Dept. Of Agriculture Expands Broomfield Campus

BROOMFIELD, CO – The Colorado Department of Agriculture will finish up its consolidation of personnel and services offered at seven sites to a single campus in Broomfield this spring. The agency is completing work on a new 27,440 sq. ft., $13 million building on a 2.63-acre site next to their existing offices.

The agency will move 30 employees from Denver offices to a new, consolidated, Division of Laboratory Services in Broomfield. The agency is also searching for a leader for this new division.

The new labs at 300 South Technology Court were approved by the city council after being recommended by Broomfield Planning and Zoning.

"This has been a long time in the making and I’m thrilled to see the end drawing near. In 2014, we began the consolidation of six of our seven divisions into one building in Broomfield," said Commissioner of Agriculture, Don Brown in a press release. "This has allowed us to better serve the people of Colorado with a 'one-stop' shop while managing staff and programs more effectively."

According to the CDA, the Division of Laboratory Services will perform laboratory services for CDA’s regulatory programs and for external customers. The labs for biochemistry, metrology and animal health will be able to analyze samples related to animal food, animal health, pesticides, soil, fertilizer, ground and surface water, industrial hemp and marijuana, the department said.

The labs will include special locked storage and chain-of-custody procedures for samples of marijuana and hemp. The labs will also follow special medical waste disposal processes for animal byproducts, according to plans submitted to the city.

The new division will also house the measurement standards staff for field inspectors and work with the Department of Labor and Employment.

Search for Division Director

The ag department is also hiring a new division director. The deadline to apply is November 8, 2018. A full job description is available HERE.

Staff from the Inspection and Consumer Services Division will begin moving to the Broomfield office in November while the laboratory employees will begin moving to the new building in Spring 2019.

For more on the Colorado Department of Agriculture, visit www.colorado.gov/ag.

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