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KVNF Farm Friday: Ag producers are reeling from federal 'freezes'

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Lisa Young
Published March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM MDT
Spring pruning at the Organic Agriculture Research Station at Rogers Mesa
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Spring pruning at the Organic Agriculture Research Station at Rogers Mesa

Ag producer Roy Pfatlzgraff shares how the recent federal funding freeze is affecting Colorado farmers.

On today’s KVNF Farm Friday we hear from ag producer Roy Pfatlzgraff on how Trump’s funding freeze is affecting Colorado farmers.

The ag producer from the Eastern Plains joined Senator John Hickelooper last week for a virtual meeting on the funding halt that is hurting several economic sectors including health care, research and agriculture.

Pfaltzgraff, owner of Pfz Farms in Haxtun, Colorado, talks about the direct impacts on his farm and agricultural sector in general.
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Lisa Young
Lisa was born in Texas but grew up on a small farm in Olathe, Colorado and considers herself a “Colorado native after six years of age.” Lisa has nine years experience in news reporting. She began her career as a News Director for a small radio station on Colorado's Eastern Plains. Following her initial radio career, Lisa worked as a staff reporter for The Journal Advocate and South Platte Sentinel in Sterling, Colorado and then returned to the Western Slope as staff reporter for the Delta County Independent.
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