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Last week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released additional guidance for lenders regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness payments. For your convenience, attached is SBA’s Loan Forgiveness FAQ, as well as the most up-to-date document on general PPP FAQ’s. According to SBA, loans will be fully forgiven if the funds are used for payroll…

This year has certainly thrown the Colorado agriculture industry some curve balls. With the year on its way to a close, now’s the perfect time to look into federal incentives that can help smooth the transition to a new year. Incentives such as Section 41 of the U.S. Tax Code, is the most valuable tax…

Colorado provides residents and visitors with unmatched natural beauty and exceptional opportunities. These components drive our economy and contribute to our well-being. This is the Colorado way of life. Activists are seeking to destroy these values we hold dear through a misguided attempt to introduce wolves into the state. About Proposition 114 The measure will…

At its most recent meeting, the Colorado Livestock Association Board of Directors took positions on three ballots issues that voters will decide in the 2020 elections. SUPPORT: Amendment B: Repeal Gallagher Amendment Without increasing property tax rates, to help preserve funding for local districts that provide fire protection, police, ambulance, hospital, kindergarten through twelfth grade…

Proposition 118 on this November’s ballot is a flawed program that hurts employees by reducing your paycheck.  We all support the flexibility that family medical leave provides, but Proposition 118 requiring paid family medical leave proposes a program none of us can afford and is destined to go bankrupt despite big fees (taxes) on both employees…

Because population growth in much of the rural parts of Colorado have lagged the Denver Metro area, our legislative districts will have to be fully reconfigured. The maps adopted in 2021 will be in effect for the next 10 years. Make your rural voice heard! The passage of Amendments Y & Z in 2018 fundamentally…

Your copy of CLA’s annual VISION Annual Report will arrive in the mail soon, but if you can’t wait to see what’s inside click to read the digital edition today!   Read the Digital Edition

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a second round of COVID assistance relief through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), or CFAP 2. Key Info USDA has determined that CFAP 1 and CFAP 2 are separate programs. USDA’s first CFAP program was designed to address disruptions that had occurred by April 15, 2020. CFAP…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced an extension to the Emergency Declaration on Hours of Service, that would extend it until December 31, 2020.   This declaration includes: 1.Livestock and livestock feed; a. FMCSA has informed us that the relief is only available to transporters of finished feed.  Transporters of feed ingredients are ineligible…

Last Friday (8/7/20), USDA-FSA released updates to the Conservation Reserve Program in accordance with the 2018 Farm Bill. Key changes are highlighted below:   Emergency haying and grazing allowances will be based on drought severity as determined by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Producers located in a county that is designated as severe drought (D2) or…