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The Bayfield Downtown Farmers Market held its last event Aug. 8, and organizers have no plans to launch another market during the 2020 season. The farmers market, which started its third season in...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Wayne and Melody Semler, ranchers in Bayfield, were selected as this year’s Cattlemen of the Year by the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association. At the association’s annual banquet last...
DATE: May 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
YELLOW JACKET – Sprouts from a volunteer crop of spring wheat in a field kept fallow during last year’s drought provided a reassuring sign earlier this month for Chris Neely. “Last year, the only...
DATE: April 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Stephanie Sands, a single mother who worked for five years as an employee cleaning houses and running property maintenance errands, now owns and runs Home Huggers Durango, a new role for her that...
DATE: March 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Davin Montoya and his family have been working the land and raising cattle in Southwest Colorado since the turn of the century. It hasn’t always been easy, and like most ranchers and farmers who...
DATE: Feb. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Colorado AgrAbility Project, which helps farmers with disabilities or other barriers to work, will hold a winter workshop at Pueblo Community College Southwest in Mancos on Jan. 23. The project...
DATE: Jan. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Journal Small nonfarm businesses in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico have until Dec. 12 to apply for a Small Business Administration federal disaster loan for economic injury. The...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
GRAND JUNCTION – A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It’s a fungus so widespread that...
DATE: July 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
By Forrest Stone Herald Staff Writer The Colorado State Forest Service encourages homeowners to consider supplemental watering to keep their trees healthy during persistent drought conditions. In...
DATE: June 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
An extreme shortage of hay as a result of unprecedented drought in Southwest Colorado could force livestock operations struggling to survive to make tough decisions. “I’ve never seen it this dry,”...
DATE: June 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Journal The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency is accepting nominations from farmers and ranchers for candidates to serve on county committees. Producers serve on committees and...
DATE: June 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Bureau of Land Management has launched an “Online Corral” to begin the adoption process for wild horses and burros. The website connects people who would like to adopt wild horses and burros...
DATE: May 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
