Agriculture

Local News

Colorado bill aims to help smaller farmers, producers sell homemade foods

Measure heavily amended Wednesday at Capitol

February 17, 2016

Local News

Dolores rancher named Cattleman of the Year

Walker has dedicated his life to ranching, with the last 35 years plying his trade in Dolores. He is also…

February 14, 2016

Business

Battle over $200-a-vial bull semen may rock dairy farms

One reason for the high price of artificial breeding in the dairy industry is that a single company, Sexing Technologies,…

February 2, 2016

Local News

Bayfield man named Brand Inspector of the Year

served as liaison for ag community during mine spill

January 29, 2016

Local News

Pesticides use in marijuana grows addressed in Colorado Legislature

would create a list of acceptable products for growers to use

January 27, 2016

Business

Ute Mountain Utes host ranching symposium

Experts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarilla, Navajo and Hopi tribes gave presentations on livestock management.…

January 26, 2016

Regional News

National Western Stock Show teaches kids about agriculture

Lorelei Seibold, 4, from Denver is all smiles after showing the judge her Rhode Island red. Poultry judging and the…

January 24, 2016

Local News

Durango farmer says local growers need community support

Dixon says movement just a label

January 13, 2016

Business

Safety-net payments coming for enrolled farms

in commodity prices triggers payments

November 3, 2015

Local News

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument grazing discussed

highlights chasm between ranchers, environmentalists

November 1, 2015

Southwest Life

Project to decode apples’ genetic history

supports research in historic orchards

October 21, 2015

Local News

Environmentalists stop grazing on monument

allotments delayed pending more studies

October 4, 2015

Local News

You canâ€™t beat the freshness

Lucas Manymules, 5, takes a big bite of Harvest Stew at Wednesday during lunch at Needham Elementary as the school…

September 30, 2015

Local News

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

Regulations focus on protecting farmworkers, cutting emissions emissions

September 29, 2015

Local News

State questions tax break

Blanket abatement reduces ag land values

September 24, 2015

Business

Hay production is up, prices are down

N.M. dairies finding buying bales closer to home

September 8, 2015

Local News

Rancher Jerry McCaw dies from pancreatic cancer

Rancher, engineer served community

September 2, 2015

Local News

Le Tour de Farms

The ninth annual Tour de Farms took place Saturday with two separate groups of cyclists visiting local farms, community gardens…

August 22, 2015

Business

High beef prices fueling rustling revival

Plains states

August 18, 2015

Business

Mine spill hits Navajo Nation hard

extends beyond farming and ranching to spiritual life

August 18, 2015

Local News

Ignacio state representative is coming into his own

see an evolution in J. Paul Brown; he says little has changed

August 1, 2015

Local News

Earning low wages in Colorado’s high places

U.S. proposes pay hike for sheepherders

July 31, 2015

Local News

29 cases of livestock disease reported in state

Infection found in La Plata, Montezuma counties

July 27, 2015

Local News

Here comes the harvest

Tremaine Ebeid, right, tries a scarlet nectarine Monday afternoon at MLS Fruit in the Durango High School parking lot. Matt…

July 27, 2015