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 1,100,000 head as of April 1, 2022.

The latest inventory was 4 percent above the April 1, 2021 inventory but 2 percent below the previous month’s inventory. The inventory included 655,000 steer and steer calves, 7 percent above the previous year. The number of heifer and heifer calves, at 445,000 head, are down 1 percent from a year ago.

March 2022 livestock slaughter highlights for the United States from the USDA.

Dwight Lester Gardner

August 31, 1951 – April 17, 2022

Dwight Lester Gardner joined our Lord Easter morning, April 17, 2022. He was born August 31, 1951, to Ralph Dennis Gardner and Cora Madalin Harrison. He was proceeded in death by his parents; grandparents; brothers, Harrison Dennis Gardner and Harlan Rush Gardner; and his niece, Gabrielle Gardner Lucero.

Darrell Wayne Brown

March 20, 1939 – January 11, 2022

Darrell Wayne Brown passed away January 11, 2022, in Eads at Weisbrod Memorial Hospital. He was 82 years, 10 months, and 11 days.

He was born March 20, 1939, in Elsie, Nebraska, the third of four children born to Ross Ora Brown and Eunice Laurine Deal.

Eunice died in 1941, along with a baby girl, when Darrell was two, and he and his brother and sister were raised by many different family members in Colorado and Nebraska.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox issued a drought state of emergency for Utah effective Thursday.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Thursday said her administration is requesting $460 million from the state’s projected budget surplus go towards providing one-time tax rebates of $250 to Kansans who filed tax returns last year. 

In a world constantly clamoring for big solutions to big problems – including challenges related to the environment – Todd Myers advocates thinking small in addressing things like climate change, endangered species, and pollution.

Dirty rice is a flavorful way to spice up your main dishes. It is also a good way to serve leftovers; cooked chicken or ham can be used in place of ground beef.

Sometimes it may seem that humans have altered the Earth beyond repair. But our planet is an incredible system in which energy, water, carbon and so much else flows and nurtures life.

Birthdays

April 25

• Scott Gyurman
• Kelli Jensen
• Bryson Watne
• Todd Dunlap

April 26

• Bradley Morrow
• Carolyn Lutz
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