Colorado Farm Bureau gearing up to help producers with blizzard recovery

Web-based portal is launching for agricultural producers to be able to request non-emergency aid

Colorado Farm Bureau is working to help ag producers coordinate disaster response as eastern Colorado braces for what may be record snowfall over the weekend, according to a news release.

Shawn Martini, Vice President of Advocacy with the Colorado Farm Bureau, said the organization is launching a web-based por tal for producers to request non-emergency aid as the weather event progresses.

“We are going to work to help local and state of ficials understand the immediate needs for ag producers and help coordinate the appropriate response,” Martini said. “Folks needing nonemergency assistance can request it through our web form which will immediately be routed to the appropriate authority with the help of the Depar tment of Agriculture.”

Martini said CFB staff will work with producers

and the Colorado Department of Agriculture to triage needs and help coordinate the response. County Farm Bureaus will also be identifying volunteer leaders that will help field requests, identify resources to help provide aid, and provide open lines of communication between the various levels of emergency response at the local level.

“Even though it looks like the forecast is trending in the right direction and anticipated snow totals are being pared back, its good to have as many lines of communication open and ready prior to the storm hitting,” said Mar tini. “We’d rather go through this fire drill and end up with a skif f of snow than to not prepare and wish we had.”

Producers can access the form to make requests at: https://www.coloradofarmbureau.com/blizzard-disaster-response/