Public Notice: CWAC/CAWG Joint Board Meeting
AGENDA Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) Board of Directors Meeting Embassy Suites, Loveland, CO March 24, 2022 9am: General Business Session Call to Order – CAWG, CWAC Introductions of Guests Roll Call & Brief Crop Reports – CAWG, CWAC Confidentiality Reminder Approval of Agenda – CAWG, CWAC Consideration of […]
PlainsGold Varieties Take Top Spots in 2022 Winter Wheat Variety Survey
Fort Collins, Colo. – PlainsGold® varieties took the top eight spots in the 2022 Colorado Winter Wheat Variety Survey, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office. According to the survey, Langin was the most popular winter wheat variety in Colorado, planted on 17 percent of the winter wheat acres. Langin, […]
Colorado Winter Wheat Varieties
From USDA-NASS This report provides the results of the Winter Wheat Seedings by Variety Survey, 2022 Crop, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office. The survey was funded by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.15 million acres to winter wheat in the fall of 2021 […]
NAWG Responds to the State of the Union
Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) – Tonight, President Joseph Biden delivered his first State of the Union remarks to Congress. NAWG CEO Chandler Goule provide the following statement in response: “Given the gravity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden spoke at length about the ongoing conflict, which has caused volatility in the grain […]
NAWG Testifies Before the House Agriculture Committee on a Review of the 2018 Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) – National Association of Wheat Growers Vice President and Paterson, WA farmer Nicole Berg, testified in front of the House Agriculture Committee. Today, the committee held a hearing to review the 2018 Farm Bill with a focus on Title I programs. Nicole Berg highlighted key improvements made during the 2018 […]
CSU Land Rental Rates Survey
Attention, Colorado Producers and AgriBusiness Owners: Show your love for Colorado Agriculture by completing Colorado State University’s annual Custom Rates Survey. Take just 10 minutes to complete the survey before March 11, 2022. Complete the Survey Here: https://colostate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6s3FcPaxmuZmFkW What is the Custom Rates Survey? Colorado State University Extension conducts an annual survey of custom […]
2022 Colorado Wheat County Meeting 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 9-10, 2022, at three different locations. […]
2022 Farm Bill Decision Webinar
The March 15th deadline for farmers to make their ARC/PLC decisions for the 2022 crop year is fast approaching. In an effort to provide growers with the most up to date information needed to make this important decision, CSU Extension and the USDA Farm Service Agency have teamed up to conduct a Farm Bill Decisions […]
NAWG Press Release: House Members Call for Action Against India’s Wheat and Rice Subsidies
Today, 28 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai requesting the administration pursue a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against India’s domestic support for rice and wheat production. The United States has previously highlighted India’s non-compliance through counter-notifications at the WTO […]