All profits will go toward agricultural scholarships. Ag Day is made possible by the partnership of Colorado State University's College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Colorado agricultural organizations and associations. About 75 percent of commercial beans are grown in northeast Colorado and 95 percent of seed beans are grown on the Western Slope. Colorado farmers grow 4.7 million bushels of malting barley for Coors, the world's largest single-site beer brewery, located in Golden. Colorado ranks third in the United States in potato production.
Apples are the major fruit crop in Colorado, with sales centered on the Western Slope.
Colorado ranks as the No. 1 state for lamb feeding in the nation and No. 4 for inventory of sheep and lambs, with an estimated 685,000 head. Colorado dairy cows produce 1,774 gallons of milk per cow per year. Colorado-developed Olathe sweet corn varieties are sold worldwide . Get our releases via E-Mail. This page has been accessed 204 times.