Colorado

A Great Place to Grow

1930

Industry Profile• Commodities

– Top Products - Wheat, Corn, Potato, Soybeans, Sugar Beet,

• Orchard Crops and Melons– Peaches, Apple, Pear, Plum, Cantaloupe,

Watermelon, • Ranching – • Horticulture – 11% of all agriculture sales• Horticulture Industry

– Vertically Integrated – Safeway, City Market, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s

– Wholesale – Dutch Heritage, Welby Gardens, Tagawa Gardens

– Single Site – Echter’s, Youngs,Novacek, Non-profit – Revision International, Growhaus,

• Marijuana Industry– Est. Annual Demand: 121.4 metric tons – Value: – Employment: 7,500-10,000:

Year Number of Farms

1880 2,000

1900 16,000

1930 62,000

1950 47,000

1970 30,500

1990 26,500

2001 30,900

2011 36,100

References

• http://milehighconnects.org/equity-atlas.html• http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2760/i-2760pam.

pdf• http://lib.colostate.edu/research/agbib/

search.html• http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2760/i-2760_sh2

.pdf• http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State

/Colorado/Publications/Annual_Statistical_Bulletin/bulletin2011.pdf