Farm animal sanctuary near Colorado Springs provides home for abandoned, abused livestock
It was after midnight on a cold, dark December morning when Carrie Thornburgh found herself with a hand up inside a pregnant goat.
Agriculture
Rural “cowboy up” culture has led to high suicide rates. How can the state improve mental health in ag?
San Luis Valley cattle rancher George Whitten was halfway through a mental health workshop when he let himself tally up a figure he had never wanted to know — the number of people in his life who had died by suicide.
In open range Colorado, brand inspectors key in cattle shooting case
When brand inspectors Jesse Phillips and Brenna BeGeer arrived to a property in Larimer County, Colorado, seven head of cattle lay dead and another was injured and needed to be destroyed. Baby calves were orphaned, bred cows were killed, and a bull was shot and killed.
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CattleWomen call on state lawmakers to suports ag license plate
A group of cattle producers left the Eastern Plains for the Colorado Capitol as the sun came up and finally made it home long after it set.
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This Colorado rancher sees a world where conservation can turn a profit
Their hoofprints fan out in four directions but the elk that overwinter here have scattered. The snow is changing to ice and a brisk wind scours the ground. Maybe the gusts chased them off. Or a memory, stored deep in their DNA, of an elk caught in a barbed wire fence with a coyote eating it.
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Weld County Livestock Association to award $8,500 in college scholarships
The Weld County Livestock Association will be awarding the $1,500 Sharon and Gene Inloes Scholarship, the $1,500 Willie Burbach Memorial Scholarship, the $2,500 Boyd Collins Memorial Scholarship, and two additional $1,500 college scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Demand for Colorado’s Ag in the Classroom creates increased funding need
The Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom program has experienced tremendous growth in demand from teachers wanting to include agriculture in their curriculum. So much so, there are currently 1,100 classrooms — over 23,000 students — signed up, creating the need for an additional $20,000 in funding to avoid turning away students.
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Colorado Senate Ag Committee introduces ‘Agriculture and Natural Resources Public Engagement Requirement’ bill
In a recent legislative committee meeting, the Colorado Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee discussed Senate Bill 24-026, a bill that proposes the renewal of the in-person public engagement requirement for members of the Parks and Wildlife Commission in the Department of Natural Resources, as well as the addition of the same requirement for members of the Agriculture Commission and the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Fankhauser remembered as fierce advocate for beef industry
Terry Fankhauser, among the state’s greatest advocates for the cattle industry, is being remembered by cattle raisers and dignitaries in Colorado for his unwavering devotion.
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Polis plans to fool ranchers again with radical appointees to Parks and Wildlife
Gov. Polis’s cronies at Parks and Wildlife have apologized for being so secretive and deceitful with ranchers and locals about releasing dangerous wolves into their backyard and promises to be more cooperative and transparent in the future.
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