Keeping up with this technology will determine the future of farms across the country. We recognized the evolution of farming years ago and do our best to keep up at May Farms. We teach field trips to educate kids about the realities of today’s farming practices while tying in the nostalgia of farming traditions from years past. We need to encourage our youth to become more involved and work in the industry. With exciting tools like these, many kids will be getting more excited about a future in agriculture!

Here’s a great story about technology and farming in Colorado.

http://www.9news.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2372611157001

May 12 – Mother’s Day Brunch

June 29 – Run For Your Lives – 5k Zombie Run

July 4th – Byers Town Festivities and Car Show at May Farms

July 13th – Annual Firefighters Muster

July 13th – The Color Vibe 5k Run

August 3rd – 5280 RC Pull Club Championship

August 4th – 5280 RC Pull Club Championship

September 21st & 22nd – 5k Foam Fest

September 28th – Annual I – 70 Corridor Chamber of Commerce Dinner and Auction

October – Saturdays & Sundays  Harvest Festival

October 5th – Annual Mustang Car Show

October 5th – 5280 RC Pull Club Competition

We hope you enjoyed your snowy Sunday and are as thankful for this moisture as we are. With a what has been an extremely dry winter this snow is a refreshing change and needed drink for our dried out landscape and fields.

The fact is the world needs both conventional and organic farms to meet its needs. Organic farming can continue to develop sustainable practices that can be adopted more widely. At the same time, conventional practices are necessary to improve productivity to feed everyone. The advances in technology have benefited both conventional and organic farmers. Today’s farms and ranches are far more efficient than they were 50 years ago.  Farmers and ranchers are producing more food and safer food today using fewer natural resources and fewer inputs.  Going back to farming and ranching practices from 25, 50 or even 75 years wouldn’t benefit the environment or the population. Many commodity crops like soybeans, corn and wheat are being grown more sustainably than they were even 30 years ago!

Sometimes conventional farming gets a bad wrap because it is assumed that it is corporate run, where according to the USDA 2007 Census for Agriculture, 95% of farms are family farms which make up 84% of the acreage farmed.

This website provides a lot of good information for those looking for some statistics and information about farming today.

Read more about this article on  Colorado State University’s website.

The Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame Banquet is held annually to honor those who have made significant contributions to our state and nation’s agricultural industry. All of the members’ portraits are displayed at the Colorado Department of Agriculture offices. Proceeds from the banquet support the Colorado FFA Foundation. This year the Hall of Fame will be held in conjunction with The Governors Forum on Agriculture.

SEATING IS STILL AVAILABLE.  Please send an email to dthorn@coloradoffafoundation.org with your name, mailing address, and names of guests for the Hall of Fame.  You can contact him at 719-940-3321 as well for more information.

February 14th, 2013

4:15 Social 

5:30 Dinner

Renaissance Denver Hotel
3801 Quebec St.
Denver, CO  80207
(800) 468-3571