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Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 2, 2025

In this week’s NASS report, the good-to-excellent category dropped from 56% to 48%. However, this good-to-excellent number is still higher than the 5-year average of 32%, and optimism remains for this year’s crop. Most of Eastern Colorado received some rainfall over the past week. However, totals varied. The higher totals were in very isolated areas.

Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 25, 2025

There is not much change from last week’s report, but one notable update is that the “Poor” category in this week’s NASS report increased from 11% to 18%. Temperatures were closer to average for this time of year. Some isolated areas did receive rain. According to CoCoRahs, the highest rainfall totals were observed in Cheyenne […]

Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 25, 2025

There is not much change from last week’s report, but one notable update is that the “Poor” category in this week’s NASS report increased from 11% to 18%. Temperatures were closer to average for this time of year. Some isolated areas did receive rain. According to CoCoRahs, the highest rainfall totals were observed in Cheyenne […]

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 11, 2025

This week brought temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s for most of Eastern Colorado, with record-breaking highs expected tomorrow. Several locations are expected to break 90 degrees. However, based on the 10-day forecast, these high temperatures should be short-lived. Temperatures are expected to drop back into the mid-to-high 60s by Monday. Unfortunately, there’s no moisture in […]

Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 11, 2025

This week brought temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s for most of Eastern Colorado, with record-breaking highs expected tomorrow. Several locations are expected to break 90 degrees. However, based on the 10-day forecast, these high temperatures should be short-lived. Temperatures are expected to drop back into the mid-to-high 60s by Monday. Unfortunately, there’s no moisture in […]

U.S. Wheat Industry Supportive of USDA Administration of Food for Peace Program

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) welcome new legislation introduced today that would move the Food for Peace international food assistance program under USDA’s administration. The legislation is sponsored by Representatives Tracey Mann of Kansas, Rick Crawford of Arkansas, Dan Newhouse of Washington, David Rouzer of North Carolina and […]

2025 CAWG Scholarships

The Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) will award two $1,000 scholarships in 2025. One scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who plans to attend an accredited college, university, junior college or community college. The student must enter college the same year as their graduation from high school. The second scholarship […]

Colorado Wheat Announces 2025 County Meetings and Election Dates

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 February 6-7, at four different locations.  Please […]

The Importance of the NASS Winter Wheat Variety Survey

Every fall the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts a survey of Colorado’s wheat producers to ask what wheat varieties they have planted for the crop year. The survey is funded by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. That’s right – it is your producer-elected board that wants that information. The variety survey allows CWAC, as […]

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:

  • $0.25 base grower premium
  • $0.40 @ 11.0% protein
  • $0.60 @ 12.0% protein
  • + $0.05 each half a point up to 14% ($0.65 at 12.5%, $0.80 at 14%)
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:

  • Anton Coop
  • CHS High Plains – Fleming
  • Flagler Coop – Flagler
  • Roggen Farmers Elevator – Roggen
  • Ardent Mills – Denver
  • CHS High Plains – Haxtun
  • CHS High Plains – Holyoke
  • Flagler Coop – Arriba
  • Roggen Farmers Elevator – Pierce
  • Peetz Coop
  • CHS High Plains – Amherst
  • CHS High Plains – Yuma
  • Flagler Coop – Hugo
  • Roggen Farmers Elevator – Wildcat
  • Frenchman Valley Coop - Chappell
  • Frenchman Valley Coop - Grant
  • Frenchman Valley Coop - Venago
  • Frenchman Valley Coop - Imperial
  • Frenchman Valley Coop - Wauneta

Wheat Assessment

Wheat Subject to Assessment

Wheat grown in the 32 Colorado counties covered by the Colorado Wheat Marketing Order are subject to assessment. The counties include: Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Cheyenne, Crowley, Custer, Douglas, El Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Moffat, Morgan, Otero, Phillips, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Routt, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, and Yuma.

Assessment Rate

The current assessment rate is two cents per bushel.

Refundable Assessment

A producer may request a refund of that portion of the assessment withheld which exceeds one-half cent per bushel (currently one and one-half cents per bushel).

Producers can request an “Application for Refund of Wheat Assessment” (ARWA) form by contacting the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) by one of 2 ways:

Mailing a written request to

4026 South Timberline Road, Suite 100
Fort Collins, CO 80525

E-mailing a written request to

info@coloradowheat.org

Producers must submit a completed ARWA form, along with proof of assessment withheld, within 30 days of the date of assessment to be eligible for refund. The date of assessment is the actual date of wheat sale or date wheat was placed under loan by the FSA.

Assessment Collection & Remittance

Wheat assessment is collected by the “first handler” (typically an elevator or feedlot) directly from the producer and then remitted to the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC). A “Wheat Assessment Reporting Form” and full instructions can be obtained from CWAC.