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At the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention in San Antonio Boehringer Ingelheim debuted Cattle First, a documentary featuring the Johnson family from Flying Diamond Ranch in southern Colorado. The film depicts their experiences on all aspects of ranching, from their philosophy on progressive land management to the health and well-being of their animals. Along the…

The Colorado Livestock Association Legislative Affairs Committee met this Friday with CLA lobbyist Steve Holdren and staff to review the pending introduced legislation of interest to livestock producers. The committee is opposed to House Bill 20-1117 related to meat derived from animals that were not born, raised, and harvested exclusively in the United States. The…

CattleFax Market Update, Plant-based Proteins, Long-Range Weather Outlook and more! Join livestock producers for the annual Marshall Frasier Beef Symposium, an educational symposium to be held February 19, 2020 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds (33747 County Rd 2W, Hugo, CO 80821). This year’s event will feature a full day of engaging and informative speakers covering…

Congressman Lamborn joins EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, the Mayor of Colorado Springs and the Colorado Livestock Association at the Pioneers Museum for announcement COLORADO SPRINGS (January 23, 2020) — Today, at an event at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, U.S. EPA Region 8 Regional Administrator Gregory Sopkin and Lt. Col. Robin Scott, Deputy Commander of…

KidsPak, a weekend student hunger relief program of the Loveland Rotary Club, started its second half of the 2019/20 school year by adding a high-quality beef stick to its weekly food bag. Jordan Levi, of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding in Johnstown, CO and his wife Shannon were instrumental in raising the funds to secure the…

Hello again CLA readers. I hope your summer went well. As for me, I enjoyed meeting staff from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and both the Senate and House Committees on Agriculture during our Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program’s (CALP) trip to Washington D.C. last month. I’m continually learning about agriculture, multiple viewpoints, and bridging communication…

When you look across your workforce, do you think it’s aging? If so, you’re not alone. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us one in four workers in 2020 will be age 55 or older. That’s well more than the one in 10 workers in 1990.1 Employees over the age of 55 experience arthritis and…

Introduce U.S. Beef Integrity Act, Urge USDA to Change Beef Labeling Requirements WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today took steps to keep beef born, raised and slaughtered in foreign countries from receiving a “Product of the U.S.A.” label. The U.S. Beef Integrity Act would make certain that the “Product…

(Above: Governor Polis, Paul Dawson of United Wind and Erick Farmer of Heritage Dairy) This past Wednesday, CLA members from the Yuma area hosted a tour of their wind turbines and facilities for Governor Jared Polis and Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg. Erick Farmer, owner of Heritage Dairy, talked about his wind turbines and discussed…

It’s that time of year again when invasive European starlings congregate in feedlots and dairies during winter and consume and contaminate feed and can potentially transmit harmful diseases to livestock. USDA-Wildlife Services (WS) has developed a program to reduce the damage caused by starlings at dairies and feedlots. If requested, WS can make a site…