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with the CWRF ConAgra Mills Ultragrain®
Premium Program
Earn premiums of 30-90 cents per bushel
Brought to you by Colorado Wheat Research Foundation
Premium Wheat Deserves a Premium Price
Colorado wheat farmers can combine high yielding wheat varieties with a 30-90 cent
per bushel premium to boost income potential with the CWRF ConAgra Mills
Ultragrain® Premium Program!
Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF) is proud to continue the longstanding partnership with ConAgra to offer wheat growers premiums for select
hard white winter wheat varieties. The demand for hard white wheat continues to
grow as consumers look for the health benefits of whole grain products from hard white wheat varieties.
Get Started this Fall
Don’t wait. Join the program this fall. Participating in the CWRF ConAgra Mills Ultragrain® Premium Program
is easy and it’s a great way to earn premium prices on your wheat crop. Get started in three easy steps:
1. Contact your local PlainsGold seed grower
The new PlainsGold brand offers two great varieties that are eligible for the program. Snowmass and
Thunder CL can be purchased directly from local PlainsGold seed growers right in your area.
They’ll also help you with necessary paperwork to enroll in the program.
PlainsGold Seed Growers with Hard White Winter Wheat Varieties
Location
Seed Grower
Phone
Varieties
Amherst
Burlington
Byers
Erie
Genoa
Grand Junction
Haxtun
Holyoke
Julesburg
Matheson
New Raymer
Orchard
Roggen
Sheridan Lake
Woodrow
Gary Rafert
Ryan Weaver
Progressive Farms
Johnston Family Farms
Dry Creek Seed Company
Frank Fry
Anderson Wheat Farms
Aaron Sprague
Dolezal Farms Kochis Farms
Jim and Cole Mertens
Cary Wickstrom
Cooksey Farms
Sand Creek Farms
Wagers Seed
(970) 854-2607
(719) 346-7779
(720) 244-6775
(303) 591-8830
(719) 763-2367
(970) 858-7181
(970) 774-4143
(970) 854-5328
(308) 889-5365
(719) 775-2596
(970) 437-5358
(970) 656-3483
(303) 849-5214
(719) 729-3367
(970) 544-0057
Snowmass
Thunder CL
Snowmass
Snowmass and Thunder CL
Snowmass
Thunder CL
Snowmass
Snowmass
Snowmass
Snowmass
Snowmass
Snowmass
Snowmass and Thunder CL
Snowmass
Snowmass
2. Join the Program
After you talk to your local seed grower, they will help
you finalize all the necessary contracts to join the
program, including:
• Grain Pricing Schedule with ConAgra Mills detailing
the contract terms.
• Wheat Seed Agreement with CWRF that requires
the planting of certified seed and the delivery of
all production to ConAgra.
• Clearfield® Wheat Stewardship Grower
Agreement with BASF (for Thunder CL).
3. E arn Premiums of 30-90 cents/bushel
All Snowmass and Thunder CL wheat grown under the premium program is eligible for a minimum
premium of 30 cents per bushel, regardless of protein levels. Additional bonuses of up to 60 cents per bushel
are available for protein levels starting at 12.2% up to 15%. New for the 2013 crop, premiums
increase more quickly at lower protein levels.
That means wheat with 15% protein will earn you a premium of 90 cents/bushel. Here’s how it breaks out:
Protein Scale
Protein
Level
Base
Premium
Additional
Premium
Total
Premium
Protein
Level
Base
Premium
Additional
Premium
Total
Premium
12.2%
$0.30
$0.03
$0.33
13.8%
$0.30
$0.42
$0.72
12.4%
$0.30
$0.06
$0.36
14.0%
$0.30
$0.45
$0.75
12.6%
$0.30
$0.14
$0.44
14.2%
$0.30
$0.48
$0.78
12.8%
$0.30
$0.17
$0.47
14.4%
$0.30
$0.51
$0.81
13.0%
$0.30
$0.25
$0.55
14.6%
$0.30
$0.54
$0.84
13.2%
$0.30
$0.28
$0.58
14.8%
$0.30
$0.57
$0.87
13.4%
$0.30
$0.36
$0.66
15.0%
$0.30
$0.60
$0.90
13.6%
$0.30
$0.39
$0.69
Delivery Points
Wheat raised under the CWRF ConAgra Mills Ultragrain® Premium Program must be grown under
contract, and delivered to one of the following delivery points:
Anton – Anton Coop
Amherst – Grainland Coop
Bennett – Roggen Farmers Elevator Association
Commerce City/Denver – Commerce City Grain
Fort Morgan – Wildcat Dairy
Genoa – Flagler Coop
Haxtun – Grainland Coop
Holyoke – Grainland Coop
Pierce – Roggen Farmers Elevator Association
Stratton – Stratton Equity Coop
Vona – Tempel Grain
Additional delivery points pending.
About Colorado Wheat
Research Foundation — CWRF is a
About PlainsGold — The new PlainsGold
non-profit corporation that conducts educational
and scientific programs related to wheat. CWRF
is a farmer-governed organization that takes
ownership of CSU-developed wheat varieties,
which are then marketed and sold under the new
PlainsGold brand. The CWRF Board of Directors
is comprised of the executive committees of
the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee
(CWAC) and the Colorado Association of Wheat
Growers (CAWG).
NEW! $200
REBATE
brand continues a long history of bringing farmers a
strong and proven portfolio of wheat varieties with
excellent yield and yield stability, disease resistance,
and superior quality.
Every variety offered by PlainsGold comes from
the outstanding research done at Colorado State
University (CSU). The highly recognized public wheat
breeding program at CSU focuses its resources on
developing varieties that optimize yields, incorporate
resistance to key diseases in the High Plains region,
and carry desirable end-use quality characteristics for
domestic and export markets. Royalties from
PlainsGold certified wheat seed sales provide
needed supplemental funding to expand
wheat breeding and wheat-related
research activities at CSU.
$2 Per Bushel Rebate on Certified Seed Purchases
Purchase Snowmass or Thunder CL this fall from a participating seed
grower and get a $2 per bushel rebate on your certified seed purchase
from ConAgra Mills. The rebate will be paid on this year’s seed
purchases, after next year’s harvest.
PlainsGold Premium Varieties
PlainsGold offers two hard white winter wheat varieties Both varieties combine excellent milling and
eligible for the CWRF ConAgra Mills Ultragrain®
baking qualities with impressive yields, stress
Premium Program: Snowmass and Thunder CL.
tolerance, test weight and disease resistance.
Snowmass
Thunder CL
Quick Facts about Snowmass
• Class: Hard white winter • Coleoptile Length: Medium
• Yield: Good dryland yield and yield stability • Drought Resistance: Good
• Maturity: Medium • Shattering: Good
• Height: Medium-tall • Straw Strength: Fair • Stem Rust: Resistant
• Leaf Rust: Moderately susceptible
• Stripe Rust: Intermediate
• Wheat Streak Mosaic: Resistant
• RWA Resistance: Susceptible
• Test Weight: Good • Quality: Good milling, excellent baking Quick Facts about Thunder CL
• Class: Hard white winter (Clearfield®)
• Coleoptile Length: Medium
• Yield: Good, particularly under irrigated conditions
• Drought Resistance: Good
• Maturity: Medium-early
• Shattering: Good
• Height: Medium-short
• Straw Strength: Excellent
• Stem Rust: Resistant
• Leaf Rust: Moderately susceptible
• Stripe Rust: Moderately resistant
• Wheat Streak Mosaic: Moderately tolerant
• RWA Resistance: Biotype 1
• Test Weight: Good
• Quality: Good milling, excellent baking
Snowmass hard white winter wheat is the flagship
variety in the CWRF ConAgra Mills Ultragrain® Premium
Program. Snowmass is in high demand with millers and
bakers because of its unparalleled milling and baking
quality. In addition to the price and protein premium,
Snowmass features good dryland yields with good test
weights, excellent wheat streak mosaic resistance and
medium-tall plant height for increased crop residue.
Thunder CL is another PlainsGold hard white winter
wheat variety. Thunder CL is a one-gene Clearfield®
hard white winter wheat variety that is tolerant to
Beyond™ herbicide for broad-spectrum weed control,
including problematic winter annual grassy weeds.
In addition, Thunder CL combines good yields, good
stress tolerance, good disease resistance, good test
weights and superior milling and baking qualities.
For more information about these varieties or on the
ConAgra Mills Ultragrain® Premium Program, visit our websites:
www.PlainsGold.com or www.coloradowheat.org
Purchase Snowmass or Thunder CL this fall from a participating
seed grower and get a $2 per bushel rebate on your certified seed
purchase from ConAgra Mills. The rebate will be paid on
this year’s seed purchases, after next year’s harvest.
REBATE
$2 Per Bushel Rebate on Certified Seed Purchases
NEW! $200
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