colorado agriculture
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Q&A with Tracee Bentley | From farm kid to energy advocate
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Tracee Bentley may have left Colorado’s countryside years ago to become a mover and shaker at the State Capitol in Denver, but you can’t take the country out of her. Nowadays a leading voice for the state’s booming oil and gas industry – after carving out a rep as a hard-as-nails lobbyist and serving as…
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‘America first’ crusade will backfire big time on Colorado agriculture
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I live in western Colorado, which is “Trump Country.” My community-which overwhelmingly voted for Trump by a 3:1 ratio – strongly resembles many of the other rural, working-class, predominantly-white communities that carried President Donald Trump to Pennsylvania Avenue in 2016. The message of “America First”, which strongly resonates with this exuberant base of voters, serves…
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BIDLACK | Oh, Canada — want a trade war? Colorado probably doesn’t
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Back in my day (just a sec, I have to check for teenagers walking on my lawn) growing up in southeast Michigan in the 1960s and 70s, there were only three main TV channels to watch – ABC, NBC, and CBS. Sure, there were a couple of UHF channels (kids, you may want to google…
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IN RESPONSE: Farm bill is an investment in rural Colorado’s economy
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Farms and ranches are the lifeblood of Colorado’s rural economies and communities, utilizing local suppliers, paying local labor, generating income that is spent in local stores and growing healthy and affordable food for Colorado and the world. Right now, Colorado’s agricultural industry is also facing its most difficult economic outlook in years. Nationally, net farm income…
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Gubernatorial candidate Kennedy’s growth plan includes land, water protections
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Protecting Colorado’s land, water and open spaces is at the top of Democratic candidate for governor Cary Kennedy’s plan for responsible growth. Conserving a million acres of open space by 2050 and protecting Colorado’s rivers, especially in the face of rapid growth, is vital, she says, especially as more attacks on public lands come from politicians…
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Bennet says Colorado farmers, ranchers expect Trump to improve trade deals, not junk them
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As President Donald Trump departed on Friday for Asia, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Colorado’s agricultural community is relying on the president to keep his campaign promises and negotiate better trade agreements rather than scrap deals he’s called “horrible” and “so bad” for the United States. Noting that Colorado farmers export the vast majority of…
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Colorado crop OK for now, but need for immigration reform ever more pressing
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Despite concerns earlier this year that the new Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies would lead to labor shortages across Colorado’s agricultural sector, growers and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief as the harvest approaches, confident they’ll have the hands to pick and package what could be a bumper crop. But even though one…
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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…
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Hickenlooper signs Esgar-Garcia bill creating specialty license plate to recognize Pueblo chile
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed a bill to create a specialty license plate recognizing Pueblo chile, but it appears the state’s neighbor to the south will beat Colorado to the bumper with its own license plates featuring New Mexico’s famous Hatch chile. “This is a proud day for all of Colorado, not just for…
