Livestock Inventory Records Help with Disaster Assistance
Producers are reminded to keep updated livestock inventory records. These records are necessary in the event of a natural disaster. Recent drought disaster...
Agriculture
USDA Update - April 7, 2018
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: PRIMARY NESTING SEASON - March 15th - July 15 - NO CRP Contract Management ALLOWED CRP - Initial and re-seeding of permanent cover...
Vitamin A Deficiency in Beef Calves
As calving season comes into full swing, there have been some reports of calves being stillborn, aborted, blind, or very weak due to Vitamin A deficiencies. Vitamin...
Why China's soybean tariffs matter
A farmer harvest his soybean field in Loami, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Cattlemen’s Meeting Includes Priefert Cattle Chute Auction
One of the oldest livestock organization in the U.S. will meet Saturday in La Junta, with a full agenda of activities. The Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers...
Sorghum Producers Fear Chinese Tariff Retaliation Will Harm Farmers
China's announcement of a possible future retaliatory 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. sorghum will not help China's consumers or U.S. farmers, according to...
Ogallala Aquifer States Come Together for Interstate Collaboration
The Ogallala Aquifer Summit will bring together water-use decision makers in Garden City, Kansas, April 9-10 from all eight states in the Ogallala region: Colorado,...
Colorado Crop Progress Report – April 1, 2018
Spring fieldwork was well underway last week across the state, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA....
Prospective Plantings Report – March 1
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS
Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report – March 1
COLORADO Colorado inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2018 was 770,000 head, up 3 percent from December 1, 2017 and up 10 percent from last year. Breeding...
March 1 Multistate Grain Stocks Report
ARIZONA
Four Colorado Counties Receive Disaster Declarations
The United States Department of Agriculture has declared four southern Colorado counties to be primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by...
USDA Update - March 31, 2018
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
Extreme Drought Shifts in Colorado
Portions of western Colorado saw some improvement in drought conditions while the south-central part of the state saw further expansion of extreme drought conditions...
USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Partnerships & Public Engagement (OPPE) announced up to $8.4 million in available funding for training and...