Archive for November 3rd, 2024
Colorado eggs must be cage-free beginning January 1, 2025
Starting January 1, 2025, all eggs sold in Colorado must be from a cage-free facility. All egg producers in Colorado housing more than 3,000 egg-laying hens will need to comply with the requirements of a cage-free facility as defined in the amended Cage-Free Egg rule. Additionally, all eggs and egg products for sale in Colorado will […]
Managing water and irrigation in Colorado a complicated problem
You’ve heard the news: Farmers and ranchers use roughly 80% of the water in Colorado and much of the American West. So doesn’t it make sense that if growers and producers could just cut a bit of that, say 10%, we could wipe out all our water shortages? We probably couldn’t water our lawns with […]
Applications being accepted for county Lodging Tax Tourism Panel
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from persons who are residents of Prowers County to fill the remaining term of one (1) positions on the nine-member Prowers County Lodging Tax Tourism Panel. The term will expire in December 2025. The Colorado Statutes stipulate that directors must be from the tourism industry. Each […]