The clock was ticking as he motored across a field of winter wheat in a 20-ton cranberry-red combine harvester. “Gonna keep a close eye on those,” said Lewton, 29, a fourth-generation farmer and president of the Colorado Wheat Growers Association. The important thing to know is that Colorado farmers deal in winter wheat and spring wheat. Programs are in the works that could incentivize Colorado farmers using regenerative practices. And Ardent Mills, the flour company that buys the bulk of Colorado farmers’ wheat, counts a drought-tolerant variety developed by CSU, as one of its prime ingredients.

Source: Daily Sun August 06, 2023 14:07 UTC