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As reported in our previous articles, Balancing Energy Progress and Property Rights and Kansas Fights Back Against Federal Transmission Corridor Plans opposition to the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) is growing among landowners, state officials, and advocacy groups in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Concerns about eminent domain, environmental impacts, and potential health…
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As reported in our previous articles, Balancing Energy Progress and Property Rights and Kansas Fights Back Against Federal Transmission Corridor Plans opposition to the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) is growing among landowners, state officials, and advocacy groups in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Concerns about eminent domain, environmental impacts, and potential health…
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SPRINGFIELD COLORADO – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) initiative has ignited widespread concern across Southeast Colorado, with landowners, local officials, and advocacy groups pushing back against the federal plan that could reshape the region’s agricultural and economic landscape. The fight against the NIETC corridor in Southeast Colorado directly…
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“No machine has yet been invented to successfully replace the hand labor. The men, using broomcorn knives with sharp five-inch knives, move down rows in a field, bending the heads or brush with one hand and cutting the stalk about six inches below the bottom part of the brush with the other hand. “ -Pueblo…
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Rise and Fall of the US Broom Industry is an overview of the broom & broomcorn industries in the U.S. The foundation for this post was provided to me by Sam Moyer Ph.D. He gleaned much of this from BROOM, BRUSH & MOP, (especially Tim Monahan’s 1986 review) Sam Moyer, Ph.D. My updates specifically focus…
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In the talks I have given about broomcorn I have always mentioned that Benjamin Franklin is often credited with bringing broomcorn to America in the 1700s. This concept is usually presented as fact, but it turns out that whether this is true or not is actually up for debate. I introduced you to some of…
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Reposted with Permission by Dr. Sam Moyer. Although there hasn’t been broomcorn production in Baca County for many years, there actually has been quite a bit of research done in the not so recent past. My newest broomcorn acquaintance is Dr. Sam Moyer, a geneticist and a broom maker from New Jersey. Dr. Moyer has…