u.s. department of agriculture
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Colorado to improve food stamp customer service with $500,000 federal grant
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The Colorado Department of Human Services was awarded $517,961 on Thursday to improve efficiency in the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides monthly benefits to help low-income households purchase food. With this grant, Colorado plans to build an interactive voice response system that SNAP customers can talk…
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West Slope on tap for $13 million in broadband funding
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Thousands of residents from the Western Slope are in line to receive high-speed internet through a nearly $14 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to an announcement Thursday from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) will receive $13,885,361 to connect 3,577 people, 148 business, one school and…
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San Luis Valley counties to receive federal dollars for broadband
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Conejos and Alamosa counties in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are set to receive a chunk of a $401 million disbursement from the federal government for broadband expansion. The Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative will receive nearly $2 million to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will bring…
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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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Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith
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Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro resigning House seat to take Farm Service Agency post with Trump administration
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Pueblo Republican, plans to resign her seat on Nov. 12 after being appointed executive director of the Colorado Farm Service Agency by the Trump administration, she announced Friday night on Facebook. “I leave with mixed emotions, but I’m confident I’ll be able to continue my fight for agriculture and…
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Colorado’s Michael Bennet serves up some farm-friendly legislation
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Colorado’s senior U.S. senator may be a city slicker, but he’s no stranger to the state’s rural plains. Or to its farmers. Democrat Michael Bennet certainly seems comfortable enough in an agricultural setting; just look at this morning’s tweet from @SenBennetCO himself. So nice, we had to include it here. And it’s even on point……
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A salute to Colorado potatoes — and to politicians who can get along
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We tend to avoid blogging about the many press releases we get from Colorado’s Washington delegation “announcing” some grant or new funding stream to some program or another back home in Colorado. It’s not that we don’t think the programs themselves merit news coverage or that Colorado isn’t happy to have the extra funding; it’s…
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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…
