Serving Montana Agriculture and growing prosperity under the Big Sky

Montana Department of Agriculture

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Here at the Montana Department of Agriculture, we are honored to support the state’s #1 industry. With over 30 programs ranging from market and business development to licensing and regulating services that protect agricultural producers, consumers and the environment, our website features an abundance of information. We encourage you to explore our programs and contact us if you have ideas about how to improve our department, our services, or our website.

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Montana Department of Agriculture Launches New Pesticide Portal

Portal offers citizens, businesses, and visitors access to government services online

The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA), in partnership with Accela Inc., is announcing the launch of the new   Pesticide Portal  to deliver information and department services online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

In partnership with Accela, Inc., the department can deliver e-government services and provide valuable information to the community while making interactions more efficient, convenient, and interactive.

To use ALL the services the MDA provides, a user must register and create a user account. From here, an individual can view information, get questions answered, and have limited services as an anonymous user. We trust this will provide you with a new, higher level of service that makes living and working in our community a more enjoyable experience.

The new Pesticide Portal can be found at: AGR Pesticide Portal.

Pesticide Portal News Release
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MDA On the Road
& Where to Catch Us

Montana GREEN Expo 
Billings, MT | January 5-8
MUS Extension Cropping Seminar
Golden Triangle, MT | January 5-9
Montana Ag Labor Summit
Billings, MT | January 21-22
MAGIE
Great Falls, MT | January 21-23
MFBF YFnR Annual Conference
Great Falls | January 23-25
MABA/MGEA Annual Conference
Great Falls, MT | January 28-30
Western Montana Grazing & Ag Conference
Missoula, MT | January
 29-30
Montana Soil Health Symposium
Billings, MT | February 2-4

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2026 International
Year of the Woman Farmer
Nominations Open

As we look forward to the new year, we are excited to celebrate 2026 as “The International Year of the Woman Farmer”.

The International Year of the Woman Farmer gives the global community a chance to highlight that fact and celebrate the incredibly important role women play in ensuring global food security. In May, 124 Nations around the globe voted for the resolution to make this happen.

Are you a woman in agriculture? Is there a woman in your life that you’d like to recognize? As part of the “International Year of the Woman Farmer”, the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) will be collecting stories statewide to amplify the voices of woman farmers and ranchers.

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Montana Ag by the Numbers

In a state where cattle outnumber people, agriculture is our business.
In fact, it is Montana’s number one industry and growing.


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hexigon stating 27,100 farms & ranches

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Polygon stating #1 state in Chickpeas & Lentils