agriculture

First quarter 2021 milk production hightlight for the USDA mountain states region.

COLORADO 

Colorado egg production during March 2021 was 143.5 million eggs, up 7 percent from February 2021 and up 6 percent from March 2020 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in March 2021 was 5.51 million, down 1 percent from February 2021 but up 6 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,605 eggs, up less than one-half percent from last year. 

Livestock slaughter highlights for March 2021 from the USDA.

A proposed ballot measure in Colorado is drawing the ire of Weld County commissioners and members of the state's agriculture industry.

The state has outfitted several buses to be mobile vaccination clinics. Each bus is capable of administering up to 500 shots a day.

Colorado crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending April 18, 2021.

For the Nebraska Farm Bureau, the three issues at the top of the priority list this legislative session include property tax relief, school funding reform and broadband internet expansion.

Drought conditions in Colorado have been largely unchanged over the past four weeks.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

JBS USA Food Company is recalling nearly 2.5 tons of imported beef.