 And the Montana Grain Growers Association has announced that Kara Birkeland has been hired as their new Director of Policy. The position will be solely focused on policy and regulatory issues that members are experiencing, especially important with the legislative session coming in 2025. She'll be working on both state and national issues for the Montana Grain Growers, and Executive Allison Vergeron says that having a policy director will allow the association to deepen its grassroots efforts to influence ag policy.