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Farmers already do a lot of recycling, from using manure to make compost to repurposing wooden pallets to fix fencing and even reusing oil from tractors to run heaters. However, as is the case...
DATE: Oct. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Cultural sites in Southwest Colorado are an economic asset for local communities, according to a new report released by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.The study, The Economic Contributions of...
DATE: Sept. 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Journal The Bureau of Land Management announced an initiative on Friday to provide grazing permit holders new flexibility in livestock management and protect public lands. The effort emphasizes...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Four Corners Beekeepers will present a community talk by Michele Colopy of the Pollinator Stewardship Council about affordable ways to replace lawns with a pollinator garden for bees at 6:30...
DATE: Sept. 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
As the prairie dog population in La Plata County rises and wreaks havoc on landowners, the presence of the often-reviled rodent has some hoping for an unconventional solution: the plague. “They are...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Montezuma County CSU Extension office is open for volunteers to serve on its local advisory committee. The advisory committee is a group composed primarily of individuals outside the...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Peak Season Farms in Hesperus takes a unique approach to growing produce all year long. Owner Wendy Wyatt said Peak Season vegetables are all organic, and grown indoors in a vertical hydroponic...
DATE: Sept. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
With names such as Big Jim and Miss Junie, a casual listener could have mistaken last weekend’s kickoff of the Ignacio Green Chile Fest as an entirely social affair. But Big Jim and Miss Junie...
DATE: Sept. 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
DENVER — “The agricultural economic crisis is real. The resulting stress is real. Let’s TALK about it.” That’s the pitch on the Colorado Department of Agriculture website for a new program aimed at...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Old Fort at Hesperus recently launched an online silent auction to benefit its Farmer in Training Program. The program allows prospective farmers to co-manage a plot of land with assistance...
DATE: July 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Nearly two dozen farmers and ranchers signed up for a loan in La Plata County in March 1917, forming a branch of the Progressive Farm Loan Association. One hundred years later, the association is...
DATE: July 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
The Journal Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project hosts a heritage apple tree sale and fundraiser on June 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 17312 County Road G in McElmo Canyon, according to a news release...
DATE: June 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
