It's been a long road back to normal for Clark Sloan in recent years — and there's still a ways to go in that particular journey for the owner of Clark's Honey Farm. more... |
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When the federal government announced earlier this month it had taken a step toward wider distribution of gas mixed with 15 percent ethanol, many were paying attention in northeastern Coloroado — where the hundreds of corn growers would be called...
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LUCERNE — Dairy operators packed a Northern Weld County Water District meeting room Monday to express concerns about a huge increase — more than 1,000 percent — in water surcharges they said could drive up their costs by hundreds of...
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Beef producer JBS said Wednesday that its operations won't be jeopardized by a case of mad cow disease that was confirmed a day earlier by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Northern Colorado farmers and water officials expressed disgust and concern this week in response to a Colorado Supreme Court decision that kept alive proposals that would completely change Colorado water law — and for the worst, according to...
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Plant pathologists are closely monitoring the development of certain crop pests and disease.
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For months, farmers and ranchers have been told they'll have to wait until 2013 before they get their new farm bill.
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., encouraged them Wednesday afternoon to believe otherwise. |
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LONGMONT — More urgency is needed when it comes to planning new water-supply projects, and water conservation isn't the silver bullet to solve future shortages in the South Platte River Basin, where reused water is an essential supply source...
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Weld County producers who have recently dealt with thousands of dollars in lost agriculture production due to worker shortages say more stringent immigration laws are not the answer to the problem.
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So long, turkeys. Hello, cows.
Weld County ground that has stood idle since the Butterball plant in Longmont gradually shut down is now finding new purpose. |
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One thing is for sure regarding the farm bill: Many more discussions will take place before a new one is passed. And talks that some northern Colorado farmers and ranchers would like to have focus on a separation of agriculture-production programs from...
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Gene Kammerzell owns water rights that were decreed in 1865 and have been in his family's name for 100 years — dating back to when his grandparents migrated from Russia to Colorado and established a family farm near Milliken, Colo..
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new program that will offer financial incentives for farmers to enroll up to 1 million new acres of grasslands and wetlands into the conservation reserve program.
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Like many other beef-cattle producers these days, Larry Crossiant couldn't think of too much to complain about out at his red angus ranch near Briggsdale earlier this week — not with another sale just around the corner.
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The federal government's H-2A guest worker program has been updated.
Those updates include an annual change to allowable charges for meals and subsistence reimbursements, along with a nonmaterial change to wage rate determinations. |
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BROOMFIELD — Gov. John Hickenlooper, state officials and water experts from all corners of Colorado stressed Thursday that the state's water plans for the future — whatever they may be — must find ways to avoid drying up agricultural...
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