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USDA Expects 75-year-high Corn Acreage in 2012
Washington, March 30, 2012 – Driven by favorable prices, U.S. farmers intend to plant 95.9 million acres of corn in 2012, up four percent from 2011, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). If realized, this will be the largest corn acreage in the United States since 1937, when producers planted 97.2 acres of corn. Producers across many of the Corn Belt states are … Read entire article »
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Architect Has Roots in Southeastern Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE La Junta, CO—March 29, 2012—Southeast Mental Health Services Joy Spatz, and her team at Studio Collaborative, Inc. have designed the new building taking shape at 100 Kendall Drive on Lamar’s healthcare campus. Although the firm has its offices in Denver, Spatz has deep roots in southeastern Colorado. “My grandmother’s cousin was William Bent,” said Spatz, who brings her family to Bent’s Fort each year during their family camping trip. “My grandfather settled in Central Nebraska, … Read entire article »
South Central District 4-H Retreat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 26, 2012 By Lacey Mann, CSU 4-H Extension Agent, Bent & Prowers Counties Southeast Area—Seven District VI 4-H members attended the annual South Central District (SCD) 4-H Retreat held in Nathrop, Colo. March 16-18. 4-H members Tiana and Mitch Garcia, Rachelle Siefkas, Bent County; Rod Hall, Crowley County, Chase Holden and Ty Witt, Prowers County; and Rhett Larsen, Otero County represented the district. The SCD covers the Southeast Area, San Luis Valley, Chaffee, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, community, Education, Events, School, Youth
CSP Schedules Click it or Ticket Campaign April 2-8
DENVER – In an effort to increase seat belt use and save lives on rural Colorado roadways, the Colorado State Patrol and 21 rural law enforcement agencies in 49 counties are mobilizing for a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement period, April 2 – 8. The enforcement is combined with a seat belt education campaign, aimed at dispelling the myths and excuses people make for not buckling up. In 2011, 187 people were … Read entire article »
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