LaneCast Ag Podcast

What is the status of U.S. beef exports to Asia? Joel Haggard senior vice president for the Asia Pacific with U.S. Meat Export Federation gives his insight. Based in Hong Kong, Haggard oversees USMEF marketing and market access activities for all Asian markets and Oceania, and can address questions specific to key markets such as China/Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Raised on the family farm near Polson, MT, Alison Vergeront has deep roots in agriculture. She has served as agricultural liaison and field representative for U.S. Senator Steve Daines for the past six years. Starting Jan. 1, 2021 she will begin a new career as the Montana Grain Growers Association’s new executive vice president.

Montana Farmers Union and its partners are purchasing a mobile meat harvest unit. The mobile processing facility will become part of the first of its kind meat processing curriculum in the country that teaches meat processing from harvest to retail at Montana State University-Northern in Havre, MT. The mission of the collaboration is to produce more local food.

A report by the Montana Natural Resource Coalition addresses a request by the American Prairie Reserve to convert BLM grazing leases from traditional livestock production to indigenous animal or bison uses. MTNRC President and Fergus County Commission Ross Butcher shares more on what the grassroots report is about.

The Department of the Interior has removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list, signaling a successful recovery under the Endangered Species Act. The Public Lands Councils Exec. Dir. Kaitlynn Glover discusses how states and tribal governments will now take over the management of gray wolves. She also shares how the delisting is a win for livestock producers, sportsmen, conservationists, states in a full recovery of the species.

The first female from Montana to become a Natl' FFA Officer, Mamie Hertel discusses her year of service in the time of COVID-19.

Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Aurelia Skipwith discusses grizzly bear management in Montana and surrounding states among other issues.

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach was in Montana to announce a new draft policy for Brucella research. He shares more on the efforts to eradicate the disease in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

The 7th Annual Montana Ewe Sale and the 95th Annual Montana Ram Sale will be held on September 16 and 17 in Miles City, MT.
Leah Johnson, Executive Secretary for the Montana Wool Growers Association, discusses this year's sale.
https://mtsheep.org/95th-annual-montana-ram-sale/

On September 4th, 2020 the State of Montana Declared a State of Fire Emergency. The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) Executive Officer Mike Honeycutt shares insight on exemptions livestock producers have udder the declaration.
https://westernagnetwork.com/montana-declares-state-of-fire-emergency-exemptions-for-livestock-producers