MIN Weekly News Roundup
Week ending March 9, 2025
The Weather Ahead
Provided by the Billings Office of the National Weather Service
Brisk west to northwest winds are expected Monday as a cold front moves through the region. Highest gusts (near 70 mph) are expected along the western foothills, but the eastern plains will see 35 to 50+ mph gusts. Expect winds to decrease fairly quickly late Monday afternoon.
Warmer than normal temperatures will last through Thursday. As a strong storm system develops over the plains late in the week, there is potential for colder temps, snow and gusty winds in our region from Thursday night through Friday night. Please monitor the forecast for details.
Critical fire weather conditions are expected Monday over far southeastern Montana and northwestern South Dakota.
The tariff is “going to kill ag states. It's going to kill them both on the market side, because we depend upon exports for our markets, and on the input side, where we buy a lot of our inputs, especially in Montana, right from Canada. Those go up by whatever percent the tariff is. The profit margin isn't high enough, and the only way we get out of that is if Trump starts writing checks to farmers. It's not good for agriculture. I mean, they call that socialism, and that's not good. We ought to be depend on our markets now to be vibrant markets and competitive markets.”
~Farmer and Former Senator Jon Tester March 7, 2025 on Real Time with Bill Maher
