2024 Stockman and Cowbelle of the year announced at annual banquet

Leroy Oliver is Stockman, Lanea Donahoo is the Cowbelle on anniversary night

Cowbelles to raffle 70th anniversary quilt at Livestock Association banquet

The Cowbelles formed in 1954

State Historical Fund grants $250K for Root Cellar Barn at The Old Fort in Hesperus

Building deficiencies were harming crops grown by students in Fort Lewis College’s Farmer In Training Program

Pueblo Seed and Food Company to open for 2024

The Cortez company, which will open on Jan. 19, sells products made from whole grains, along with a long list of seeds and other produce

Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic

Restrictions come as farmers want to move their crops downriver

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over genetically modified corn

U.S. objects to Mexico’s ban on GM corn for human consumption

Historic orchards of Montezuma, La Plata counties are a ‘living museum’

Restoration project aims to propagate rare apple cultivars that would be lost without human involvement

New Mexico, Kansas senators file bill to improve farmer coordination, education

Legislation expands peer-to-peer networks to help with farmers’ challenges

Aztec Farmers Market offers affordable, healthy options

Participation in state food programs helps stretch budgets at the market

Colorado farmers say hemp not the cash crop they had hoped

Overproduction, lack of infrastructure and increasing regulations ended rush to cultivate crop

Nonprofits seek to recruit food producers in Southwest Colorado through educational opportunities

Cost of land and irrigation can result in poverty-level wages for farmers

Farm Service Agency extends its relief deadline to July 14

Montezuma County producers can receive emergency relief and additional pandemic assistance