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With the feds ‘light’ on steps, Colorado’s water experts explore challenges, opportunities
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Several of Colorado’s water experts on Thursday noted that the federal government’s plan for tackling dwindling Colorado River reservoirs is “light” on the next steps but that the river’s condition also offers opportunities to boost resiliency among Western states. “It’s a dismaying time, but one full of opportunity,” said attorney James Eklund of Sherman &…
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service
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State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to the House and in 2014 to the Senate, his district…
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‘Tariffs matter’ and farmers feel pain, Colorado’s ag commissioner tells lawmakers
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States with high soybean exports are suffering, and the pain is reaching even a non-soybean state like Colorado, Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown told lawmakers. The commissioner spoke to a joint session of the state House and Senate committees on agriculture and natural resources Wednesday. “Tariffs matter,” Brown said. The three “I” states —…
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US-Mexico-Canada trade deal may bring good news to Colo. farmers
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The United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) – or what’s being referred to as NAFTA 2.0, announced today by the Trump administration – could result in some good news for Colorado agriculture. State Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown told Colorado Politics Monday that Colorado’s wheat and dairy sectors could benefit most from the new agreement, which still must…
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USDA declares 7 Colorado counties disaster areas because of drought
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The lack of snow and snowpack to feed Colorado rivers and irrigate farms has prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a natural disaster declaration for Colorado. The USDA issued that declaration Tuesday for seven Colorado counties, primarily in the San Luis Valley, among the hardest hit by the lack of snowmelt. According to the…
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Capitol M: Week of Feb. 9, 2018
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First an apology: if you can’t live without Capitol M (and if that’s the case, I worry about you) and missed last week’s column, I was confined to bed, battling the Capitol Crud. Take your Vitamin Cs and your other immune-boosting agents, please. Unveiling: the Capital (with an A) M. I’m scouting people and…
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Chris Wiseman returns to old job, temporarily, to run the State Fair
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Retired Colorado Department of Agriculture veteran Chris Wiseman is returning to his old job as general manager of the State Fair until a new one be hired. He held the job from 2004 until he was named deputy ag commissioner in 2015. Wiseman retired in November. Wiseman will hold the job in the interim. Sarah…
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Colorado’s ag industry aims to enter a new market: Cuba
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Cuba is open for business and wants to do business with Colorado. That’s the takeaway Colorado officials and business leaders came home with late last week after a four-day trip to the island nation. The group included Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown; Karen Gerwitz, CEO and president of World Trade Center Denver; and representatives from…
