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Montana confirms avian influenza in a Ravalli County flock, its second detection of 2026

The Montana Department of Livestock confirmed HPAI on 17 September in a small commercial chicken flock, the state's first since January; with autumn migration raising the risk from wild waterfowl, the department urges owners to house birds, tighten biosecurity, check flocks twice a day and report su

Northern Ag Network18 September 20262 min read

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Montana Stockgrowers move to join the court fight over American Prairie's bison

MSGA and the South Phillips Grazing Districts have asked to intervene in American Prairie Foundation v. Department of the Interior, which challenges the BLM's May finding that the group's 900-plus bison are conservation animals rather than production livestock under the Taylor Grazing Act; a 4 Septe

Northern Ag Network17 September 20262 min read