New survey documents Boulder County agricultural constraints

Farming and ranching in the urban interface has unique challenges and opportunities. Boulder County, with roughly one-third of its 740 square miles (157,000 acres of 470,000 acres) on the plains, is home to 330,758 people and 107,043 acres of farms and ranches.

This population density is buffered by both land use policies that contain the growth of cities and prevent unincorporated lands from bein...