High diesel prices pressure Colorado agriculture | Rachel Gabel

Silage harvest has begun in earnest in Colorado, and the choppers and trucks and pack tractors are all rolling and making East Slope mountains of cow chow. The silage will be used as part of cattle rations at dairies, ranches and feedyards across the area and the availability and growing conditions for silage and the […]
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