Beef cattle symposium Feb. 25

The San Juan Basin Extension Beef Cattle Symposium is being held this year on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds at 30100 U.S. 160 in Cortez. This...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Snow a boon for farmers

Before reading further, knock on wood. Based on current snowpack levels in the Dolores Basin, McPhee Reservoir will fill enough to meet full water allocations for area farmers, managers report....

DATE: Feb. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Livestock association to hold annual meeting Feb. 13

The annual meeting of Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association will be held at the Cortez Elks Lodge on Saturday, Feb. 13, featuring an appearance from U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton. The morning...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Malheur’s aftershock

When Ammon Bundy and his militiamen marched into Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 2 with rifles in hand, the occupation was widely construed as an attack on the 315 million co-owners of...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Bayfield man named Brand Inspector of the Year

Bayfield resident Chad Moore was named Brand Inspector of the Year by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association at its Mid-Winter Conference in Denver last week. Moore has served as the brand inspector...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Ute Mountain hosts ranchers at livestock symposium

Sixty ranchers attended a livestock symposium hosted by the Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch Enterprise Friday. Experts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ute Mountain, Jicarilla, Navajo, and Hopi...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Sixth annual Western Slope Soil Health Conference coming up

The 6th Annual Western Slope Soil Health Conference will be held on Feb. 11-12 at the Delta Center for Performing Arts, located at 822 Grand Ave. The conference is designed to educate producers,...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Pot growers compare notes

In 2015, a local cannabis advocate conservatively estimates that some 300 farmers across the Four Corners harvested at least 500 pounds of marijuana. A handful of those farmers gathered this week...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Young, idealistic farmers help keep land in production

Associated Press NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Hauling feed, herding pigs, long hours. Farming is hard. And 25-year-old Leanna Mulvihill loves it. Young farmers like Mulvihill are bright green shoots in a...

DATE: Nov. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Can small communities tackle global food security?

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this year is on course to be the hottest year in recorded history. And with greenhouse gas emissions increasing, we’re closing in...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

An uncommon love

From inside his small workshop in the unincorporated community of Marvel, horse trainer Orly Valencia has been perfecting the craft of making saddles intended for the long-haul cowboys on the...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Semi loaded with cattle clogs Durango thoroughfare

The intersection of Camino del Rio and U.S. Highway 550 in Durango became a bizarre and chaotic scene Sunday afternoon as emergency crews rushed to rescue about 80 cattle from a semitrailer that...

DATE: Oct. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

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