Farmers, ranchers must create economies scale

This issue inaugurates The Northern Colorado Business Report Leading Agricultural Indicators, a new quarterly feature through which we will examine trends in production, yields, prices received, cost of production, exports and other conditions and issues relevant to the agricultural sector of Larimer and Weld counties in Northern Colorado. Agriculture is especially important in Weld County, which ranks as the No. 4, No. 5 or No. 6 agricultural county in the nation, ranked by value of production and depending on the data source and year referenced. Weld leads the United States in value of production of some agricultural products, such…