USDA Authorizes $12 Billion to Aid Producers Impacted by Tariffs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to...
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USDA Update - July 27, 2018
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: COUNTY APPROVED FOR CRP EMERGENCY HAYING AND GRAZING Apply for Livestock Forage Program - Call office for appointment. FARM LOAN...
USDA Conducting Grain Production Survey in Colorado
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and...
Plainville Livestock Commission, Inc., Suspended, Assessed Penalty in Settlement
Earlier in July, Plainville Livestock Commission Inc., and Tyler D. Gillum of Plainville, Kansas, a market agency selling livestock on commission subject to the...
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[UPDATED] Ranching in Drought Workshop Coming to La Junta
Update: The workshop is scheduled for August 9. A previous version of this article specified a different date. The United States Department of Agriculture and...
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Summary – Week Ending July 22, 2018
Most areas of the state benefitted from monsoonal moisture last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service,...
Pathogens attack plants like hackers, so my lab thinks about crop protection like cybersecurity
Plant hackers at work: microscopic oomycete spores infiltrating a plant root. John Herlihy, CC BY-ND
USDA Update - July 21, 2018
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: COUNTY APPROVED FOR CRP EMERGENCY HAYING AND GRAZING County Committee Nomination Deadline - August 1st Apply for Livestock Forage...
April-June 2018 Quarterly Milk Production - Mountain Region Highlights
Arizona dairy herds produced 1.34 billion pounds of milk during the April-June quarter, up 0.8 percent from the previous year. Colorado dairy herds produced 1.15...
July 1 Cattle Inventory up 1 Percent
All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2018 totaled 103 million head, 1 percent above the 102 million head on July 1, 2017. All cows and heifers that...
Colorado Cattle on Feed – June 2018 Statistics
COLORADO The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 930,000 head...
Colorado Crop Progress and Conditions Summary – Week Ending July 15, 2018
Winter wheat harvest continued to progress ahead of average due to hot and dry conditions last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National...
USDA Update - July 14, 2018
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: * COUNTY APPROVED FOR CRP EMERGENCY HAYING AND GRAZING * County Committee Nomination Deadline - August 1st * Apply for...
Managing Prevented Planting and Idle Acres During Drought
Extreme drought condition in Southeast Colorado have forced many area producers to file prevent plant claims on land intended for spring crops such as corn, grain...
Millet Association will Present Survey Results at Public Hearing
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown has announced a referendum of producers will be conducted August 9-31, 2018 on a millet marketing order in Colorado. ...