Colorado Winter Wheat Varieties 2015 Crop - Publication

NEWS RELEASE
United States Department of Agriculture
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
MOUNTAIN REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE
P.O. BOX 150969 · Lakewood, CO 80215-9966

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2015

Contact: Bill Meyer
(800) 392-3202

COLORADO WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES 2015 CROP
This report provides the results of the Winter Wheat Seedings by Variety Survey, 2015 Crop, conducted by the National
Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office.
The survey was funded by the Colorado
Wheat Administrative Committee. The survey of winter wheat producers in Colorado was not sampled to provide a direct
expansion of the seeded acreage by variety or a measure of the sampling error. While a sufficient number of responses were
tabulated to identify the major varieties of winter wheat for the state and major districts, the varietal percentages at the district
and/or county level may not be adequately represented.
Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.50 million acres to winter wheat in the fall of 2014 for harvest in 2015, down
from 2.75 million acres seeded for the 2014 crop.
Byrd was the most popular variety seeded in Colorado, planted on 28.5 percent of the acreage for the 2015 crop compared with
14.8 percent for the 2014 crop. Hatcher, the number one variety seeded for last year’s crop, slipped to the second most popular
variety by accounting for 18.0 percent of the acreage, down from 25.2 percent for the 2014 crop. Brawl CL Plus jumped to the
third most popular variety from eighth place last year by accounting for 12.8 percent of the acres seeded for 2015. Snowmass
retained fourth place with 4.3 percent of the acreage, compared with 5.1 percent of last year’s crop. Ripper continued to occupy
fifth place with 2.9 percent of the acreage, a decrease from 4.4 percent of the acreage last year. The top five varieties accounted
for 66.5 percent of the acreage seeded. TAM 111 became the sixth leading variety with 2.7 percent of the acreage seeded, down
from 5.4 percent and third place last year. Winterhawk picked up seventh place from thirteenth place last year, with 2.3 percent
of the acreage. TAM 112 earned the eighth place ranking by accounting for 1.6 percent of the acreage seeded. Bill Brown
moved down to ninth with 1.5 percent of the acreage seeded compared with sixth place and 2.7 percent for 2014. Antero
completes the top ten with 1.4 percent, up from a seventeenth ranking and 0.6 percent of the acreage seeded last year.
The top ten varieties represented 76.0 percent of the state's total acreage seeded for the 2015 crop. The 2014 top ten varieties
accounted for 66.8 percent of the total seeded acreage.

Winter Wheat: Percent Planted by Variety, Colorado, 2008-15 1/
Variety

2008
Crop

2009
Crop

2010
Crop

2011
Crop

---22.2
---------8.9
------------------3.4
---------8.5
5.7
10.7
4.8
---35.8
100.0

---32.9
------6.8
8.0
------------------1.7
---------5.6
4.0
8.4
3.2
---29.4
100.0

---26.5
------12.5
7.5
---1.3
2.5
---------1.3
---------5.6
3.2
6.8
3.2
1.1
28.5
100.0

---34.5
---1.0
12.1
9.5
---1.7
5.1
---------0.9
---------1.5
1.9
1.6
2.8
---27.4
100.0

2012
Crop

2013
Crop

2014
Crop

2015
Crop

---30.3
---3.9
10.1
9.2
1.4
1.3
5.2
------------1.1
---2.1
2.1
1.7
2.2
2.9
---26.5
100.0

1.0
30.0
---5.1
8.5
8.1
2.3
3.0
3.9
---------0.8
1.7
---2.2
1.0
0.8
1.6
1.5
0.5
28.0
100.0

14.8
25.2
2.3
5.1
4.4
5.4
1.4
2.5
2.7
0.6
0.5
---1.3
------2.0
2.2
1.1
0.5
0.5
---27.5
100.0

28.5
18.0
12.8
4.3
2.9
2.7
2.3
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
15.5
100.0

Percent
Byrd
Hatcher
Brawl CL Plus
Snowmass
Ripper
TAM 111
Winterhawk
TAM 112
Bill Brown
Antero
Denali
SY Wolf
TAM 107
AP503 CL2
TAM 113
Settler CL
Prairie Red
Jagger
Jagalene
Above
Weston
Other & Unk 2/
TOTAL

1/ Dashes indicate either none or minor amount reported. 2/ Includes minor and older varieties that have become less popular. Source: USDA/NASS Colorado Agricultural
Statistics Service

Northeast District, selected counties, Colorado 2014-15 Crops 1/
Brawl CL
District/County

Byrd

Denali

Hatcher

Snowmass

SY Wolf

Other

Total

Plus
Percent
Northeast 2014

5.6

14.2

2.6

19.7

6.9

0.9

50.1

100.0

Northeast 2015

22.8

23.0

2.4

9.6

5.9

3.8

32.5

100.0

Logan

25.9

19.8

0.9

14.3

6.4

0.5

32.2

100.0

Morgan

4.2

47.4

---

11.5

0.9

6.0

30.0

100.0

Sedgwick

26.0

23.6

2.9

5.3

2.5

9.8

29.9

100.0

Weld

27.0

17.1

4.6

9.0

6.8

---

35.5

100.0

1/ Dashes indicate either none or minor amount reported. (D) Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations, included in “Other”.

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East Central District, selected counties, Colorado 2014-15 Crops 1/
District/County

Brawl CL
Plus

Byrd

Hatcher

Snowmass

TAM 111

Winterhawk

Other

Total

Percent
East Central 2014

2.1

15.8

26.7

4.3

5.9

1.3

43.9

100.0

East Central 2015

12.4

31.5

20.4

3.9

3.5

2.8

25.5

100.0

Adams

28.0

30.1

28.0

---

---

(D)

13.9

100.0

Cheyenne

2.5

26.9

13.6

---

5.6

---

51.4

100.0

Kiowa

3.5

38.8

11.5

(D)

3.3

3.3

39.6

100.0

Kit Carson

1.7

31.4

25.3

(D)

9.3

4.0

28.3

100.0

Lincoln

(D)

36.9

38.1

(D)

(D)

---

25.0

100.0

Phillips

16.0

22.0

7.1

15.5

(D)

11.4

28.0

100.0

Washington

23.9

29.0

21.9

1.9

2.5

3.1

17.7

100.0

Yuma

15.1

22.7

10.1

5.6

3.3

3.6

39.6

100.0

1/ Dashes indicate either none or minor amount reported. (D) Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations, included in “Other”.

Southeast District, selected counties, Colorado 2014-15 Crops 1/
District/County

Byrd

Hatcher

Ripper

Snowmass

TAM 107

TAM 113

Other

Total

Percent
Southeast 2014

10.9

24.7

---

8.5

1.2

0.9

53.8

100.0

Southeast 2015

27.1

23.1

(D)

(D)

6.0

3.3

40.5

100.0

Baca

11.7

34.3

---

(D)

12.4

3.3

38.3

100.0

Prowers

36.9

7.6

---

---

(D)

(D)

55.5

100.0

1/ Dashes indicate either none or minor amount reported. (D) Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations, included in “Other”.

Winter Wheat, selected districts, Colorado 2015 Crop 1/
Variety
Above
Antero
AP503CL2
Bill Brown
Bond CL
Brawl CL Plus
Byrd
Denali
Hatcher
Jagalene
Jagger
Prairie Red
Ripper
Settler CL
Snowmass
SY Wolf
TAM 107
TAM 111
TAM 112
TAM 113
Winterhawk
Other
Total

Northeast
0.8
(D)
1.5
0.5
2.4
22.8
23.0
2.4
9.6
1.2
------2.4
---5.9
3.8
---1.2
--(D)
2.2
20.3
100.0

District
East Central
Percent
0.6
1.9
0.8
1.9
1.0
12.4
31.5
1.1
20.4
0.5
0.7
0.7
2.3
1.0
3.9
0.8
---3.5
2.2
---2.8
10.0
100.0

Southeast
---------0.6
---(D)
27.1
---23.1
---------(D)
---(D)
---6.0
1.6
0.9
3.3
---37.4
100.0

1/ Dashes indicate either none or minor amount reported. (D) Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

Colorado Districts and Counties

Tom Vesey
Agricultural Statistician

Rodger Ott
Deputy Director

Bill Meyer
Director