After a day of hunting for eggs and chasing the kids around the yard on Easter, it’s time for the family to enjoy that delicious ham they have been waiting for.
Things to know about proper ham preparation
Whether you are cooking a raw ham or preparing a ready-to eat ham product, follow these steps for a ham that is cooked to perfection.
9:00 a.m. HS T at Lamar Leave Time 7:00
Eads Junior Olympic Wrestling Tournament (H)
Mr. Wagner and Students Robotic Challenge @ Denver lv 6:30 a.m. R 9:30 p.m.
Hunters Education Class at Kit Carson School 9:00 to 4:00
*Must register on line at http://cpw.state.co.us Questions please call 719-342-1487
5:30 a.m. Accountability
7:00 a.m. Board Meeting
March 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Jay Specht called the meeting to order at 7:09 pm. Those present at the meeting were:
Jay Specht, President
Marvin Watson, Vice President
Teresa Witte, Treasurer
Terry Riley, Director
Karen Jones, Secretary
One of our most popular features for over 17 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County and across Colorado.
Copies of the print version of the Kiowa County Press can be purchased each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, our at our business office at 1208 Maine Street, Eads.
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Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.06 billion pounds in February, up 3 percent from the 3.94 billion pounds produced in February 2017.
Beef production, at 1.98 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.42 million head, up 2 percent from February 2017. The average live weight was up 8 pounds from the previous year, at 1,368 pounds.
Rivers and Creeks
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 950,000 head as of March 1, 2018. The latest inventory was 1 percent below last month’s inventory, but up 4 percent from the March 1, 2017 inventory. Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 170,000 head of fed cattle during February 2018. This was 8 percent below the previous month’s marketings, but 3 percent above marketings one year earlier.
