Tag: Agriculture
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Gov. Polis pardons four turkeys, highlighting Colorado ag
For the second year running, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned several turkeys raised in the state in a small ceremony at the historic Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. The four birds pardoned, Lady Riketa Featherington, Dinger, Rockette and Fred, were named, “in a fair and free election,” among the Governor’s staff, Polis joked. Polis, flanked…
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Gobble, gobble, crunch: How some farmers have turned to birds to combat the ‘hopperpocalypse’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAÑON CITY • Hundreds of grasshoppers flutter through the air as Matt Koster wades through his neighbor’s decimated hay field. Passing through the flattened grass and fog of pests, he reaches his own field. The clouds of insatiable insects seem to dissipate, and the rows…
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The hunt for the last Colorado Orange apple tree
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com The last Colorado Orange apple tree stood for 100 seasons, its location a sworn family secret. Riley Diana, 74, said the owner of the historic Steinmeier Farm told him there’d be no peace if word got out. “He said we’d have people…
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Historic Brighton farm fights developer for survival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Debbie Palizzi is most comfortable digging in the dirt, but she braved an intimidating courtroom to fight for her historic family farm Monday. The unfamiliar territory was necessary in her effort stop a developer from installing a stormwater pipeline four-4-to-5 feet under the soil of…
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Jared Polis celebrates SCOTUS decision on California’s animal confinement law
Gov. Jared Polis praised last week’s decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the ability of states to enact laws governing the treatment of livestock. In National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, the pork industry challenged a California law, enacted by ballot initiative, to require producers of meat and egg products to comply with certain…
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Colorado becomes first state to establish right to repair agricultural equipment
Colorado farmers will soon be guaranteed access to the resources needed to repair their own agricultural equipment, as the state on Tuesday became the first in the nation to sign a farmer’s right to repair bill. Modern agricultural equipment often runs on advanced computer software, and, currently, some manufacturers prohibit access to these systems or do…
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Colorado advances bill on right to repair agricultural equipment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Dale McCall’s hay balers were malfunctioning in 2019, he went to the manufacturer for support. Over the course of around three weeks, McCall said he spent $6,000 for the manufacturer’s technicians to come and work on the balers to no avail. In that time,…
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Agriculture-focused The STEAD school opens in Commerce City
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The STEAD school, dubbed the “nation’s first fully integrated nextgen agriculture secondary school,” opened Friday in Commerce City’s Reunion subdivision. The 27J School District charter school is located on the city’s far northeast edge off 108th Avenue and Walden Street. It’s part of the 10-acre…
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Metro Moves: Planterra debuts new R&D plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to dennis.huspeni@gazette.com. Now open Planterra Foods, the plant-based food maker that’s part of Greeley-based JBS USA, opened…