hi-Country Beef Jerky

HELENA, Mont. (July 17, 2025) – ​​ The Montana Stockgrowers Association is excited to reintroduce its partnership with Hi-Country Beef Jerky. Hi-Country is offering a 30 percent discount for members who use the discount code MSGA30 at www.hicountry.com. “MSGA is excited to collaborate with Hi-Country to provide another benefit to our Montana ranching families. With … Read more

Montana Stockgrowers Members Celebrate Regional Environmental Stewardship Award Win

HELENA, Mont. (July 8, 2025) – ​​The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is honored to announce that its members, G&G Livestock and the Cathey Cattle Company, have been selected as one of six regional honorees of the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). The award, announced during the 2025 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in San Diego, … Read more

Are Public Lands For Sale?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Myth vs. Fact To view the current bill language to HR 1 visit: Section C – Lands Disclaimer: This document is based on the Sen. Lee amendment to Subtitle C – Lands as of 6/20/25 and is subject to change as new language is released. ❌ MYTH: The sale of … Read more

Hannah Alto Joins the MSGA Team as Summer Intern

HELENA, Mont. (May 24, 2024) – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) has selected Hannah Alto, an agricultural communications student at Texas Tech University, as MSGA’s 2024 summer intern. Alto will work with the marketing and communications team from May to August. Alto is a senior enrolled in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural … Read more

MSGA Raises Questions Regarding the BLM Utility-Scale Solar Plan

HELENA, Mont. (April 19, 2024) – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) submitted comments questioning multiple facets of the BLM’s Utility-Scale Solar Development Plan Draft Programmatic Impact Statement (PEIS). The plan includes a swath of alternatives detailing the agency’s criteria for approving solar development applications on agency managed land. The proposal includes a strong focus in … Read more

MSGA Opposes BLM’s Carbon Sequestration Project in Carter County

HELENA, Mont. (April 18, 2024) – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) recently submitted comments in opposition to the BLM Snowy River CO2 Sequestration Project Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM is planning to partner with Denbury Carbon Solutions to build a carbon storage facility in Carter County, Mont. The project would encompass 100,200 acres of land … Read more

Governor Gianforte Calls on Feds to Declare Drought Disaster Area in 11 Counties

Governor’s statewide disaster declaration remains in effect HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to identify 11 counties, including several in northwest Montana, as primary natural disaster areas. The governor’s statewide drought disaster declaration remains in effect. “With unusually low snowpack and hot, dry conditions in northwest Montana, … Read more