Ranching

Local News

Animal cruelty initiative irks Colorado ranchers

Revising code requires 124,632 valid signatures to get on ballot

March 28, 2021

Local News

Equine lessons featured at the Ag Expo in Cortez

offered on packing adopted mustangs for backcountry hikes

March 28, 2021

Business

Four State Agricultural Expo headed to Cortez

and ranch event held at Montezuma County Fairgrounds

March 19, 2021

Local News

Southwest Colorado livestock meeting addresses grazing, wolves

Boebert joins ranchers in opposing plan to reintroduce predator, calls compensation a ‘joke’

February 15, 2021

Local News

Some Colorado water officials balk at Wall Street buying rights

corner of state may be more shielded from issue, for now

January 31, 2021

Local News

Massive ranch northeast of Durango to be protected from development

Conservation easement to serve wildlife, city’s water supply

January 24, 2021

Local News

Property owner wins tax battle with La Plata County

board rules owner is using land for agriculture

December 27, 2020

Local News

Southwest Colorado ranchers battle drought, development

Persistent dry conditions, rising land prices force change

October 30, 2020

Local News

Historic landscape in Southwest Colorado now permanently protected

65,000-acre ranchland attracted national support

July 28, 2020

Local News

Will monsoons be enough to save farmers in Southwest Colorado?

Prolonged drought means every drop of water counts

July 25, 2020

Local News

Matriarch of the James Ranch dies at 80

James led family business operations focused on sustainable agriculture

July 19, 2020

Business

Cowboys see ranching challenges in Zuni Mountains amid virus

They rode gently to avoid scaring the herd that was grazing at the center of a 320-acre pasture Kevin Marquez…

June 21, 2020

Local News

Davin Montoya reflects on a life in ranching and electricity

Working with cattle continues; tenure with LPEA board ends in frustration

June 15, 2020

Local News

Ranchers, lawmakers search for solutions to beef bottleneck

Ranchers struggle as COVID-19 closes slaughterhouses

June 3, 2020

Southwest Life

Durango Farmers Market will open, but with a different look

Coronavirus also sparks shift in selling methods at local farms

April 20, 2020

Local News

During pandemic, shoppers increasingly purchase food directly from ranchers

Agriculturalists waiting to see how coronavirus will affect revenue

April 13, 2020

Local News

J. Paul Brown to reduce sheep herd amid disease concerns for bighorns

buys out one of Ignacio rancher’s high-risk grazing allotments

March 30, 2020

Southwest Life

Yale study puts Americans’ perspectives on food, environment to the test

production a significant contributor to rise in greenhouse gases across globe

February 17, 2020

Local News

In wake of proposed budget cuts, House member questions USDA’s ‘lack of reliance on facts’

administration proposes trimming billions from aid programs

February 15, 2020

Local News

U.S. plans to open millions of acres of public land to drilling, cattle

to federal land clash with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Colorado conservation groups

February 8, 2020

Local News

La Plata County residents meet to discuss pros, cons of wolf reintroduction

urban areas imposing their values on rural parts of the state?

January 31, 2020

Local News

Trade deal with Mexico, Canada restores some certainty for Colorado farmers

says USMCA is ‘vital for Colorado’s economy’

January 29, 2020

Local News

Ed Zink – bicyclist, rancher and Durango native – dies at 71

Lifelong resident owned bike shop, co-founded Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

October 12, 2019

Southwest Life

High-altitude grazing a high risk for cattle

Disease can cause heart failure for animals not adapted to elevation

September 19, 2019