The Denver Post

Colorado gardeners eyeing warmer USDA growing zones should be careful, experts say

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado gardeners eyeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which moves much of the state in a warmer growing zone, ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

USDA Partners with Colorado to award over $3 million to strengthen food supply chain infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Wednesday announced it has a cooperative agreement with Colorado under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

USDA, Colorado introduce additional conservation practice to address regional drought concerns

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the State of Colorado are continuing and strengthening their Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) partnership to support and empower Colorado’s ...
The Gazette

Fort Collins as one of USDA’s regional hubs: ‘It began to make sense’

The (Colorado agriculture) industry supports nearly 200,000 jobs that account for approximately $47 billion in economic output to further validate the state as a national leader in agricultural ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Benefits for Colorado, blow to department workforce foreseen in USDA relocation

(Preston Keres/USDA/ Public domain) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’splan to relocatethousands of Washington, D.C., employees to five regional hubs including Fort Collins could be a boon for ...