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CDA at a Glance - May 2025

Close up of calf peaking through the wooden fencing against the plains and clouding skies in the background

Mental Health Awareness Month

CDA Engagement Opportunities

Agrivoltaics Grants Office Hours

  • MAY 6, virtual

Climate Resilience Grants Webinar

  • MAY 7, virtual

Colorado River District State of the Upper Colorado River Meeting 

  • MAY 13, Granby

Produce Safety Rule: Food Contact Surfaces and Bathrooms Webinar

  • MAY 14, virtual

Colorado Ag Commission Meeting - May 2025

  • MAY 14, virtual

Wild Horse Working Group Meeting

  • MAY 14-15, Grand Junction

Colorado Proud Webinar -Animal Fats: Markets & Opportunities

  • MAY 19, virtual 

Effective Stockmanship for Ranching with Wolves - Free Clinic for Livestock Producers

  • MAY 19, Montrose
  • MAY 20, Gunnison
  • MAY 23 & 24, Del Norte 

Beef Quality Assuranc (BQA) Stockmanship for Predation Seminar

  • MAY 22, Rifle

Ag Behavioral Health Work Group Meeting

  • MAY 27, virtual

Grants & Other Opportunities

Equine Welfare Assistance Grants

  • application deadline May 16

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Poultry Innovation Grand Challenge Funding Opportunity

  • applications deadline May 19 

Climate Resilience Grant Program

  • applications due May 29

Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Grants

  • applications due May 30

ACRE3 Energy Grants

  • pre-applications due May 31

The Montoya Opportunity Fund Winemakers Grant for Latinos/as

  • applications due May 31

Colorado FFA Foundation Seeks Nominees for 2026 Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame

  • applications close June 1

USDA Animal and plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program

  • application submission period open

USDA Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

  • application period open 

K-12 Teacher Externships for STEM Occupations

  • rolling application periods

Seasonal Environmental Work

  • rolling application periods

Events

MAY 2-3 - Colorado Youth Climate Summit, Carbondale

MAY 9-10 - Wild Horse and Burro Adoption, Greeley

MAY 12 - Foundations for Ag Business Planning, Denver

MAY 13 - Farm Foundation Forum: The Healing Plate - Food, Health, & Agricultural Innovation, webinar

MAY 16 - Colorado SunFest 2025, Denver

MAY 16 - CO Food Systems Advisory Council Farm to Loading Dock Landscape Assessment, webinar 

MAY 17 - Colorado Parks & Wildlife Trail Maintenance and Restoration Training, Walsenburg

MAY 17 - Harvesting Home 2025 at Jack's Solar Garden, Longmont

MAY 21-22 - Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) Meeting, Steamboat Springs

MAY 21-23 - Keep It Colorado Spring Summit, Gunnison

MAY 22 - Balancing Wellbeing, Finances, and Market Success at the Farm, Denver

MAY 22 - Colorado River District State of the Blue River Meeting, Silverthorne

MAY 22 - Beef Quality Assurance Stockmanship for Predation Seminar, Rifle

MAY 27 (registration deadline) - Solar Grazing and Growing: Front Range Agrivoltaics Demo Day, Longmont

MAY 29-June 1 - International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) 2025 National Conference, Loveland 

Online Resources