Ever since Grace Kennedy met Quinn in May, the teenager’s goal has been to fatten the Hereford calf up — but not too much, not if she wants…
Read more At the National Western Stock Show, Colorado 4-H teens hope to make the saleFor the past few months, Emmanuel Porter-Taylor and other young men housed at Colorado’s Youthful Offender System detention facility in Pueblo have complained to their parents about being hungry.…
Read more Young people held at Pueblo detention facility aren’t getting enough food, parents allegePresident Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the…
Read more Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozenBOSTON, Massachusetts: Two federal judges ruled on October 31 that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot halt food assistance for millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown. They…
Read more Court rulings protect millions’ SNAP benefits amid shutdownNearly 2 million Illinoisans will be cut off from food stamps next month if the federal government remains shut down, threatening “a vital lifeline to nutrition,” the Illinois…
Read more Nearly 2 million Illinois residents will lose SNAP benefits next month if federal shutdown continues, officials warnWASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to US$750 million to construct a new production facility in Texas designed to breed sterile flies as…
Read more USDA to invest $750 million in facility to fight screwworm pestBoar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials, the U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed…
Read more Boar’s Head faces legal scrutiny over deadly deli meat listeria outbreak, USDA saysWisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states — including Colorado — that originated on a…
Read more Wisconsin recalls eggs after a salmonella outbreak in 9 states including ColoradoLAKEWOOD, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is putting nearly $66 million toward improving roads, trails and water quality in the Rocky Mountain region, the U.S. Department…
Read more Nearly $66 million invested in improving roads, trails, water quality in Rocky Mountain regionWhen Timothy Pinnow arrived at Finlandia University as its new president last summer, he wasn’t naïve about its financial situation. It was a tiny liberal-arts college in a…
Read more The College That Mortgaged EverythingWHITINGHAM, Vt. — Organic dairy and other livestock farmers are seeking emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs, steep fuel and utility expenses as…
Read more Organic livestock farmers, hit by rising prices, seek helpNEW YORK — Drought in California meant Raquel Krach, a rice farmer and graduate student in the Sacramento Valley, planted very little. Using groundwater, she and her husband…
Read more Rural voters ‘in the trenches’ on climate, leery of BidenST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Production of oranges in Florida this season is forecast to be down 36% from earlier estimates, in part a reflection of twin hurricanes that…
Read more USDA: Florida orange crop down 36% after twin hurricanes
