Agriculture

USDA to issue hemp farming regulations this fall

Industry seeks clarification about banking services, crop insurance

Two cases of livestock virus confirmed in La Plata County

health officials ask ranchers to report sick animals

Farmers Market: Mancos’ High Pine Produce is all over Durango

participating in Potatoes for the People

Outlook weary for young La Plata farmer

growing season and global markets challenge local food producer

Shishito peppers: A summer delicacy available at your farmers market

Asian peppers pack flavor and can be found locally

Lavender farming takes root on Western Slope

Owner Paola Legarre walks through her lavender rows on her Palisade farm on June 19, 2019.Stephanie Wolf/CPR News Paola Legarre…

Photos: Loading hay bales by hand

Annual MORP sale draws ‘big fans of heritage apples’

turn out to diversify orchards, support nonprofit

Bountiful hay harvest begins in Southwest Colorado

‘Some people haven’t had to irrigate at all’

Late winter storms stunt summer produce in La Plata County

Planting season has begun for subsistence farmers, master gardener says

Rancher works to establish water buffalo in Colorado

Roaring Fork Valley provides challenges, possibilities

Local rancher welcomes end to Japanese beef embargo

will open markets, but imposes 38.5% tariff on imports

Could Colorado lose its industrial advantage over hemp?

had a jump-start on growing crop, but it could lag in processing plants

Orchards in Southwest Colorado look promising this year

Southwest Colorado’s apple and peach orchards hold budding hope

New education center opens at Fozzie’s Farm

allows expanded offerings, Land Conservancy says

Drones help farmers detect disease, manage water

imaging saves producers, researchers time

Photo: Potatoes to the people

Mari Perry planted potatoes Thursday on her 3 acres of land near Turtle Lake. She was joined by the Good…

Drones help farmers detect disease, manage water

imaging saves producers, researchers time

New education center opens at Fozzie’s Farm

will allow for expanded offerings, according to Montezuma Land Conservancy

PHOTOS: Bee season comes to Bodo Park

Neighbors rescue deer struggling in flowing Dolores canal

enters water, uses lasso to pull does to safety

Montezuma County board not supportive of farm events permit

Table Farms’ application is too broad, board members say

Area farmers should be growing hemp

Durango company says it can show you how to make sky-high profits

Fish power brings couple home to Montezuma County

and Tammy Coulon open aquaponic farm south of Cortez

Durango man to stand trial for allegedly trying to kill cattle in Utah

Franklin faces up to six years in jail

More Southwest Colorado farmers see a future in growing hemp

say they plan to plant first crop in 2019

Ag Expo takes over fairgrounds

37th annual event features traditional favorites, hemp talks, more

Ag Expo takes over fairgrounds

37th annual event features traditional favorites, hemp talks, more

Mancos farmer teaches value of real horsepower

Tyler Willbanks, of Mancos, specializes in farming with a team of horses.Courtesy photo Journal Staff Writer Save on fuel and…

Tracing the grains that make up Durango Craft Spirits’ bourbon

Distiller Michael McCardell makes a point to source regional ingredients