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VOL. 55, NO. 3 Summer 2013 Colorado www.coloradowheat.org Wheat Farmer OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE COLORADO WHEAT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE Stories: Ardent Mills President’s Column Colorado Winter Wheat Harvest Smallest Since ‘06 TYS field days By Steve Beedy In my first Colorado winter wheat president’s column, production in 2013 is projected I would like to at 43,500,000 bushels, down 59 introduce myself. percent from 73,780000 bushels My name is Steve produced last year, and down 60 Beedy, and I was percent from the 10-year average born and raised crop of 71,978,000 bushels. The on a farm north of estimate for the 2013 Colorado Genoa, Colorado. winter wheat crop is based upon The farm I live on was homesteaded by my great- 1,500,000 acres being harvested grandparents in 1894 and I live in the with an average yield of 29.0 house they built in 1900. I graduated bushels per acre. This compares from Colorado State University with 2,170,000 acres harvested (CSU) with a B.S. in Farm/Ranch last year and the 10-year average management. The farm is operated of 2,122,000 acres harvested. An by my parents, Raymond and Gloria, estimated 2,200,000 acres were my brother Gary, my three sons ages planted last fall for harvest in 2013, 13, 25, and 30, and myself. We grow compared with 2,350,000 acres Hard white winter wheat harvest at Anderson Farms near Dailey this July. all dryland crops with no-till and planted for harvest in 2012 and the min-till wheat, corn, and sunflowers 10-year average of 2,395,000 acres and also have a commercial cow/calf operation. planted for harvest. Colorado ranked down two percent from the 10-year bushels, and down six percent from I started serving on the Colorado 14th in winter wheat production for average of 2,165,663,900 bushels. the 10-year average of 349,380,000 Wheat Administrative Committee 2013, compared to tenth in 2012 and U.S. winter wheat production in bushels. (CWAC) board in the 1990s as sixth in 2011. 2013 is estimated at 1,542,605,000 Oklahoma winter wheat an alternate for Lincoln County. I 1,500,000 acres is the lowest bushels, down six percent from production is projected at also serve on several other boards: amount of harvested acres for 1,645,202,000 bushels in 2012, and 115,500,000 bushels in 2013, Arikaree Ground Water Board, Hi- Colorado since 1965. down less than one percent from the a decrease of 25 percent from Plains Soil Conservation Board and Approximately 700,000 acres 10-year average of 1,552,150,200 154,800,000 bushels in 2013, and the Lincoln County Tourism Board. were totally abandoned and not bushels. down seven percent from the 10-year While on the CWAC board I harvested in Baca, Prowers, Bent, U.S. spring wheat production average of 124,110,000 bushels. have had the pleasure of serving on Kiowa and Cheyenne counties due to in 2012 is estimated at 511,280,000 Texas winter wheat production several related boards, such as the Wheat Foods Council (WFC) and the poor emergence last fall or drought bushels, down six percent from is projected at 64,000,000 bushels Wheat Marketing Center (WMC). and freeze damage this spring. 541,959,000 bushels in 2012, and in 2013, down 33 percent from The WFC educates and promotes the Some farmers in the Holly, down three percent from the 10-year 96,000,000 bushels in 2012, and 30 use of wheat in the domestic market. Cheyenne Wells and Brandon area average of 529,041,600 bushels. percent from the 10-year average of The WMC in Portland, Oregon harvested no wheat at all, some for U.S. durum wheat production 90,845,000 bushels. does education on the quality of the first time in their farm history, in 2012 is estimated at 60,200,000 Nebraska winter wheat U.S. wheat and milling and baking and some for the first time since the bushels, down 27 percent from production is projected at 41,760,000 classes for domestic and overseas 1950s. 81,956,000 bushels in 2012, and bushels in 2013, down 22 percent markets. I am currently serving on On August 12, USDA estimated down 29 percent from the 10-year from 53,300,000 bushels in 2012, the U.S. Wheat Associates (USWA) U.S. all-wheat production (the sum average of 84,472,100 bushels. and down 40 percent from the 10- board, representing Colorado wheat total of winter, spring and durum Kansas winter wheat production year average of 69,176,000 bushels. growers. USWA works on exports of production) in 2013 at 2,114,085,000 is projected at 328,200,000 bushels The next USDA Crop Cont’d on p. 8 bushels, down seven percent from in 2013, down 14 percent from Production Report will be released 2,269,117,000 bushels in 2012, and 2012 production of 382,000,000 September 12. Help the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee Update Our Mailing List In preparation for the Spring 2014 referendum to re-approve the two-cent wheat assessment, the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) is updating our mailing list. Thank you to everyone who has updated your address with us so far. We want to keep you on our mailing list if you are still farming, have your wheat ground in CRP, receive income as a landlord, rent land to farm and receive income from a wheat crop, own land that someone else farms for you, share-crop, receive income from a trust that owns land that is farmed for wheat, or otherwise receive any income from wheat farming. 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Non-Profit please let us know and we will mark you as such on our list, and you still may receive The Colorado Wheat Farmer. 2 COLORADO WHEAT FARMER SUMMER 2013 2013 Collaborative On-Farm Test (COFT) Results 2013 Collaborative On-Farm Tests (COFT) Variety Performance Results 2013 Varietiesa COFT Byrd Antero Brawl CL Plus Denali Hatcher Snowmass Average Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt Yield Test Wt County/Town bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu bu/acb lb/bu Baca/Vilas 8.2 56.1 10.0 55.2 6.5 57.9 5.2 57.1 5.7 56.0 6.3 54.6 7.0 56.2 Kit Carson/Burlington 15.0 57.9 12.5 59.0 16.5 58.6 14.2 59.1 11.5 59.1 11.4 58.2 13.5 58.7 Lincoln/Arriba 32.8 57.5 36.3 56.6 34.8 56.6 37.0 55.6 31.6 55.8 28.4 55.4 33.5 56.3 Logan/Leroy 25.6 59.0 24.2 59.5 24.2 62.0 26.9 59.0 23.4 59.5 21.1 58.0 24.2 59.5 Logan/Peetz 30.1 59.0 30.8 59.0 19.6 59.0 37.8 58.0 36.3 57.2 29.6 58.0 30.7 58.4 Logan/Sterling W 34.8 55.0 32.0 56.0 35.3 55.5 31.5 56.0 33.8 56.5 27.2 53.5 32.4 55.4 Phillips/Haxtun 48.0 53.8 43.3 54.1 46.7 55.4 44.5 55.8 43.5 52.8 36.3 52.4 43.7 54.1 Washington/Akron S 39.0 60.0 36.3 60.0 40.5 61.5 34.8 62.0 30.5 60.0 37.8 60.0 36.5 60.6 Washington/Akron W 16.7 55.0 19.8 55.0 18.1 56.0 17.0 56.0 15.6 55.0 15.5 55.0 17.1 55.3 Washington/Central 21.3 55.5 22.6 58.5 22.0 56.9 21.7 58.2 20.4 57.5 19.8 55.3 21.3 57.0 Washington/Otis 48.8 58.5 39.9 58.5 42.5 60.5 41.7 61.0 40.2 59.0 34.8 59.0 41.3 59.4 Weld/Keenesburg 37.7 56.0 33.1 57.0 35.3 56.5 27.9 58.0 34.7 59.0 25.2 57.0 32.3 57.3 Weld/New Raymer 26.8 56.5 33.0 57.0 24.9 58.0 25.3 57.0 26.2 56.0 26.7 56.0 27.1 56.8 Weld/Roggen 49.8 59.0 56.6 60.0 48.4 60.0 52.2 60.0 49.4 61.0 41.0 60.0 49.6 60.0 Yuma/Yuma 37.8 59.6 34.1 60.3 37.0 61.5 33.7 61.2 32.8 59.4 27.8 59.1 33.9 60.2 Average yield/Test Wt 31.5 57.2 31.0 57.7 30.1 58.4 30.1 58.3 29.0 57.6 25.9 56.8 29.6 57.7 Significancec A A,B B,C B,C C D LSD(P<0.30) for yield = 1.2 bu/acre, LSD(P<0.30) for test weight = 0.3 lb/bu.