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Colorado Employment Situation | September 2015
Employers in Colorado added 2,000 nonfarm payroll jobs from August to September for a total of 2,523,700 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 4,000 and government decreased 2,000. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a […]
2012 Census of Agriculture Reveals New Trends in Farming
USDA Reports Record Sales Moderated by Rising Expenses; Agriculture is Increasingly Diverse; Farming and Marketing Practices are Changing Washington, May 2, 2014 –There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland across the United States, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. […]
Record Corn Crop Planting in U.S.
U.S. Farmers Plant the Largest Corn Crop Since 1937 Washington, June 29, 2012 – U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the last 75 years, according to the Acreage report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics […]
Business of the Week – Wallace Gas & Oil Inc.
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight Wallace Gas & Oil Inc., located at 606 North Main in Lamar. Call them at: 719-336-7787! Wallace Gas & […]
Lamar School District Nominated to Apply for 25K Grant
We have been nominated to apply for a grant of up to $25000 through the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education initiative! This program is a locally focused initiative to strengthen math and science education in rural America. It is sponsored by the Monsanto fund and allows farmers to nominate a public school to compete for […]
Another Dry Month for Southeast Colorado
Another Dry Month for Southeast Colorado Precipitation levels for southeast Colorado were down for another month. Figures available from the National Weather Service in Pueblo show April 2011 posted less moisture compared to April, 2010. Figures shown are in inches: 2011 2010 Eads 0.95 2.88 Haswell 0.22 1.37 Holly n/a n/a John Martin Dam 0.39 […]
Dirty Thirties, Déjà vu
Westerly winds increase on a county road off South 14th Street this past Thursday evening, March 24, blotting out the sun, and eventually obscuring it. Not many southeast Colorado residents are alive who recall the early days of the Dust Bowl era, some 80 years ago. The recent combination of drought, dust and wind can’t […]