Month: July 2020

NFU: Agricultural Innovation Agenda Must Reflect Environmental and Economic Challenges Facing Farmers  WASHINGTON – As family farmers and ranchers cope with significant economic and environmental uncertainty, innovation will play a…

Prowers County Commissioners Pen Letter to USDA Secretary Requesting Drought Disaster Designation…

RMFU Supports RESILIENT Act… On July 28, 2020, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced new legislation to dramatically improve how rural communities can secure federal support to develop new projects…

Raj Khosla, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, April 29, 2015 MANHATTAN, Kan. – Raj Khosla has been selected to lead Kansas State…

Attention: Colorado Conservation Districts… Over the past few years, on behalf of the Colorado Monitoring Framework and the Ag Task Force, I have had the opportunity to speak with many…

“Unsolicited Seed” By CSU Horticulture Program Associate, Linda Langelo If you have received unsolicited seed in the mail in a package, please do not plant them and do not throw…

READ the NAFB’s National Ag News for Friday, July 31st Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation NASDA: Senate Coronavirus Aid Falls Short for Agriculture Negotiations to finalize the next…

Tri-State files exceptions to Colorado Public Utilities Commission’s Recommended Decision Tri-State cites significant procedural, legal and policy flaws in Recommended Decision on complaints filed by two cooperative members over contract…

CDA Activates Colorado Reporting Hotline for Unsolicited Seed Mailings BROOMFIELD, CO – July 30, 2020 – In response to numerous reports from across the state of people receiving unsolicited packages…

Weekly Export Sales for July 30th This report is based on individual reports submitted by private exporters and identifies outstanding sales and accumulated exports of selected U.S. agricultural commodities.  The…

NFU: Renewable Energy an Opportunity for Family Farmers On-farm renewable energy and biofuels production can help farmers and ranchers establish economic and environmental sustainability and combat climate change, as Minnesota…

National Farmers Union to Continue Work on Food Safety As more consumers turn to local farmers and food businesses, National Farmers Union (NFU) is redoubling its efforts to give farmers the tools and information…

NFU: Senate GOP Introduces Pandemic Relief Bill On Monday, more than two months after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its pandemic relief bill, Senate Republicans introduced their own version, the Heath, Economic…

READ the NAFB’s National Ag News for Thursday, July 30th Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation Farmers to Families Food Box Program Reaches 50 Million Boxes Delivered Agriculture Secretary…

USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program Reaches 50 Million Boxes Delivered (Washington, D.C., July 29, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department…

U.S. Senator Gardner Calls on USTR to Initiate Bilateral Trade Agreement Negotiations with Taiwan Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on…

CAWA Presents…Colorado Water Law – Part 1: The Prior Appropriation System This summer the Colorado Ag Water Alliance is putting together a series of interviews on water issues of interest…

Dairy MAX and Trucking Companies Partner to Deliver More Than 200,000 Gallons of Milk to Local Food Banks Since May 2020 GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – July 29, 2020 – Nonprofit…

Colorado Water Conservation Board Appropriates Himes Creek Water Right to Protect Rediscovered Cutthroat Trout Population July 29, 2020 (Denver, CO) – Earlier this week, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)…

READ the NAFB’s National Ag News for Wednesday, July 29th Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation NOT AVAILABLE YET SOURCE: NAFB News Service