Day: September 28, 2020

Grand Island to Host Livestock show “the Nebraskan” in January 2021 (Grand Island, NE) – On September 14, 2020, the National Western Stock Show Board of Directors announced that the…

U.S. Senator Bennet Co-Sponsors Legislation Encouraging Investment in Local Meat Processing Facilities Denver – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced he has co-sponsored the Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for…

Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Challenging Year for Red Meat Exports to Colombia, but Outlook Improving DENVER, CO – Sep 28, 2020 – Since the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement entered into…

CSU Golden Plains Area Extension: Utilizing High-Nitrate Forages WRAY, CO – September 28, 2020 – Extreme dry weather has left livestock forage short in Colorado and increased the nitrate levels…

USDA-RMA Announces New Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board Members WASHINGTON, September 28, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced that four new members were…

Inside the BARN with CO Senator Jerry Sonnenberg… (BARN Media – Briggsdale, CO) September 28 2020 – Joining me inside the BARN on the Colorado Ag News Network is CO Senator Jerry…

U.S. Senator Gardner Introduces Bill to Designate Ports-to-Plains as Future Interstate Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,…

CSU Extension: Mouthing Cows for Culling SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 – In years when forages are in short supply, a decision to thin the herd and cull out cows can be…

*CSU Ext News* Ron Meyer “SAVING WHEAT SEED” SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 – Throughout the ages, farmers have planted seed saved from their previous wheat crop. When making seed wheat decisions,…

CLA Signs onto Letter in Support of the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020 The Colorado Livestock Association along with 50 other organizations signed onto a letter in support of the Endangered…

Colorado Simmental Association Offers Three Opportunities to Ag Youth, Application Deadline Oct 1st SUGAR CITY – Colorado Simmental Association (CSA) offers three opportunities to ag youth, with the application deadline…

READ the NAFB’s National Ag News for Monday, September 28th Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation House Passes a Clean Energy Bill The House of Representatives passed a broad…