Agriculture – The Journal

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

DATE: Jan 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: Jan 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic

Restrictions come as farmers want to move their crops downriver

DATE: Sep 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

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

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

DATE: Aug 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

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

DATE: Aug 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

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

DATE: Aug 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aztec Farmers Market offers affordable, healthy options

Participation in state food programs helps stretch budgets at the market

DATE: Aug 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

Colorado farmers say hemp not the cash crop they had hoped

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

DATE: Jul 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: Jul 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farm Service Agency extends its relief deadline to July 14

Montezuma County producers can receive emergency relief and additional pandemic assistance

DATE: Jul 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Seeding a sustainable future

Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch using water allocation to prepare for a dry future

DATE: Jul 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nonprofit offers environmental summer camp for students in Southwest Colorado

Program partners with Fort Lewis College to introduce career pathways

DATE: Jun 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News