The state in recent years has eased regulations on meat processing, selling chicken eggs and homemade baked goods, but still has the most restrictive raw milk rule in the region
agriculture
Posted inWater
What could make water use on farms more efficient? Artificial intelligence, according to one researcher.
Perry Cabot is teaming up with researchers around the country to experiment with AI algorithms that could reshape modern irrigation systems.
Posted inEquity
For women farm owners in Colorado, the leading concerns are crops and animals, not sexism
More women are finding training and support for dealing with pests, weather and how to purchase land to farm and ranch in Colorado
Posted inClimate
Hail storms, slim margins and regulations leave Colorado farmers with an uphill battle
This year’s wheat harvest season has been particularly difficult. And many farmers are saying it’s hard to stay profitable.
Posted inColoradans
After internment, Japanese Americans took to farming in rural Colorado. Now, their legacies are at risk of fading.
Japanese American farmers built multigenerational businesses in Colorado after WWII and decades later, economic hardships make it difficult for them to stay afloat.
Posted inEnvironment
Infestation of destructive “Mormon crickets” hits western Colorado
The waves of reddish-brown insects haven’t been as bad as in Nevada, but an “exceptional hatch” near Meeker and Craig is causing trouble for farms and gardens
Posted inWater
Snowmelt is swelling Colorado’s rivers, but much more snow is still waiting in the high country
High spring runoff is contributing to road closures, flooding and even gaping sinkholes.
Posted inWater
One Colorado river basin has been drying for years. It’s changing a way of life.
Are the lessons from a $30 million effort to restore the parched Republican River a road map for other rivers, or a warning?
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Water is the great test of Coloradans’ ability to understand one another
We know that innovative, equitable, and sustainable changes must be made, both in cities and in agriculture. Can we get together?
Posted inCartoons
Jim Morrissey: Fixing things on the Colorado farm
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey notes that the right to repair law may not sit too well with equipment manufacturers, but it promises to be a boon to farmers. Goats find it tasty, too!