Tag: Farming
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Water conflict: Colorado Springs Utilities, others say Aurora in violation of 2003 pact
A Colorado water district spanning nine southeastern counties believes Aurora Water is violating a 2003 agreement not to purchase any more Arkansas Valley basin water. Aurora Water is spending $80 million on a ranch of about 5,000 acres near Rocky Ford and its associated water rights. An Aurora presentation showed it estimates it is paying…
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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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Report: Colorado economy continues to outperform, but headwinds are fierce
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Colorado continues to outperform the nation and most states in job recovery and growth, business owners are decidedly glum about the future, a midyear economic report by the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business released Friday shows. The latest Colorado Business Economic…
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Colorado’s Rio Grande has sustained historic way of life in Alamosa. Can it last?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the fields beyond Alamosa, it was a rare morning. Cleave Simpson found his hay damp. “It’s frustrating when you got hay on the ground and there’s rain on it,” he said. “But when you live around here, you learn to appreciate it.” Katie Klann,…
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Palisade crops unscathed by recent cool down; growers still on edge after last year’s devastation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than one year ago, record low temperatures destroyed more than half of the crops within the Grand Valley region. National Weather Service meteorologist Megan Stackhouse said the temperature dropped to 19 degrees in Grand Junction on April 14, 2020 — the lowest since 1933.…
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High and Dry: Colorado in Drought — Coming this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The severe drought that swept through Colorado in 2020 could be a harbinger of what the future will hold. However, in the arid Southwest, it’s not the first time that such challenges have wrecked lives…
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Study: Vegetables irrigated by PFAS-contaminated water exposed to the chemicals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The public might be exposed to concerning levels of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) through vegetables grown with PFAS-impacted water, according to a study by Colorado School of Mines researchers. The study, published Tuesday by…