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Research from Yale University says more than half of Americans are willing to eat more plant-based foods, but 4 in 10 still don’t see how plant-based diets reduce environmental impacts. Locally,...
DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | UPDATED: 3 days 21 hours ago | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The U.S. Department of Agriculture conceals data that could be used to guide agricultural policy and budget decisions, like the new 2021 fiscal year budget proposed earlier this week by President...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The push for oil and gas development on Western public lands picked up momentum Thursday despite opposition from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Colorado conservation organizations and Colorado...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
IGNACIO – Colorado may never come to a consensus about whether to reintroduce wolves, but can residents come to an understanding? In an age of fierce political divisiveness and endless volleys of...
DATE: Jan. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada into law Wednesday, solidifying a deal that restores some trade certainty to farmers in Colorado. The treaty,...
DATE: Jan. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ed Zink, a founder of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, owner of Mountain Bike Specialists and longtime La Plata County rancher, died Friday from complications of a heart attack. He was 71. Family...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
For cattle grazing in the high country, altitude sickness can be a life-or-death situation. The ailment is most commonly referred to as “brisket disease,” but it goes by many other names, such as...
DATE: Sept. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The American Farm Bureau Federation is marking its 100th anniversary this year, with a celebration coming this week to La Plata County. Charly Minkler, president of the La Plata County Farm Bureau,...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A rancher with operations near Mancos and in Arizona has proposed building a small meat-processing facility south of Mancos to bring locally raised beef from pasture to table. Daniel Mominee said...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business
Two cases of the vesicular stomatitis virus, a disease that primarily affects livestock, have been confirmed in La Plata County, according to state health officials. The Colorado Department of...
DATE: July 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Rusty Hall has already made a first cutting on 80 acres of leased land in McElmo Canyon, setting up what he expects will be a banner year for hay production in Montezuma County. “Last year was...
DATE: June 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business
SHIPROCK, N.M. – Ranchers in northwestern New Mexico suspect toxic plants, used in Navajo and Hopi religious ceremonies, are responsible for the recent deaths of more than a dozen cows. At least 15...
DATE: May 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News
