The affected herds in Colorado represent about $1.8 billion worth of cattle including breeding cows that will produce calves for next year’s supply, Colorado State University agriculture extension agent Leonard Pruett said.
An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died on rangeland in six counties in southeastern Colorado, or about 5% of the 70,000 livestock in the area, said Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University.
An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died on rangeland in six counties in southeastern Colorado, or about 5 percent of the 70,000 livestock in the area, said Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University.
An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died on rangeland in six counties in southeastern Colorado, or about 5 percent of the 70,000 livestock in the area, said Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University.
Colorado State University is winning a tenuous balancing act between offering quality higher education and providing it at an affordable cost, according to a recent survey.
An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died on rangeland in six counties in southeastern Colorado, or about 5 percent of the 70,000 livestock in the area, said Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University.
Leonard Pruett, the agriculture-extension agent for Colorado State University in southeastern Colorado, estimated that about 5 percent of the region’s cattle, or 3,500, have died, and the death rate among cattle in feedlots has not been calculated.
Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University, said there was about a 5 percent mortality rate in affected herds, but he had no specific numbers.
Presidents at Colorado’s major research universities – Larry Edward Penley at Colorado State University, Hank Brown at the University of Colorado and Bill Scoggins at Colorado School of Mines – are working collaboratively in ways that benefit Colorado.
Leonard Pruett, the region’s agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University, said there was about a 5 percent mortality rate in affected herds, but he had no specific numbers.
