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CCGA Lists 2016 Colorado Legislative Session updates …

  The Colorado Corn Growers Association has put its support behind five bills so far during the 2016 Colorado Legislative Session. Below is the status of each of those bills, along with links to learn more about them:  (Updates from recent days are in italics.) * House Bill 16-1226, “Agricultural Innovation Grants”  The House Committee […]

April 2016 Colorado Drought Update from CWCB

Recent precipitation delivered 103 percent of average April precipitation to-date, helping to boost overall snowpack and alleviate drought conditions across parts of Colorado. Regions of the central mountains and Front Range saw as much as 3 inches of precipitation, Monte Vista received a quarter of their average annual precipitation in just one storm. With short […]

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – 2015 ANNUAL U.S. Highlights

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – 2015 ANNUAL U.S. Highlights

Total red meat production for the United States totaled 48.5 billion pounds in 2015, 2 percent higher than the previous year. Red meat includes beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. Red meat production in commercial plants totaled 48.4 billion pounds. On-farm slaughter totaled 87.8 million pounds. Beef production totaled 23.8 billion pounds, down 2 […]