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The Montana Department of Agriculture proposed admininstrative rulemaking for these two rules in Issue 6 of the Montana Administrative Register (MAR). Both proposal notices and their public hearing information can be viewed at the Secretary of State’s website at: https://sosmt.gov/arm/register/. A Public Hearing will be held via teleconference on April 17, 2020 at 10:30am. Concerned persons may submit their data, views, or arguments either orally or in writing at the public hearings.

The Montana Pulse Crop Advisory Committee will meet via Skype/Phone teleconference on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 1:00pm. The Director of the department will be giving an update. Contact Virginia Corbett for Call Information: Virginia.Corbett@mt.gov or (406)444-3156. 

For more information about the Pulse Committee, click here.

The Montana Hail Insurance Board was set to meet Tuesday, March 24 at the Yogo Inn in Lewistown, MT. This meeting has been canceled. Stay tuned for updates.

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The Monata Pulse Crop Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 17th starting at 9:00 am. In response to confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montana, the MT Pulse Crop Committee will meet virtually rather than in person as a precaution. Please see the Zoom Conference Meeting information below to join

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Click to view the Montana Administrative Register, Issue No. 8, published on April 26, 2019.  The Department of Agriculture's Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment of the State Noxious Weed List is published on pages 413 and 414.

A public hearing will be held on May 22, 2019 at the Department of Agriculture (302 N. Roberts, Helena, MT) at 9:00 a.m.  Concerned persons may submit their data, views, or agruments either orally or in writing at the hearing, by email (agr@mt.gov), phone (406-444-3144), or mail (PO Box 200201, Helena, MT 59620-0201).

Helena, Mont. –  Montana cherry growers have voted to eliminate the Montana Cherry Research & Market Development Program. The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) will now take the necessary steps to eliminate the checkoff program.