Prize winning cows!

The morning of Thursday, Aug. 6, the last show for this year’s 4-H Fair was held. This year’s Beef Market and Beef Showmanship show featured several competitions with Grand Champion and Reserve Champion being selected in each group. Among the day’s winners was Ian Jackson and his Here I Am cow. Jackson was able to land Grand Champion for both the steer market show, and the Senior Showmanship. Jackson who also shows lambs was named Grand Champion for market and reserve showman on Tuesday during the lamb show. Jackson who started showing at the fair when he was eight years-old has participated every year for the last 10 years. This being his last year in 4-H which ended well for him as he took four belt buckles home from all his competitions at this year’s fair

100 percent of Colorado in drought or abnormally dry

Aug. 5, U.S. Drought Monitor reported 100 percent of the state abnormally dry or in extreme drought conditions for the first time in eight years consistent with a broader transformation of the Southwest amid climate warming. A combination in Colorado of paltry spring snow, warmer temperatures that triggered earlier melting of winter mountain snowpack, feeble rain through summer, and parched soil from previous dry years led to this formal label.

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