Federal government wants farmers to supply local markets

ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has been chosen for a federal pilot program that puts farmers in contact with markets close to home to meet the growing demand for food grown...

DATE: April 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Suckla elected to BLM Grazing Advisory Board

For The Journal The BLM’s grazing advisory board for Southwest Colorado recently elected new regional board members, including Steve Suckla, of Cortez, who represents the Tres Rios area and...

DATE: April 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Stotz announces tractor pull winners

Stotz Equipment and the Cortez Future Farmers of America have announced the winners of the tractor pull contest during the Four States Agricultural Exposition. Coming in first place were: Mathew...

DATE: March 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

McElmo Canyon gets new heirloom fruit trees

Spring is here, and that means heirloom fruit trees are being planted as part of the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project.Last year, a historic orchard in McElmo Canyon owned by Philip and Vivenne...

DATE: March 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

At the Extension

Food safety class to be held in Durango A poor review from the health inspector published in the newspaper can easily cost negative publicity for a food service operation, and the La Plata County...

DATE: March 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Ag expo shows off canine sports

Even livestock dogs have bouts of boredom between herding jobs.If they’re lucky, their owners have clued them into the sport of Treibball, a dog game invented by the Germans involving giant...

DATE: March 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

‘Cover crops make sense,’ CSU researcher says

Researchers at the Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket are analyzing baseline data after the first growing season of three-year study on cover crops. The Yellow Jacket project’s...

DATE: March 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Farmers consider expensive tech amid low commodity prices

The Greeley Tribune GREELEY – When Marc Arnusch graduated from college in the mid-1990s, his father didn’t want him to come back to the family farm in Keenesburg. Crop prices were so bad, Hans...

DATE: March 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Environmentalists seek to protect grouse

BILLINGS, Mont. – Environmental groups sued Thursday to force the Obama administration to impose more restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities blamed for the decline of...

DATE: Feb. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Workshop for Ag Expo planned

The Journal A workshop on Soil and Crop Management for Sustainable Farming in the Four Corners Region will be held Friday, March 18 at the Ag Expo from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ag Summit Room....

DATE: Feb. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Values clash over grazing in Weminuche Wilderness

The first draft of a controversial study surrounding the future use of land in the Weminuche Wilderness was released last week, with Forest Service officials determining grazing will continue...

DATE: Feb. 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Learning the ropes

DATE: Feb. 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

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