All Entries in the "Agriculture" Category
Arkansas River Power Authority Business Operations – December 2023
ARPA Board Adopts 2024 Budget. At its December meeting the ARPA Board of Directors approved its operating budget for 2024 in the amount of $25,428,886. Rates will remain unchanged and stable for the 2024 budget which includes: Revenues of approximately $31 million Power supply expense of approximately $15 million Transmission expense of approximately $3.6 […]
Colorado Employment Situation – November 2023
Household survey data According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was flat from October to November at 3.3 percent. The number of unemployed individuals grew by 1,900 over the same time period to 107,900. The national unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7 percent from October to […]
CATTLE ON FEED USDA Report
COLORADO: The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1.03 million as of December 1, 2023. The latest inventory was unchanged from last month’s inventory and 1 percent below the December 1, 2022 inventory. Cattle feeders with […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – NOVEMBER 2023
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.68 billion pounds in November, down 2 percent from the 4.79 billion pounds produced in November 2022. Beef production, at 2.28 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.73 million head, down 6 percent from November 2022. The […]
NCGA Opens Annual Scholarship Program
The National Corn Growers Association announced the launch of its annual scholarship program for the 2024 academic year. This program is designed to support students who are passionate about agriculture and making a positive impact in their community. NCGA will award scholarships to deserving students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership and community involvement. The scholarships […]
CPW to Count Herd Numbers from Air in SE Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Beginning Dec. 15, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists will assess deer and bighorn sheep populations on the southeastern plains of Colorado, east of Interstate 25, by conducting low-altitude helicopter flights. The CPW staff will conduct similar flights west of I-25, doing surveys and capture work in South Park, the Upper […]
LUB – ARPA Moving Ahead with Turbine Repairs
The Lamar Utility Board ended their year with the Systems Operating Report from Light Plant Superintendent, Houssin Hourieh. He noted the sales of electricity through November 2023 were down approximately 2.68% when compared to the same time frame in 2022. Resident sales were down 3.98%, commercial/industrial sales were off 1.9% and irrigation sales […]
Robert Sakata Named as first-ever CDA Agricultural Water Policy Advisor
Broomfield, Colorado — The Colorado Department of Agriculture has hired farmer Robert Sakata to serve as the first Agricultural Water Policy Advisor, a position which was created as a result of funding approved during the 2023 legislative session to engage with Colorado farmers and ranchers on water issues affecting agricultural users. He will start in […]
City of Lamar Retail Sales Tax Revenue Report, October 2023
Retail sales tax revenue for October for the City of Lamar gained 4.62% for an increase of $16,588. Revenues for 2022 were $358,797 compared to 2023 at $375,385. Use Tax collections were off 17.18% for a drop of $6,862. Total Sales and Use Tax collections for October were up 3.75% for a gain over […]
Pipeyard Suppliers are Open for Business
Friends, relatives, employees and various elected officials were on hand for the ribbon cutting at the new Pipeyard enterprise on Highway 50 just west of Granada this past Friday, December 8th. Partners Mark Carrigan and Brad Johnson hosted the ceremonies marking the expansion of their operation in this portion of southeast Colorado. Carrigan […]
Fall of 2023 Weather Review from NWS Pueblo
September of 2023 started and ended warm and dry across south central and southeast Colorado, with a passing, unseasonably strong weather system, bringing cool temperatures, good moisture and some accumulating snow to the higher mountain peaks through the middle of the month. A few weather systems moved across the region through the month of October. […]
Nathan Yip Foundation Awarded $75,000 to 69 Rural Colorado Teachers
Colorado–November 30, 2023–The Nathan Yip Foundation announced today that more than $75,000 was awarded to 69 rural Colorado teachers to create and implement classroom projects that will have a positive impact on students and classrooms this year. In the second year of the rural teacher grant program, the Nathan Yip Foundation received 169 requests, […]
SIGNED! Bill to Reduce Child Hunger, Support Working Families
Colorado became one of the first states in the nation to implement new federal Summer EBT Program DENVER, CO – Governor Jared Polis signed Senators Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, and Jeff Bridges, D-Arapahoe County, and Representatives Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, and Lorena Garcia’s, D-Unincorporated Adams County, legislation to take advantage of the federal Summer Electronic […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2024 Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2024 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 15-16th at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2024 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 15th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as board meetings for both Colorado […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife to Survey Elk Hunters on License Regulations
DENVER – As Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) wraps up its review of the current Big Game Season Structure, staff are reaching out to hunters about current over-the-counter (OTC) elk license regulations. CPW will be emailing surveys to 6,000 elk hunters who received an elk license in Colorado in 2018 or 2022 to share […]
