Category Archives: agriculture

Colorado’s urban liberals pushing to introduce wolves into rural counties

August 10, 2020 - agriculture, Animal Rights Radicals, Wolves - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

In western Colorado, wary ranchers eye wolves’ arrival and fear urban voters will introduce moreBallot measure to widen wolves’ comeback could threaten partnership between conservation community and agriculture By Bruce…

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Young women in agriculture recognized by CWA with “True Grit” scholarships

July 2, 2020 - agriculture, Lighter Side, Science and Nature, Uncategorized - Tagged: , , , , , - no comments

Three California high school students pursuing careers in agriculture were recognized with scholarships from The North Valley Chapter of the California Women for Agriculture (CWA) and the California State University,…

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With abundance of domestic cattle, President Trump suggests ending imports

May 22, 2020 - agriculture, Cattle, Food Production - Tagged: , , , , , - 6 comments

Colter Brown for Northern Ag Net President Trump suggests terminating cattle imports At the announcement of the details of the USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program on Tuesday morning, President Trump…

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Report on Recent Work with the Amish in the Western Sheep/Wool Industry

May 17, 2020 - agriculture, Food & Fiber, Sheep, Todd Macfarlane - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

The 2020 sheep shearing season turned out to be quite an adventure – more for some than others. Background Although I come from a sheep ranching family, and have been…

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Shad Sullivan: We are being forced to dump your food supply

April 29, 2020 - agriculture, Food Production, Ranching - Tagged: , , , , , , , , - 10 comments

Food producers across the country, from vegetable farmers to cattle ranchers, are being forced to destroy crops and animals on an unimaginable scale. This is not the result of the…

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