Agriculture

Montana farmers planted fewer acres of wheat this year than they have in the past, thanks to significantly lower prices last year for the crop.

This year’s crop across the country is just under 46 million acres, the smallest since 1919.

State climatologist Kelsey Jencso says what folks are seeing this summer -- extreme fires, sudden droughts, snowpacks melting quickly -- may be a vision of Montana’s future.

On the final episode of the first season of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small makes a tough call on his late-planted barley crop.

On this episode of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small's ranch is threatened by a fire that has already burned more than 30,000 acres.

On this episode of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small gets together with relatives at a family reunion that drew hundreds.

On this episode of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small tries to work out how to run his ranch with a busted knee.

On this episode of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small’s bulldogging event goes awry.

On this episode of Field Days, Northern Cheyenne rancher Sterling Small talks about branding his cattle with three dozen relatives and a faulty vaccination gun.