Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 18, 2025

This is probably one of the better springs Colorado’s wheat crop has seen in several years. The good-to-excellent category dropped by 6% in this week’s NASS report, but it is still at 57%, which is well above the five-year average of 31%. However, this could all change if measurable moisture doesn’t come soon.  

Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 18, 2025

This is probably one of the better springs Colorado’s wheat crop has seen in several years. The good-to-excellent category dropped by 6% in this week’s NASS report, but it is still at 57%, which is well above the five-year average of 31%. However, this could all change if measurable moisture doesn’t come soon.  

CAWG Addresses Important Agricultural Issues in Recent Letters

February 27, 2025 – CAWG joined over 200 other organizations in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, expressing enthusiasm for working with her and the Trump Administration. The letter also urged for the use of science-and risk-based decision making to ensure that policy is factually based and effective in protecting consumer health […]

U.S. Wheat Organizations Share Concern About Proposed Actions Against Chinese Shipping

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) have submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) highlighting potential harm to wheat growers, grain trade, and international buyers from proposed Section 301 actions targeting China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors. USW and NAWG informed the USTR that uncertainty about the proposals is already causing […]

Langin Reclaims Top Spot in 2025 Winter Wheat Variety Survey

Fort Collins, Colo. – Langin was the most popular winter wheat variety planted in Colorado, according to the 2025 Colorado Winter Wheat Variety Survey released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service on February 28. This marks the fifth time Langin has topped the survey, accounting for 12.9 percent of the state’s winter wheat acreage. After […]

TAKE ACTION – Ask Congress to Pass a Robust Farm Bill

Wheat farmers play a crucial role in helping sustain our rural communities and feeding the world. To help feed families here and abroad, we, as farmers, must overcome challenges related to weather, price volatility, increased input costs, market uncertainty, and other factors. The farm bill plays an integral part in helping mitigate these risks. However, […]

NAWG Elects New Officers with Brent Cheyne as President

Today, Brent Cheyne was elected President of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). Brent farms with his son Rodney near Klamath Falls, Oregon, where they raise wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa and Angus cattle. In 2011, Brent began his time with the Oregon Wheat Growers League as the Oregon president before accepting the position of […]

Premium Program

2026 program Information:

Ardent Mills has partnered with the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF) and CSU for years to develop top performing wheat varieties that meet the special quality needed for UltraGrain®.

Eligible Plainsgold Varieties:

PlainsGold Hard White Winter wheat varieties are developed at Colorado State University (CSU) specifically for the quality characteristics needed by Ardent Mills, with the yield performance and agronomics needed by farmers.

For the 2026 crop year, the following varieties are included in the program: Snowmass 2.0, Breck, Monarch, Windom SF, and Telluride. Certified seed is required on all Ardent Mills contracts, and the use of glyphosate for pre-harvest crop desiccation is prohibited.

Ardent Mills is currently paying premiums as follows for the 2026 crop. Future year contracts are subject to market conditions and may change. For 2026, all varieties are paid at the same premium levels:

Delivery Points:

Once you have harvested your wheat crop, complete the program by delivering your qualifying wheat crop to the delivery point in Colorado or Nebraska as listed on your grain pricing schedule: