All Entries Tagged With: "CDA"
Centennial Farms Program
In 1986 the Colorado Historical Society (now History Colorado), and the Colorado Department of Agriculture created the Colorado Centennial Farms program to recognize the important role agriculture has played in our state’s history and economic development. Nominees must meet the following requirements: Farms or ranches must have remained in the same family continuously for 100 […]
CDA Hosting Meeting on Commercial use of Industrial Hemp
CDA’s Farm Products/Commodity Handler Programs for Colorado’s Industrial Hemp Industry BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) will be hosting a public meeting to provide information on the CDA Farm Product Dealer Program as it relates to the commercial use of industrial hemp in Colorado. This meeting will provide beneficial information for […]
Hemp in Agriculture, Part ll
This is the second article in The Prowers Journal relating to a Hemp Road Show held February 25th at Lamar Community College. The program offered three speakers who described the history of hemp agriculture and production in the U.S. and its recent resurgence in the farming community. The first article focused on the mechanics and […]
Future of Hemp Farming in Colorado Discussed at LCC
Area farmers were presented with three aspects of hemp farming this past Saturday, February 25th, at a Hemp Road Show, presented at Lamar Community College. The presenters at the seminar, which was attended by about 50 persons, included Rick Trojan, Northeast Colorado Hemp Farmer, Mitch Yergert from the Colorado Department of Agriculture and John Finamore, […]
Awards Honor Colorado Companies for Agricultural Exports
Awards Honor Colorado Companies for Agricultural Exports BROOMFIELD, Colo.–Agriculture continues to be one of Colorado’s top industries, contributing more than $40 billion to the state economy each year. In addition to feeding the state and nation, Colorado farm products travel the globe, with Colorado agricultural exports approaching nearly $2 billion annually. The Colorado Department of […]
Speakers Listed for Gov’s Ag Forum in February
Gov. Hickenlooper, Commissioner Brown among state officials stepping up to the mic at Governor’s Forum on Colorado Agriculture Joining a myriad of other speakers at the 2017 Governor’s Forum on Colorado Agriculture, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Don Brown will each be stepping up to the podium at the event. Gov. Hickenlooper and […]
Electricity Generation Powered Through Irrigation
Agencies Help Producer Use Existing Water To Create Electricity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2016 Contact: James Amos, (303) 869-9009, james.amos@state.co.us Agencies Help Producer Use Existing Water To Create Electricity Program Open To More Farmers BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The first joint project to help farmers use existing irrigation water to generate electricity has been completed […]
