As of August 1, the average yield is forecast at 41.0 bushels per acre, up 3.0 bushels per acre from the July 1 forecast and 16.0 bushels per acre above last year’s final yield.Ĭolorado farmers and ranchers expect to harvest 600,000 acres of alfalfa hay this year, down 10,000 acres from 2022. Area for harvest is expected to total 1.80 million acres, 370,000 acres more than the 1.43 million acres harvested in 2022. Winter wheat production is forecast at 73.80 million bushels, up 8 percent from the July 1 forecast and up 106 percent from theģ5.75-million-bushel crop produced last year. Barley turning color was 65 percent complete, compared with 56 percent last year and the 5-year average of 72 percent. As of July 30, the barley crop condition was rated 2 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 18 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 25 percent excellent. Barley yield is forecast at 130.0 bushels per acre, up 17.0 bushels from July 1 and 19.0 bushels above last year. Area for harvest in 2023 is expected to total 44,000 acres, is up 4,000 acres from the 40,000 acres harvested last year. Sorghum headed was 26 percent complete, compared with 25 percent last year and the 5-year average of 31 percent.īarley production is forecast at 5.72 million bushels, up 15 percent from the July 1 forecast and up 29 percent from last year’s crop.
As of July 30, the sorghum crop condition was rated 7 percent poor, 15 percent fair, 62 percent good, and 16 percent excellent. Average yield is forecast at 53.0 bushels per acre, 33.0 bushels above last year’s final yield. Growers expect to harvest 400,000 acres this year, up from the 380,000 acres harvested last year. Sorghum production in 2023 is forecast at 21.20 million bushels, up 179 percent from the 7.60 million bushels harvested a year earlier. Corn silking was 53 percent complete, compared with 49 percent last year and the 5-year average of 68 percent. As of July 30, Colorado’s corn crop condition was rated 5 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 15 percent excellent. Average yield, forecast at 130.0 bushels per acre, is up 9.0 bushels from last year. The 1.00 million acres expected to be harvested for grain this year is unchanged from the June estimate, but up 20,000 acres from the area harvested a year ago.
This forecast is up 10 percent from last year’s 118.58-million-bushel crop. Based on August 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 130.00 million bushels, according to the August 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
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