By RMFU President Kent Peppler
I think fall is my favorite time of year. This fall is special because we are harvesting an extra good crop.
It has been quite a long time since we have seen such a harvest in our area, so this year’s crop makes us even more thankful than we normally would be. […]

By RMFU Vice President Todd Hagenbuch
Last year, with the election of a new President and all of the related activities at convention, I had little chance to visit with you, our members, about my first year as Vice President.
If I had offered some words to describe my first year, they might have included “learning,” “excited,” […]

Yea, it’s fun to win, and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has been winning a lot lately. Being the competitive person that I am, winning is making my job as president a whole lot of fun. Let’s take a look at the most recent wins.
Disaster aid will be here in January and it’s about time! Congress […]

Like most self-employed business owners, people involved in production agriculture face a number of threats to their business’s survival.
What if I get ill and cannot continue to work? What if a natural disaster ruins my land so that I cannot continue production? How do I pass along my farm or ranch to the next generation […]

By Todd Hagenbuch
Like most self-employed business owners, people involved in production agriculture face a number of threats to their business’s survival.
What if I get ill and cannot continue to work? What if a natural disaster ruins my land so that I cannot continue production? How do I pass along my farm or ranch to the […]

By Kent Peppler
“Winning is not one of the things, it’s the only thing.”
— Vince Lombardi
“Just win baby.”
— Al Davis
“Second place is for losers.”
— Jeff Schuman
“Someone might best me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.”
— Steve Prefontaine
Yea, it’s fun to win, and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has been winning a lot […]

The Agriculture Committees of the United States House of Representatives and Senate have begun drafting, debating and developing farm policies for the next five years.
We all have a huge stake in the process.
The legislation will have a tremendous impact on the future of family farm and ranch agriculture and the production of local fresh food.
Rocky […]

By Todd Hagenbuch, Vice President
We citizens of the United States have the safest, most abundant food supply in the world. We also spend less of our income on food than anyone else in the world.
As discussion of the 2007 Farm Bill moves forward, I hear grumblings about ‘farm subsidies.’
Subsidies are “Financial assistance given by one […]