June 3, 2020 Invasive trees present biggest threat to Colorado River flow Tamarisk is among nature’s thirstiest plants, lowering water tables and drying up springs, wetlands and riparian areas. One tree can drink more than 200…
May 23, 2020 Interior Department okays nonsensical, massively expensive Nevada solar project The estimated $1 billion cost pales in comparison to the trillions of dollars being spent battling the coronavirus and its economy-destroying aftermath. But a…
May 21, 2020 Radical Center for Biological Diversity tries to destroy New Mexico rancher The Center for Biological Diversity is using the courts to try to force the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to…
May 19, 2020 Exploding feral horse population leaves BLM with staggeringly expensive problems For each animal the agency is able to place in private care, it sees $24,000 in holdings. The BLM says it has around 50,000…
May 13, 2020 After wrecking their own farmland, Communist China gobbles up agricultural properties in the U.S. …while playing with China could be an economic boon to some in the state, the benefits may not translate to individual farmers. It could…
May 11, 2020 Western AGs ask DOJ to investigate meat packers for possible antitrust violations “Consolidation in the meat packing industry has certainly benefited those companies, but has brought no benefit to ranchers and consumers,” Attorney General Fox said….
May 6, 2020 Plant closures, record low prices decimating ranchers He cited as an example Tyson Foods’ plant at Wallula, Washington. The plant, which employs 1,400 people and processes more than 2,000 cattle per…
April 30, 2020 President Trump uses executive order to keep meat processing facilities running USDA To Implement President Trump’s Executive Order On Meat and Poultry Processors (Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released…
April 30, 2020 La Plata County commissioners blindside residents with proposed development moratorium “It almost gives the sense of not working with businesses, even if that’s not their intent,” said Laura Marchino, executive director of Region 9…
April 24, 2020 Colorado Farm Bureau teams up with food banks to feed those stricken by COVID-19 shutdown “We genuinely care about our communities and our customers,” said Craig who overseas Farm Bureau Insurance offices in each of the counties supported by the…
