Conditions Report - Statewide

Rivers and Creeks

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

• PRIMARY NESTING SEASON -  March 15^th -  July 15 -  NO CRP Contract Management ALLOWED
• CRP – Initial and re-seeding of permanent cover -  Deadline April 30^th
• FARM LOAN Personnel in Kiowa County Service Center – Tuesday, May 8^th  
• Conservation District Meeting -  Thursday, April 19^th -  8:00 A.M.

Farmers and ranchers still have time to be counted in the 2017 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the first deadline has just passed, NASS will continue to accept Census information through the spring to get a complete and accurate picture of American agriculture that represents all farmers and ranchers.

Milton Rink, of Bristol, was honored during the annual Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association banquet April 7 at Inspiration Field in La Junta. Rink was selected as the association’s prestigious Honorary Life Member Awardrecipient.

The Special Meeting of the Town of Eads Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Shields, Tuesday March 20, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. in the City Hall. Robin Fox, Town Clerk, took roll call:

Mayor – Joe D. Shields- present

Trustees – Present – Justin McLoud, Kathy McCracken, Terry Riley, Dennis Pearson, and Priscilla Waggoner

Absent – Lisa Trigilio

Town Clerk- Robin Fox –Present

How do you bring profit to the cow-calf producer? Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association hosted an educational session April 7^, 2018. The panel outlined strategies to address that profitability question.  Panelists Steve Ptolemy of Best Bet Beeflot, Justin Homm of AGRI Beef, and Rick Robbins of Colorado Mills, each touched on different suggestions to aid the cow-calf segment of the beef industry.

• 3rd Annual Spring Fling Craft Fair Sat April 20 from 9am-2pm Plainview School Gynmasium More Information contact Amanda Koeller 970-630-5431 or pccgohawks@gmail.com
• Eads Drivers License Schedule April 17-18-24-25 . DD-214 or Active military ID must be presented at time of renewal for Military Insignia to be placed on your license.

BIRTHDAYS

April 16

• Chance Reynolds
• Rhian Gonzales Engelhardt
• Tim Gutierrez

April 17

• Ron Healy
• Derek Richardson
• Nathan Fecko
• Wyatt Kent Murdock
• Laken Neugebauer
• Kaitlynn Webb
• Kailyn Lane
• Koddi Peck Moreno

April 18

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.