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CLA Partners to Launch ‘Better with Beef’ Campaign

By jlemmel | September 5, 2019 | Comments Off on CLA Partners to Launch ‘Better with Beef’ Campaign

This week, the Colorado Livestock Association and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association kicked off the ‘Better with Beef’ campaign, a consumer and citizen-facing educational initiative telling the story of why Colorado is ‘Better with Beef.’ Misleading labels and marketing schemes continue to confuse the public and we believe it is necessary to set the record straight…

Colorado is #BetterWithBeef

By jlemmel | September 4, 2019 | Comments Off on Colorado is #BetterWithBeef

Colorado beef fuels our economy and your body.  Today, Colorado’s beef industry launched a consumer and citizen-facing educational initiative telling the story of why Colorado is Better with Beef.   Today, keynoting the launch event, Governor Jared Polis stated, “We want to make sure that at the end of the day farming and ranching isn’t…

Colorado Governor starts food fight with farmers and ranchers

By jlemmel | August 20, 2019 | Comments Off on Colorado Governor starts food fight with farmers and ranchers

Greeley, Colo. – Agriculture is a significant contributor to Colorado’s economy, generating more than $40 billion in economic activity annually and supporting more than 170,000 jobs. Jobs in transportation, retail sales, food sales and restaurants, and tourism are just a few supported by agriculture. As well as contributing to the state’s economy, agriculture holds a…

Vesicular Stomatitis Cases Confirmed in 11 Colorado Counties

By jlemmel | July 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Vesicular Stomatitis Cases Confirmed in 11 Colorado Counties

Broomfield, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture has confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis (VSV) in Adams, Archuleta, Boulder, Broomfield, Delta, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montezuma, Morgan and Weld counties in Colorado. All confirmed cases in Colorado have been in horses with the exception of one bovine case as indicated with asterisk on the table…

Food Waste Series: Environmental Stewardship at Ordway Feedyard

By jlemmel | July 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Food Waste Series: Environmental Stewardship at Ordway Feedyard

Hello again CLA Newsletter readers! Virginia Till here from CALP class 14. Of special interest to my work at EPA Region 8 is how agriculturalists keep food, and other “organics” out of landfills related to the Food Recovery Hierarchy. The term organics, in this case, means any post-consumer food scraps, yard waste, agricultural “seconds”, non-hazardous…

African Swine Fever

By jlemmel | July 23, 2019 | Comments Off on African Swine Fever

Millions of swine mortalities in Asia. How will it impact protein markets? African Swine Fever has decimated pork production in Southeast Asia. ASF’s impact has far reaching effects on Colorado’s protein industry. Experts will share a global outlook on the market impact, Colorado’s emergency response plan, secure pork plans/biosecurity protocols, vaccine development, & steps the…

Congress Must Act Quickly to Pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

By jlemmel | July 12, 2019 | Comments Off on Congress Must Act Quickly to Pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Greeley, Colo. – There is a lot of talk in Washington, D.C. these days about the dismal state of the rural economy. Low commodity prices, extreme weather, and uncertainty in key foreign markets continue to plague agricultural producers across the country, including producers here in Colorado. Fortunately, Congress has the power to help. Ratifying the…

Millions of swine mortalities in Asia. How will it impact protein markets?

By jlemmel | July 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Millions of swine mortalities in Asia. How will it impact protein markets?

African Swine Fever has decimated pork production in Southeast Asia. ASF’s impact has far reaching effects on Colorado’s protein industry. At the August 7th meeting hosted by the Colorado Livestock Association, experts will share a global outlook on the market impact, Colorado’s emergency response plan, secure pork plans/biosecurity protocols, vaccine development, & steps the U.S.…

Horses in Weld County, Colorado test positive for vesicular stomatitis

By jlemmel | July 5, 2019 | Comments Off on Horses in Weld County, Colorado test positive for vesicular stomatitis

Broomfield, Colo. – Colorado has become the third state in the U.S. to have confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis (VSV). Previous positive cases of vesicular stomatitis in 2019 have been diagnosed in Kinney and Tom Green counties in Texas and in Sandoval County, New Mexico. On July 3rd, the National Veterinary Services Laboratory reported positive…

Introduction: Food Waste Series

By jlemmel | May 16, 2019 | Comments Off on Introduction: Food Waste Series

  Greetings CLA readers. I’m Virginia Till and I am a current member of the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program (CALP) Class 14 and also work at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 office in Denver, CO. I work on the voluntary prevention and reduction of materials going to landfills for Colorado, North Dakota, South…

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