Montana Title 80. Agriculture § 80-11-502. Findings--purpose

(a) agriculture is the leading industry in Montana, based on cash receipts, and that agricultural commodities are resources of the first magnitude in the economy of Montana residents;

(b) agricultural commodities are prime factors in the production of wealth and in the development and stabilization of property values and of activities and enterprises that form the bases and sources of important contributions by taxation to the public revenue; and

(c) Montana agricultural commodities enter a world market that is highly competitive in character.