All Entries in the "Agriculture" Category
Rural Colorado communities still lack adequate behavioral health services. A new state-sponsored group will help.
Maddy Butcher with her gelding “Table”. Butcher started Buck the Trend, a therapist-led workshop for ranchers, farmers and horse people to dig into mental health struggles (photo by Beau Gaughran) Legislators approved Senate Bill 55 to bridge state services and agriculture communities struggling with “a cluster of different potential roadblocks” to mental health care […]
Colorado marijuana sales — and tax dollars — are still falling. The rise of intoxicating hemp may be to blame.
Industrialhemp grows on a farm south of Montrose. ( William Woody, Special to The Colorado Sun Marijuana sales peaked in Colorado in the 2020-21 budget year, when the state collected $424 million in taxes. That fell to $248 million last year. Forget the pandemic boom in marijuana sales — Colorado now collects fewer marijuana […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2025 Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2025 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 20-21st at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2025 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 20th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as a board meeting for […]
Registration open for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association January Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2025 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 20-21st at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2025 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 20th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as a board meeting for […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2025 Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2025 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 20-21st at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2025 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 20th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as a board meeting for […]
Colorado FFA Foundation announces four Hall of Fame inductees for 2025
The Colorado FFA Foundation is pleased to announce four inductees representing excellence in farming, public service, ranching, and agriculture construction, into the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame. Dr. Michael Bartolo (Rocky Ford), Don Brown (Yuma), Terry Fankhauser (posthumously), and Wayne Schmeeckle (Ft. Morgan) will all be formally honored and inducted into the Colorado Agriculture Hall […]
USDA Crop Production November 1, 20224
CROP PRODUCTION – NOVEMBER 1, 2024 COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS On November 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 138.65 million bushels, according to the November 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is down 6 percent from the October 1 forecast […]
2024 Colorado State University Crops Clinic
Colorado State University is announcing registration for the 2024 Crops Clinic is now open. Dates are December 5 & 6. Location is the Julesburg Community Center, 102 W. 6th St, Julesburg, Co. The meeting will be offered both in- person and remotely via Zoom links. Fourteen certified crop advisor credits will be offered, which will […]
Colorado eggs must be cage-free beginning January 1, 2025
Starting January 1, 2025, all eggs sold in Colorado must be from a cage-free facility. All egg producers in Colorado housing more than 3,000 egg-laying hens will need to comply with the requirements of a cage-free facility as defined in the amended Cage-Free Egg rule. Additionally, all eggs and egg products for sale in Colorado will […]
Managing water and irrigation in Colorado a complicated problem
You’ve heard the news: Farmers and ranchers use roughly 80% of the water in Colorado and much of the American West. So doesn’t it make sense that if growers and producers could just cut a bit of that, say 10%, we could wipe out all our water shortages? We probably couldn’t water our lawns with […]
