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Public Notice: CAWG/CWAC Board Meeting
March 27, 2023
AGENDA Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) Board of Directors Meeting Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Collins, March 31, 2023 9:00 p.m.: General Business Session – Call to Order – CAWG, CWAC Introductions of Guests Roll … Continue reading
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ACTION ALERT – Tell Congress to Support Trade Programs
March 14, 2023
We need your help encouraging lawmakers to support the Expanding Agriculture Exports Act and Agriculture Export Promotion Act. If enacted, this legislation would double funding for these agricultural export market development programs administered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), including the … Continue reading
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NAWG Elects New Officers with Brent Cheyne as President
March 9, 2023
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 … Continue reading
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Colorado Winter Wheat Varieties – 2023 Crop
February 28, 2023
From USDA-NASS Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.2 million acres to winter wheat in the fall of 2022 for harvest in 2023, up 250,000 acres from the 2022 crop. For the fourth consecutive year, Langin was the most popular … Continue reading
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2023 CAWG Scholarships
February 24, 2023
The Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) will award two $1,000 scholarships in 2023. 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 … Continue reading
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Winter Wheat Farmer Partner Needed for Colorado Department of Agriculture Biofuel R&D Grant
February 16, 2023
The farmer partner will plant 10 acres of fiber hemp, harvest with a forage chopper, and put into a silage bag with our special advanced inoculants. The following year, the farmer will use their loader to help handle the finished … Continue reading
