Agriculture - The Journal

Ag extension has roots in community

Variety of services aid farmers and ranchers

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

CSU offers backyard food production class

For The Journal CSU Extension in La Plata County is offering a series of 12 evening classes designed to help you grow and preserve more food for you and your family. Th...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kinder Morgan to drill new well

Neighbor concerned about industrial impacts

DATE: Apr 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gregory heading to larger arena

Senior earns rodeo scholarship to New Mexico State

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Kemper kids plant White House garden with Michelle Obama

Fourth-graders help first lady Michelle Obama

DATE: Apr 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rain-barrel exemption headed to governor to become law

A bill that makes it clear that household rain barrels are legal in Colorado is on the way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The measure, which allows up to two rain b...

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Puffer cars with switches to become legal in August

Denver Post Coloradans who can afford a car with a remote ignition switch have a legal right to warm seat on cold mornings, after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1122 to m...

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suckla elected to BLM Grazing Advisory Board

For The Journal The BLMâ€™s grazing advisory board for Southwest Colorado recently elected new regional board members, including Steve Suckla, of Cortez, who represents the Tres R...

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Stotz announces tractor pull winners

Stotz Equipment and the Cortez Future Farmers of America have announced the winners of the tractor pull contest during the Four States Agricultural Exposition. Coming in first place were: Ma...

DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Annual food retreat planned in Mancos

For The Journal Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado hosts their annual Homegrown Food Retreat: Sharing Stories of Community Cooperation and Homegrown Leadership on Saturday, Ap...

DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rain barrels bill goes to full Colorado Senate

Measure would OK rainwater collection

DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Cover crops make sense,’ CSU researcher says

Researchers at the Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket are analyzing baseline data after the first growing season of three-year study on cover crops. The Yellow...

DATE: Mar 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture