1. Darrell Hanavan Executive Director Welcome to Colorado Wheat Country

2. Colorado Wheat Organizations CWAC A marketing order funded by a producer-approved assessment of two cents per bushel of wheat to fund education, research and promotion programs to increase the consumption and utilization of Colorado produced wheat. CAWG A voluntary membership association that lobbies on behalf of wheat growers at the state and national levels of government and provides special programs and benefits to dues paying members including workers’ compensation coverage and an informative newsletter. CWRF A non-profit corporation developed by CWAC to further educational and scientific programs related to wheat. Acquires ownership of new wheat varieties developed by CSU and collects royalties to provide additional funding support to wheat related research at CSU .

6. Topographical Map Denver 5,280 ft 1,609 m Arkansas River 3,350 ft 1,022 m

7. Population Per Square Mile About 5M people reside in Colorado Denver-Aurora-Broomfield Metropolitan over 2.5M

8. Average Annual Precipitation Legend in mm Legend in mm Under 254 254 to 381 381 to 508 508 to 635 635 to 762 762 to 889 889 to 1016 1016 to 1143 1143 to 1270 1270 to 1397 Above 1397

9. Colorado Grasslands Colorado eastern plains prairie grasslands

10. ALL Wheat: Production by County, 2008

11. Winter Wheat, Colorado, 1999-2008 Yield Per Acres Acres Harvested Acre Production Year Planted Harvested (Bushels) (Bushels) 1999 2,600,000 2,400,000 43.0 103,200,000 2000 2,500,000 2,350,000 29.0 68,150,000 2001 2,350,000 2,000,000 33.0 66,000,000 2002 2,350,000 1,650,000 22.0 36,300,000 2003 2,600,000 2,200,000 35.0 77,000,000 2004 2,300,000 1,700,000 27.0 45,900,000 2005 2,550,000 2,200,000 24.0 52,800,000 2006 2,150,000 1,900,000 21.0 39,900,000 2007 2,500,000 2,350,000 39.0 91,650,000 2008 2,150,000 1,900,000 30.0 57,000,000 1999-08 (Avg.) 2,405,000 2,065,000 30.3 63,790,000 2009 (est.) 2,600,000 2,400,000 39.0 93,600,000

12. Winter Wheat, Colorado, 1999-2008 Yield Per Hectares Hectares Harvested Hectares Production Year Planted Harvested (Metric Tons) (Metric Tons) 1999 1,052,00 971,000 2.89 2,809,000 2000 1,012,000 951,000 1.95 1,855,000 2001 951,000 809,000 2.22 1,796,000 2002 951,000 668,000 1.48 988,000 2003 1,052,000 890,000 2.36 2,096,000 2004 931,000 688,000 1.82 1,249,000 2005 1,032,000 890,000 1.61 1,437,000 2006 870,000 769,000 1.41 1,086,000 2007 1,012,000 951,000 2.62 2,494,000 2008 870,000 769,000 2.01 1,551,000 1999-08 (Avg.) 973,000 836,000 2.07 1,736,000 2009 (est.) 1,052,000 971,000 2.62 2,547,000

45. Colorado Wheat: An Innovative Model Program Darrell L. Hanavan CWAC/CAWG/CWRF Executive Director

46. Wheat Research Partnership

52. CSU Wheat Improvement Team Scott Haley Brad Erker Ned Tisserat Frank Peairs Phil Westra Pat Byrne Nora Lapitan Henry Thompson Jerry Johnson Dan Anderson Randy Wilks Darrell Hanavan

63. Planting Decision Meeting Postcard

64. Colorado CWRF Postcard #1

65. Colorado CWRF Postcard #1, p. 2

66. Colorado CWRF Postcard #2

67. Colorado CWRF Postcard #2, p. 2

68. Colorado CWRF Postcard #3

69. Colorado CWRF Postcard #3, p. 2

70. Colorado CWRF Brochure

71. HWW Postcard #1

72. HWW Postcard #2

73. HWW Postcard #3

74. Colorado Market Share (%)

75. Wheat Research Partnership

76. CWRF Hard White Wheat Marketing Program with ConAgra Darrell Hanavan Executive Director