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Colorado Corn honors legislator, Beef Battalion, others
January 27, 2012

State Rep.

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Awards, Beef Battalion, Legislator

Sen. Bennet hears from farmers in Yuma, Burlington
January 11, 2012

Colorado Corn board members sent a clear message, united with representatives from other agricultural organizations, to members of Sen. Michael Bennet’s office during open meetings regarding the Farm Bill Monday in Yuma and Tuesday in Burlington.

 

You can still get your chance to voice your opinion with meetings schedule Wednesday in La Junta and Limon and Thursday in Greeley.

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Ag Tour, Farm Bill, Senator Bennet, SURE

Help Us Fight for E85
January 5, 2012

As E85 Fuel Prices Jump Across America,
Coalition for E85 Fights Back

 

 WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On January 1st, Congress allowed the ethanol tax credit to expire, but the Coalition for E85 (www.CoalitionForE85.org) is renewing its efforts to have American-made 85-percent ethanol recognized as an alternative fuel along with natural gas, propane, and hydrogen alternatives.

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Congress, flex-fuel, fuel, government

Colorado Farmers Recognized in National Contest
January 3, 2012

For the second year in a row, a Colorado corn farm has taken a top honor in the National Corn Growers Association Corn Yield Contest.

Ute Mountain Farm & Ranch Enterprise of Towaoc, Colorado, took third place in the No-Till/Strip Till Irrigated Class, the same honor they won last year. This year, their yield was 315.1727 compared to 335.9325 bushels per acre last year.

Corn farmers in Holyoke, Springfield, Arapahoe, Stratton, Rocky Ford , Walsh and Pueblo took top honors in the corn yield contest in Colorado.

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Awards, Corn Yield Contest, farmers, NCGA

Boulder County Commissioners OK GMOs on open space
December 22, 2011

Colorado Corn is proud to have worked with the grassroots campaign of farmers in Boulder County to voice concern over the possibility of the county commissioners banning genetically modified crops on county open space.

On Tuesday, the commissioners voted unanimously to approve the Cropland Policy that had been worked on for more than nine months that allowed coexistence between organic and conventional farmers on Boulder open space.  

 

Daily Camera article

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Boulder County, GMO, Open Space