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Colorado harvested 98 million bushels of winter wheat this year, enough to rank second in the nation behind Kansas, according to data released Wednesday from the Department of Agriculture. Darrell Hanavan of the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee said that’s Colorado’s highest ranking.
Earlier forecasts pegged the harvest around 89 million bushels. The record is about 134 million bushels, set in 1985.
This year’s harvest was 72 percent larger than last year’s, thanks to moisture last fall and above-average spring rain. However, average prices are expected to be down at least $1.50 per bushel from about $6.50 per bushel a year ago.
The Associated Press; Lamar Ledger photo
