All Entries in the "Agriculture" Category
Trump’s tariff roller coaster is no fun for Colorado’s farm and agriculture industry
At the start of the week, small businesses reluctantly faced new 25% tariffs that kicked in Tuesday morning on anything imported from Canada and Mexico. A day later, the Trump administration suspended tariffs for automakers abiding by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. A day after that, the president paused most of the other new tariffs until April 2, at least on […]
Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District Board Passes Resolution Opposing New Annexations in Colorado Springs
(ROCKY FORD, CO – March 3, 2025) – The Board of Directors of the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District (Lower Ark District) has passed a resolution expressing opposition to any new annexations by the City of Colorado Springs that would exacerbate the city’s already existing 34,000 acre-feet annual water supply gap. The resolution, passed during the District’s regularly scheduled […]
January 2025 Chickens and Eggs report
MONTHLY CHICKENS AND EGGS – JANUARY 2025 COLORADO Colorado egg production during January 2025 totaled 47.3 million eggs, up 13 percent from December 2024 but down 61 percent from January 2024 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in January […]
Wyoming rancher invents device to keep stock tank water ice-free – works better and is less costly to run than traditional tank heaters
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Cold climate ranchers have fought frozen water since time immemorial, but it took one rancher from Oshoto, Wyoming to challenge the notion that it always had to be that way. The Water Rippler, invented by Randall and Shondah Otwell, may transform year-round water access for livestock owners. “There’s […]
Dan May of Stratton, Colorado inducted into Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame recently
Dan May, inductee into Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Feb. 19, 2025) — The Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame recognized Dan May of Stratton, Colorado, as a 2025 inductee during its 16th annual banquet on Feb. 5, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. Established in 2009, the Hall of Fame was created […]
Interstate power lines threaten farmers’ land in southeastern Colorado
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article provides more in-depth information about the controversial proposed electrical transmission corridor that was discussed at the recent Prowers County Commissioner’s meeting. A federal plan to accelerate electrical grid updates is meeting major resistance in communities across the country, including three Colorado counties Transmission lines along Prowers County Road 13, north of […]
Ark Basin Water Forum celebrates 30 years
The Arkansas River Basin Water Forum celebrates its 30th anniversary Wednesday and Thursday, March 5 and 6, in Pueblo. The Forum will feature top Colorado and Arkansas Basin water experts discussing critical water issues and possible solutions for the challenges facing basin water users. Colorado’s Upper Colorado River Commissioner Rebecca Mitchell will deliver the […]
Prowers County Commissioners has large crowd in attendance at Feb 11 meeting in opposition of proposed “National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor”
A large group of concerned citizens, predominantly local ranchers and farmers, attended the February 11, 2025 meeting of the Prowers County Commissioners. The reason for the showing was to discuss their opposition to the proposed “National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor” or NIETC, which was part of the Biden administration’s agenda. The Department of Energy is […]
An Idaho rancher lost zero cattle to wolves in a decade. Can he help Colorado ranchers do the same?
A gray wolf looks over its shoulder after being released into an area filled with sage brush. It is one of 20 wolves released in January 2025, 15 of which were translocated from British Columbia (Colorado Parks and Wildlife photo) A room full of ranchers stared at Glenn Elzinga as he told them one of […]
Lower Arkansas Valley growers organize protests against city water transfers
Farmers from the Lower Arkansas Valley, and others, protest on the steps of Colorado Springs government offices last month, seeking to halt major annexations and stop farm water transfers needed to supply new homes. Credit: Lower Arkansas Water Conservancy District. Back in the 1970s, farmers in the Lower Arkansas Valley and across the nation, […]
Cattle Rustling is decimating Western Slope ranchers
Cattle graze near Needle Rock in Delta County The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows in dense clouds as a truck and trailer speed out of public lands in Montrose County. The trailer is full of calves lowing plaintively. The driver gives the Western salute, one or two fingers raised as a four-by-four rumbles past. The […]
USDA December 2024 Chicken and Eggs report shows further decrease in egg production
MONTHLY CHICKENS AND EGGS – DECEMBER 2024 COLORADO Colorado egg production during December 2024 totaled 42.0 million eggs, down 5 percent from November 2024 and down 66 percent from December 2023 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in December […]
Local farmer hopes to bring new crop to the Arkansas Valley
Caleb and Zaiden Wertz with one of their harvested modules of cotton One young, innovative local farmer has been interested in trying to find a new crop to use in his rotation – one that can grow in the hot, dry southeast Colorado summers and one that uses less water than traditional crops. Fortunately, for […]
Kansas looks on as farms retire thousands of acres in water-short northeastern Colorado
Views looking across the vast, empty Bonny Reservoir in Yuma County, Friday, April 28, 2023. The Bonny Dam and Reservoir are on the South Fork of the Republican River near Hale, CO. After 60 years of holding water, Bonny was drained in 2012 and numerous wells were voluntarily retired to help Colorado send water east […]
