For those who have chosen to keep the start of calving to January and February, it has been an up and down season with weather hindering one day and giving
Impacts of the drought continue to compound for area producers as Central Montana heads in to late summer with little sight of substantial moisture. Many in the livestock industry are seeing October activities in August, as hay prices climb and the landscape sits dry, unable to produce grass. “This [year] is up there with some pretty bad conditions,” said Liz Bradshaw,