Tag: Farming
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Cotton in CO? Southeast farmers test if crop has potential to take hold
BENT COUNTY — It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is growing corn but the other half is filled with scraggly, foot-high plants dotted with soft white bulbs. Bulbs as soft as cotton. The Cotton Belt has never reached into Colorado before. But with…
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Water conflict: Colorado Springs Utilities, others say Aurora in violation of 2003 pact
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A Colorado water district spanning nine southeastern counties believes Aurora Water is violating a 2003 agreement not to purchase any more Arkansas Valley basin water. Aurora Water is spending $80 million on a ranch of about 5,000 acres near Rocky Ford and its associated water rights. An Aurora presentation showed it estimates it is paying…
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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 House OKs right to repair agricultural equipment
Colorado’s farmers may soon be able to access the resources needed to repair their own agricultural equipment after the state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed House Bill 1011. Modern agriculture equipment often runs on advanced computer software and, currently, some manufacturers prohibit access to these systems, or do not provide information on how they work. If approved…
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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…
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National Western Stock Show parade attracts thousands; longhorns lead the way
Chilly weather and lingering snowpack did little to stop thousands from attending the annual National Western Stock Show parade Thursday. Maybe it was pent-up demand from the last two parades being cancelled. The parade, the unofficial opening event for the “Super Bowl of livestock shows,” took over 17th Street for almost two hours as longhorn…
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Tipping Point: Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought
Farmers across the Colorado River Basin are facing an uncertain future in agriculture as the river’s watershed faces ongoing drought, rising irrigation costs, and conservation cutbacks. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Report: Colorado economy continues to outperform, but headwinds are fierce
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Colorado continues to outperform the nation and most states in job recovery and growth, business owners are decidedly glum about the future, a midyear economic report by the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business released Friday shows. The latest Colorado Business Economic…
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Cowboy’s dream led to longhorn cattle of Colorado fame
Stan Searle sketched a portrait of himself 63 years ago. There he is on horseback over rugged terrain, reins in hand, clouds building behind him, eyes on the horizon. “It’s perfect,” observes his son, Charlie. Stan Searle was 22 then. No longer a boy and not yet a man, the family farm behind him and…
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Colorado’s Rio Grande has sustained historic way of life in Alamosa. Can it last?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the fields beyond Alamosa, it was a rare morning. Cleave Simpson found his hay damp. “It’s frustrating when you got hay on the ground and there’s rain on it,” he said. “But when you live around here, you learn to appreciate it.” Katie Klann,…