COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS:
Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of May 1, 2021, is forecast at 57.80 million bushels, according
to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 41 percent above last year’s production of 41.04 million bushels but 41 percent
below the 98.00 million bushel crop produced two years ago.
Acreage for harvest, forecast at 1.70 million acres, is 180,000 acres more than a year ago. Average yield is forecast at 34.0 bushels per acre, up 7.0 bushels per acre from last year’s yield. Final yield will largely be determined by the combination of moisture and temperature conditions during May and June.