2023 County Meetings and Elections

Colorado wheat farmers are invited to attend and participate in the annual county business meetings and elections jointly sponsored by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC), the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) and the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF). The business meetings and elections will be held January 5-6, 2023, at four different locations.  Please see the table below for full details or visit coloradowheat.org.

The program at the meetings will include an update on the Colorado State University Wheat Breeding Program from wheat breeder Dr. Esten Mason. There will also be organizational updates on CWAC, CAWG, CWRF. If you would like to attend one of the meetings, please RSVP to the Colorado Wheat office at info@coloradowheat.org or 970-449-6994.

County-level representatives for both CWAC and CAWG will also be elected at these meetings. CWAC and CAWG are two distinctly separate organizations with different but complementary purposes. CWAC is the Commissioner-appointed Board of Control for the Colorado Wheat Marketing Order, whose purpose is to oversee how Colorado’s wheat assessment dollars (two cents per bushel of wheat produced in the state) are spent on research, market development, outreach, education and other various endeavors.

Colorado Association of Wheat Growers is comprised of dues-paying members who are politically active, focusing on policy that impacts wheat producers and agriculture in general.

2023 Annual County Meetings (A complimentary meal will be served at each meeting)

Date Time County Location
Thursday, Jan. 5 12:00 p.m. Baca, Prowers, Bent, Kiowa, Crowley, Otero and Las Animas Lamar Community Building – 610 S. 6th Street Lamar, CO
  6:00 p.m. Lincoln, Elbert, El Paso, Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Jefferson, Douglas, Fremont, Custer, Huerfano and Pueblo Community Building – 477 D. Ave Limon, CO
Friday, Jan. 6 8:00 a.m. Morgan, Weld, Boulder and Larimer The Block, Fort Morgan – 19592 E 8th Ave, Fort Morgan, CO
  12:30 p.m. Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma Haxtun Community Building – 125 E Wilson St, Haxtun, CO
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County representatives

County
Member
Alternate
Adams
Justin Lewton
Mark Linnebur
Arapahoe
Vacant
Vacant
Baca
Brian Brooks
Vacant
Bent
Vacant
Vacant
Boulder
Vacant
Vacant
Cheyenne
Vacant
Vacant
Crowley
Vacant
Vacant
Custer
Vacant
Vacant
Douglas
Vacant
Vacant
Elbert
Vacant
Vacant
El Paso
Vacant
Vacant
Fremont
Vacant
Vacant
Huerfano
Vacant
Vacant
Jefferson
Vacant
Vacant
Kiowa
Shelby Britten
Vacant
Kit Carson
Matthew Mulch
Vacant
Larimer
Vacant
Vacant
Las Animas
Vacant
Vacant
Lincoln
Auston Andersen
Garson Thompson
Logan
Dan Anderson
Vacant
Moffat
Vacant
Vacant
Morgan
Nick Midcap
Cary Wickstrom
Otero
Vacant
Vacant
Phillips
Lynn Seger
Ryan Kanode
Prowers
Brett Shelton
Vacant
Pueblo
Vacant
Vacant
Rio Blanco
Vacant
Vacant
Routt
Vacant
Vacant
Sedgewick
Leslie Peterson
Ole Johnson
Washington
Vacant
Vacant
Weld
Cole Mertens
Vacant
Yuma
Vacant
Vacant

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: