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Some Colorado farmland could play a pivotal role in changing the U.S. agriculture industry. A 48-year-old New York billionaire has been buying land in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico since he was in his 20s. Larry Ryckman, Co-Founder and editor of The Colorado Sun, spoke with KUNC’s Nikole Robinson Carroll about Stefan Soloviev and his plans.
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In 2020, a group of nine flood irrigators in the Kremmling area, scientists and conservation groups began a multiyear research project to find out what happens when irrigation water is withheld from high-elevation fields for a full season and a half-season.
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Like hundreds of other ranchers in Colorado, the Stanko family is anxious about wolf packs being airlifted back to this state, where they were eradicated by the 1940s.
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As Oregon’s wolf population has grown over the last two decades, from 14 to at least 178, so have their encounters with livestock.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending more than $22 million to help livestock producers in the West reduce conflicts with large carnivores and steward land for wildlife. The funding is part of a larger effort to preserve agricultural lands.
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A federal judge is set to consider a request by Colorado's cattle industry to block the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to the state under a voter-approved ballot initiative.
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The Colorado cattle industry association filed a lawsuit Monday against state and federal agencies over the reintroduction of gray wolves just weeks away from the predators' release.
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The Bureau of Land Management recently announced it will no longer allow the use of “cyanide bombs” on its lands. The M-44 devices are often used to protect livestock from animals like foxes or coyotes.
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What does it take to grow wine grapes in Colorado — and is the industry here to stay? Today on In The NoCo, we uncork the state’s blossoming wine culture.
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A farmer in Keenesburg, Colorado, won first place in the 2023 National Wheat Yield Contest.