Percent Certified Wheat Seed
| Colorado Certified winter wheat seed: Percentage of winter wheat planted | |||||
| Year | Lbs. Certified* | Acres planted, | % Certified seed, at | ||
| Seed Planted** | winter wheat^ | 55 lb./ac. Seeding rate^^ | |||
| 2001 | 26,603,630 | 2,350,000 | 20.6% | ||
| 2002 | 29,704,748 | 2,350,000 | 23.0% | ||
| 2003 | 31,184,283 | 2,600,000 | 21.8% | ||
| 2004 | 36,181,932 | 2,300,000 | 28.6% | ||
| 2005 | 41,394,953 | 2,650,000 | 28.4% | ||
| *Includes Certified, Registered, and Foundation classes of seed | |||||
| **Source: CSGA Distibution Summaries; Assumes all seed sold was planted the same year | |||||
| ^Source: Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service 2004 | |||||
| ^^Source: Weighted Average seeding rate, CASS 2004 unpublished data | |||||
| Updated: March 24, 2005 | |||||
Top Ten CSGA Wheat Varieties by Year
| Colorado Seed Growers Association | |||||
| Top Ten Variety Ranking | |||||
| (Certified Seed Sold, not total wheat planted in CO) | |||||
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Ranking | |||||
| 1 | Prairie Red | Prairie Red | Prairie Red | Above | Above |
| 30.2% | 30.5% | 18.7% | 20.9% | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Akron | Akron | Akron | Trego | Ankor |
| 18.5% | 18.5% | 15.8% | 13.1% | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Yumar | Yumar | Above | Platte | Jagalene |
| 15.0% | 8.4% | 13.1% | 9.9% | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Prowers | Tam 107 | Platte | Akron | Akron |
| 7.7% | 7.4% | 12.6% | 9.3% | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Tam 107 | Jagger | Trego | Jagalene | Trego |
| 7.5% | 7.4% | 10.0% | 8.9% | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Yuma | Prowers 99 | Jagger | Prairie Red | Tam 111 |
| 5.0% | 6.3% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Jagger | Platte | Yumar | Jagger | Prairie Red |
| 3.3% | 5.8% | 6.9% | 7.9% | 6.6% | |
| 8 | Halt | Halt | Tam 107 | Yumar | Platte |
| 2.9% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 4.1% | |
| 9 | 2137 | Yuma | Prowers 99 | Yuma | Yuma |
| 1.9% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Thunderbolt | Trego | Hawk | Tam 107 | Yumar |
| 1.8% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 3.3% | |
| Total | 93.9% | 94.2% | 94.5% | 90.3% | 92.0% |