Russ Miner was born in and lives in Great Falls, Montana. Miner graduated from C.M. Russell High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural production operations from Montana State University-Bozeman in 1976. His career experience includes owning his own agricultural consulting business and working as a fertilizer director and manager at the Wilbur-Ellis company. Miner began serving as a board member of the Cascade County Farm Bureau Federation in 2018.
