By SARAH COOKE
The Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — The future of Montana’s cattle industry, some say, is in the hands of the federal government and a Bridger ranching couple.
Ranchers and livestock groups from the state and around the country are anxiously watching negotiations between Jim and Sandy Morgan and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service over the couple’s quarantined cattle.
Seven cows from their ranch tested positive for brucellosis in May, and Montana could lose its coveted brucellosis-free status if the Morgans’ herd isn’t slaughtered within 60 days of that discovery — which is July 17.
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