Agriculture - The Journal

A group of House lawmakers look to H-2A visa reform to ease labor crisis, but can it get wider support?

After meeting for almost nine months, the House Agricultural Labor Working Group has put out a roadmap to ease a farm labor crisis. It’s an issue that has been coming up more and more at rou...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango producer to visit U.S. Capitol in effort to uphold organic farming practices

Dixon says big-name producers are not being held to USDA’s standard of organic

DATE: Feb 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

2024 Stockman and Cowbelle of the year announced at annual banquet

Leroy Oliver is Stockman, Lanea Donahoo is the Cowbelle on anniversary night

DATE: Feb 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Cowbelles to raffle 70th anniversary quilt at Livestock Association banquet

The Cowbelles formed in 1954

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

State Historical Fund grants $250K for Root Cellar Barn at The Old Fort in Hesperus

Building deficiencies were harming crops grown by students in Fort Lewis College’s Farmer In Training Program

DATE: Jan 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pueblo Seed and Food Company to open for 2024

The Cortez company, which will open on Jan. 19, sells products made from whole grains, along with a long list of seeds and other produce

DATE: Jan 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic

Restrictions come as farmers want to move their crops downriver

DATE: Sep 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over genetically modified corn

U.S. objects to Mexico’s ban on GM corn for human consumption

DATE: Aug 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

Historic orchards of Montezuma, La Plata counties are a ‘living museum’

Restoration project aims to propagate rare apple cultivars that would be lost without human involvement

DATE: Aug 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico, Kansas senators file bill to improve farmer coordination, education

Legislation expands peer-to-peer networks to help with farmers’ challenges

DATE: Aug 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aztec Farmers Market offers affordable, healthy options

Participation in state food programs helps stretch budgets at the market

DATE: Aug 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

Colorado farmers say hemp not the cash crop they had hoped

Overproduction, lack of infrastructure and increasing regulations ended rush to cultivate crop

DATE: Jul 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News