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Dear
Friend,
Last
week,
I
visited Kit
Carson,
Cheyenne,
Kiowa,
Prowers,
Baca,
Las
Animas,
Pueblo,
Crowley,
and
Otero
counties as
part
of
my
annual
farm
tour,
which is
an
excellent
opportunity
to
hear
firsthand
from
the
men
and
women
that
are
part
of
Colorado’s
agriculture
industry.
Two
of
the
issues
that
came
up
at
many
of
the
stops
were
government
regulations
and
trade.
I
will
continue
to
support
efforts
to
eliminate
burdensome
and
duplicative
government
regulations
that
hamper
Colorado’s
agriculture
community,
and
I’m
going
to
keep
pushing
back
on
the
Administration
regarding
any
changes
to
trade
policies
that
limits
Colorado
farmers'
access
to
new
export
markets
across
the
world.
Day
1
started in
Kit
Carson
County
at
Eastern
Colorado
Seeds
in
Burlington.
I
then
went
to
Cheyenne
County
to
meet
with
some
local
farm
bureau
members
before
stopping
at
Nan’s
in
Cheyenne
Wells
for
a
lunch
meeting
with
county
officials
and
additional
farmers
from
the
community.
My
next
stop
was
in
Kiowa
County
at
a
Milo
farm
a
few
miles
outside
of
Eads.
Day
2
started
off
in
Lamar
for
a
meeting
with
Dr.
Linda
Lujan,
President
of
Lamar
Community
College.
While
most
of
the
week
was
devoted
to
meeting
with
farmers,
Lamar
Community
College
has
several
classes
for
students
hoping
to
get
more
involved
in
the
agriculture
industry
and
is
another
example
of
how
the
region
is
directly
and
indirectly
impacted
by
a
strong
agriculture
industry.
Following
my
meeting
with
Dr.
Lujan,
I
went
to
Springfield
for
a
meeting
with
Baca
County
Farm
Bureau
members
and
local
elected
officials.
My
next
stop
was
in
Las
Animas
County
for
a
meeting
with
farm
bureau
members,
county
commissioners,
and
other
members
of
the
community
in
Trinidad
and
Hoehne
at
the
Hoehne
Community
Center
where
I
answered
questions
on
agriculture,
healthcare,
public
lands,
and
foreign
policy
issues. I
finished
day
two
in
Pueblo
where
I
met
with
Pueblo
County
Farm
Bureau
members
at
Milberger’s
Farm.
I
wrapped
up
the
farm
tour
on
Wednesday
meeting with
farmers
and
local
officials
in
Olney
Springs
to
discuss
needed
regulatory
reforms.
I
then
went
to
Otero
County
for
visits
to
Knapps
Farm
Market
and
Hirakata
Farms
in
Rocky
Ford.
My
last
stop
of
the
day
was
in
La
Junta
for
a
tour
of
Diamond
A
Farms.
I
was
raised
by
a
family
that
depended
on
a
strong
agriculture
industry
in
Colorado
to
make
a
living
and
not
a
lot
has
changed
since
then.
Last
week
was
another
important
opportunity
to
meet
with
farmers,
small
business
owners,
and
community
leaders
that
are
impacted
by
agriculture
in
order
to
see
what
I
can
be
doing
for
them
as
their
representative
in
the
Senate.
We
have
a
lot
to
do
on
the
upcoming
Farm
Bill,
and
I
will
work
hard
to
put
in
place
policies
that
positively
impact
the
thousands
of
Coloradans
that
work
in
the
agriculture
industry
every
day.
Sincerely,
Cory
Gardner
United
States
Senator
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