(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is promising that benefits for mothers and children in the Utah Women, Infants and Children Program will continue if the federal government shuts down this weekend. Cox made that pledge Thursday. A statement from the Governor’s Office said the state will use […]
WASHINGTON-In news released Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a tool to assist rural communities. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue unveiled a one-stop shop of federal programs that can be used by federal communities, organizations and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource […]
HEBER CITY/KAMAS, Utah-As a public service reminder, the Uintah-Wasatch-Cache National Forest confirms the closure of their offices Tuesday December 24 for Christmas Eve and Wednesday December 25 for Christmas Day. Offices are to re-open Thursday December 26 at 8:00 am after the conclusion of the Christmas holiday.
DENVER (AP) — The early season snowstorms that hit the Rocky Mountain region this fall have boosted snowpack levels between two and three times the average. A U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows snow water equivalent above 150% and 200% of average throughout Idaho, northern Colorado and western Montana. Those levels […]
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day. After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Agriculture can be as much a lifestyle as it is an occupation. Farmers often don’t retire — they just keep on working. That’s not always easy, though, as back problems, knee problems and any number of other disabilities can get in the way. AgrAbility of Utah, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With schools out for the summer, many parents share a concern about their children that reaches far beyond reading assignments and summer camp: where their next meal will come from. Thousands of Utah families rely on free summer meal programs funded by the federal government […]
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — Outgoing Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has extended the tribe’s crop insurance amid ongoing extreme drought conditions. The Gallup Independent reports Begaye recently agreed to the protections against the impacts of extreme drought on the Navajo Nation’s pastures, rangelands and forage. Begaye says the crop insurance would lessen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is planning to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to thin forests, clear out dead trees and do controlled burnings on protected areas that account for nearly half of national forest lands in the state. The Republican governor is […]
FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado meatpacker is recalling more than 132,000 pounds (60,000 kilograms) of ground beef after a suspected E. coli outbreak killed one person and sickened 17, officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the beef was produced and packaged at Cargill Meat Solutions […]
