Tag: Agriculture
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Trump Deportations Have Dairy Farmers on Edge
Elk Grove Village, IL (Barn Raiser) “It’s a grueling, grueling lifestyle,” says Wisconsin dairy farmer Tina Hinchley of her occupation. The Trump administration’s aggressive stance on immigration has rattled many in an industry reliant on immigrant labor. (Guillermo Spelucin Runciman) That’s especially the case on larger dairies with hundreds or thousands of cows. According to…
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Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
A report released Thursday by Colorado’s governor said President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting the state’s economy and courting a recessionary scenario. State economists have, in fact, been sounding the risk of a scenario for a year — preceding both the White House’s tariffs changes and the congressional budget that Democrats blamed for Colorado’s…
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Gov. Polis pardons four turkeys, highlighting Colorado ag
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For the second year running, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned several turkeys raised in the state in a small ceremony at the historic Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. The four birds pardoned, Lady Riketa Featherington, Dinger, Rockette and Fred, were named, “in a fair and free election,” among the Governor’s staff, Polis joked. Polis, flanked…
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Gobble, gobble, crunch: How some farmers have turned to birds to combat the ‘hopperpocalypse’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAÑON CITY • Hundreds of grasshoppers flutter through the air as Matt Koster wades through his neighbor’s decimated hay field. Passing through the flattened grass and fog of pests, he reaches his own field. The clouds of insatiable insects seem to dissipate, and the rows…
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The hunt for the last Colorado Orange apple tree
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com The last Colorado Orange apple tree stood for 100 seasons, its location a sworn family secret. Riley Diana, 74, said the owner of the historic Steinmeier Farm told him there’d be no peace if word got out. “He said we’d have people…
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Historic Brighton farm fights developer for survival
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Debbie Palizzi is most comfortable digging in the dirt, but she braved an intimidating courtroom to fight for her historic family farm Monday. The unfamiliar territory was necessary in her effort stop a developer from installing a stormwater pipeline four-4-to-5 feet under the soil of…
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Jared Polis celebrates SCOTUS decision on California’s animal confinement law
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Gov. Jared Polis praised last week’s decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the ability of states to enact laws governing the treatment of livestock. In National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, the pork industry challenged a California law, enacted by ballot initiative, to require producers of meat and egg products to comply with certain…
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Colorado becomes first state to establish right to repair agricultural equipment
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Colorado farmers will soon be guaranteed access to the resources needed to repair their own agricultural equipment, as the state on Tuesday became the first in the nation to sign a farmer’s right to repair bill. Modern agricultural equipment often runs on advanced computer software, and, currently, some manufacturers prohibit access to these systems or do…
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Colorado advances bill on right to repair agricultural equipment
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When Dale McCall’s hay balers were malfunctioning in 2019, he went to the manufacturer for support. Over the course of around three weeks, McCall said he spent $6,000 for the manufacturer’s technicians to come and work on the balers to no avail. In that time, deadlines for harvesting the hay passed and McCall nearly lost…