Day: February 5, 2019

USDA Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address Washington, D.C., February 5, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding…

NAWG CEO Responds to 2019 State of the Union Address Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2019) – Tonight, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union Address. The theme of…

Inside the BARN with CO Representative Rod Pelton, 65th District… Priorities, Sponsored Bills, Partisan Politics – Impacts on Agriculture & More… BRIGGSDALE, CO – February 5, 2019 – Joining the…

DENVER, CO – The team is called Current Ag Concerns and they are from Iowa. The four students traveled to Denver, CO with the organization’s Executive Director Jenna Stevens, to take in…

Sign up for the Colorado Literacy Project! Farmers and ranchers visit classrooms and read a book about agriculture! This is a FREE program. The Colorado Literacy Project is a way…

CSU Announces Upcoming Producer Programs The Colorado State University Extension Agriculture and Business Management (ABM) Team will present two programs in 2019 that are designed to assist farmers and ranchers…

USDA Farm Service Agency Colorado Announces Program Deadline Extensions USDA’s Farm Service Agency extended deadlines on many of its programs because of the government shutdown and the emergency nature of…

RMFU: Bills Are “Piling Up” In Colorado Legislature By Ed Bowditch, RMFU Government Relations For Colorado This week, the legislature stayed busy as more bills were introduced (nearing 300!) while others…

CHS SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR TEACHERS WHO WANT TO ATTEND NAITC NATIONAL CONFERENCE LITTLE ROCK – CHS Foundation is once again offering scholarships to help K-12 teachers attend the National Agriculture…

NAITCO TO SPREAD AGRICULTURAL LITERACY MESSAGE TO MORE THAN 400 EDUCATORS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE LITTLE ROCK, AR – More than 400 educators from around the country will learn how to…

NFU Beginning Farmer Institute Accepting Applications for Class of 2019-2020 WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) today announced the opening of the application period for its Beginning Farmer Institute (BFI) program…

Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation READ the NAFB’s National Ag News for Tuesday, February 5th China Buys U.S. Soybeans Following Trade Meeting China continues to purchase U.S. soybeans…