american farm bureau
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Helping young farmers will be sweat equity for Colorado lawmakers
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A half dozen legislators from the House and Senate heard hours of testimony Thursday about the challenges that endanger the next generation of Colorado farmers. The Young and Beginning Farmers Interim Study Committee heard about more problems than they could ever solve. The best that lawmakers could offer was possible legislation to create a digital information…
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Colorado agriculture hopes Sonny Perdue keeps promise to rural America
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When Sonny Perdue navigated the congressional process of confirmation to his post as agriculture secretary last month, he told senators he would be an advocate for rural America. Colorado farmers and ranchers, searching for stability in a waning agriculture economy, are counting on Perdue to keep his promise. “He was raised by a farmer and he’s…