Barb’s Business Blog: Mandatory FinCEN-BOI filing deadline on March 21

As small business owners, you were required to file the FinCEN-BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information) document in 2024.
As small business owners, you were required to file the FinCEN-BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information) document in 2024.
Felix Tornare, a retired baker of 40 years, has taken on a career in ranching with his wife Sarah. Located in Garfield County, Felix and Sarah spent many years transforming Milagro Ranch while running a bakery. The Tornares saw a need to improve soil health for production, specifically on irrigated pastures, and to enhance ecosystem services on their property. They enrolled in the Colorado Soil Health Program through their conservation district, and the results have been a success to say the least.
Throughout October, we are joining the Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
CDA is looking for a farmer or rancher representative to serve on the Underground Damage Prevention (UDP) Safety Commission.
To assist in preventing damage to underground facilities, the UDP Safety Commission is charged with making recommendations regarding:
A deep love for agriculture can be rewarding, joyful, and at times, painful. Colorado's agricultural community knows how to pull together to help each other navigate through stressful times.
Join CDA and regional partners for food, camaraderie, and a meaningful discussion about mental health in our communities.
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Wall-E,” you might remember the premise that green, growing life is precious and rare. Once it has been lost, the impacts on human life are devastating. Beyond the obvious fact that food provides life, if we lose the connection to how food is cultivated, it can be easy to forget that crops and livestock are themselves living, breathing entities. This means that they can be just as affected by diseases or bacteria as humans can.
On Monday, March 25, 2024, the USDA designated 11 Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. Additional areas of Colorado and adjacent states are named as contiguous disaster counties.
Governor Jared Polis proclaimed today, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, as Colorado Agriculture Day, to celebrate the indispensable role agriculture plays in the daily life of every Coloradan.
You can view the full proclamation PDF or read its text here.
Check out the new accessibility-friendly look of our February CDA At A Glance and download your clickable pdf here!
In the fall of 2023, the Centennial Conservation District and the USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) sponsored a Soil Pit Field Day for the Logan County FFA chapters.