The Montana Alliance for Raw Milk (MTARM) fell just one vote short Thursday, meaning it will remain illegal for anyone in the Big Sky state to sell raw milk for human consumption. 
And it was a wild ride. But instead of mourning the second death of their bill in the
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Montana Farms and Ranches With Small Herds to Sell Raw Milk
Update: Senate Bill 574 failed to achieve the required two-thirds vote in the Montana Senate on April 17 and is probably dead for this session. The super majority was required to limit governmental liability under Montana’s Constitution. Montana’s plan to permit certain small farms and ranches to produce and
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe Expected to Sign Raw Milk Bill
His office in Little Rock is putting out the word that Gov. Mike Beebe will sign House Bill (HB) 1536, allowing the “incidental sale” of raw milk in Arkansas. The Arkansas raw milk bill, once thought to be dead, was resurrected for two quick floor votes that by Thursday had
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Votes in Second House Near for Raw Milk Bills in 2 States
Raw milk bills have already passed in the lower houses of the Montana and Arkansas legislatures, and now appear to be headed for up-or-down votes on final passage in the Senate of each of those states. Overall, though, legislative attempts to loosen raw milk regulation are not getting far this
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Montana Passes Raw Milk Bill With "Big Sky" Size Loophole
When it comes to dairy production, Montana is not even among the top 30 states, but it may soon be selling the most dangerous raw milk in America. Only four people in the vast state will be responsible for regulating the raw milk supply there, and there won’t be much
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Q Fever in the Pacific Northwest
An outbreak of Q fever, carried by domestic goats, infected about 20 people in Montana and Washington state last spring, the federal Centers for Disease Control reported in its October 14 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Four people were hospitalized, but no deaths were reported, and some of the
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Outbreak in Inland Northwest Linked to Sprouts
Idaho public health officials are investigating 19 cases of Salmonella infection in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Western Montana suspected to be connected to alfalfa sprouts.
Six of those sickened reported eating alfalfa sprouts from a grower, Evergreen Produce, in Moyie Springs, Idaho.
The Idaho Department of Health is recommending
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Ted Turner Bison Herd Infected with Brucellosis
Ted Turner’s 4,600 head of Bison on his Flying D Ranch has a Brucellosis problem, according to the Montana State Veterinarian.
The bacteria disease has been absent from domestic herds in Montana for the past two years, but has been confirmed in a 7-year old Bison cow and is suspected
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