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Economic bright spot: Colorado ag exports increase
August 26, 2010 8:40 AM
Colorado officials say the state's agricultural exports through the first half of the year are up 27 percent from the same period last year, to $508.9 million. Colorado exports of meat, hides and skins, animal products such as milk, eggs and honey, miscellaneous food and miscellaneous grains, seeds and... more » -
Ruling over biotech beets threatens nation's sugar supply
August 20, 2010 9:57 AM
Some sugar beet growers are uneasy as they wait for federal officials to decide the next step for a crop that provides half the nation's sugar supply. A federal judge in California issued a ruling earlier this month that prevents future planting of sugar beets with genetically modified seeds... more » -
Colorado seeds placed in doomsday vault
July 12, 2010 1:05 PM
Seeds from Colorado were placed in a doomsday vault over the weekend. Wenk's Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan "Tsiles" chili peppers are now in a vault on a remote archipelago in the Arctic. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., says he and other congressmen... more » -
Scientists race to prevent ash tree's extinction
October 8, 2009 8:38 AM
Scientists are racing to save tens of millions of seeds from the native ash tree before an invasive beetle pushes the species to extinction. Ash trees decorate urban landscapes across North America and provide $25 billion worth of timber, yet the emerald ash borer is slowly devastating the species. It... more »
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