Colorado's Agricultural Industry and Export Outlook

Timothy Burleigh Timothy J. Larsen Markets Division

Overview of the Department of Agriculture Agriculture in Colorados economy Colorados agricultural export trends Colorado/Uganda trade opportunities Support for agricultural exports

Colorado Department of Agriculture

CDA is charged with:
Strengthening and advancing Colorados agriculture industry; Ensuring a safe, high quality, and sustainable food supply; and Protecting consumers, the environment, and natural resources.

Ags Impact on Colorado

Photo courtesy of Richard Gann

Ags Impact on the State Economy farm/ranch sales

Crops 28% $1,585,277,000

Livestock & Products 72% $4,061,854,000

Cash Receipts (Million $) #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Cattle & calves Dairy (milk) Corn for grain Wheat Produce Hay Greenhouse & nursery Poultry & eggs Hogs 3,058 534 518 476 466 390 277 203 176

#10

Sheep & lambs

114
$6,212

Total for Top 10

95.8% of total agricultural cash receipts

What Colorados known for: LIVESTOCK

Cattle
#10 All cattle #14 Beef Cows #5 Beef on feed

Sheep/lambs
#4 Wool production #3 Market Sheep/lambs #7 Breeding Sheep #4 All sheep

Dairy
#15 Milk production

Hogs
#12 Pig crop #11 Breeding hogs

What Colorados known for: CROPS

#1 Millet #4 Sunflowers (oil) #6 Sunflowers (confect) #6 Barley #8 Sugarbeets #8 Spring wheat #9 Sorghum #10 Hay #11 Winter Wheat

What Colorados known for: FRUITS & VEGETABLES

#3 Head Lettuce #3 Romaine Lettuce #3 Leaf Lettuce #4 Spinach #4 Potatoes #5 Cantaloupe #6 Sweet Corn #7 Onions #8 Cabbage #9 Dry edible beans #7 Peaches #8 Pears #24 Apples

Colorado acreage
76% in agricultural production (50.8 M acres)
Private ownership 19.6 million pasture/grazing 11.5 million acres cropland
8.9 dryland crops 2.6 million irrigated crops
US Forest Service land (63.3%) 9.2 m ag. lease BLM land (93%) 7.7 m ag. leases State land (95%) 2.84 m leased for agricultural production

Economic Activity
Colorados agriculture and food industry contributes $22 - $25 billion to the states economy annually
$5 - $6 billion in farm inputs $7 billion at first point of sale $10 - $12 billion in added value More than 100,000 Jobs

4% of all Colorado jobs 43,000 in production; 13,500 in inputs/suppliers; and 50,400 in processing/marketing In more than half of Colorados counties, 1 in every 10 jobs is tied to the ag and food industry 1 in every 3 jobs is tied to the ag and food industry in 13 of Colorados 64 counties

Exports of Colorado Agricultural & Food Products

10 exports estimated at more than $1.65 billion. In recent years, food and agricultural products from Colorado have been imported by more than 100 countries. An estimated one of every three Colorado food and agricultural suppliers sells some of their product outside the U.S.
Source: Adapted by CDA from World Trade Atlas and ERS data

COLORADO AG. EXPORTS

Value in U.S. @ millions

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

$1,500.2 $1,665.8 $1,470.8 $1,646.1 $1,838.0

Colorado/Uganda
U.S. agricultural trade balance 2010 Imports from US $7.6 million Exports to US $37.1 million

Key exports to U.S., Coffee and Cocoa Beans Key imports from U.S., Cereal grains (wheat) and millet in 2010

Colorado/Ugandas shared agricultural interests

Potatoes Corn Millet Pulses Beef

Goat meat Milk Sugar Brewing

Colorado support for agricultural exports

Cattle genetics
NWSS Partnering with USLGE for trade development
Russia Mexico

CSU - leading university for livestock genetics

Colorado support for agricultural exports

Millet
Leading U.S. producer of millet

Wheat
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee - national leader for Hard Red Winter and Hard White Winter wheat

Planting seed genetics

Sugarbeet seed Melon seed

Colorado support for agricultural exports

Beef
U.S. Meat Export Federation HQ in Colorado Leading U.S. export state for beef

Funding support
USDA funding for targeted programs USDA funding for individual companies developing export markets

Have you heard enough yet?

For More Information:

Timothy Burleigh Markets Director Colorado Department of Agriculture Tel: (303) 239-4117 Email: Tim.burleigh@ag.state.co.us Timothy J. Larsen Sr. International Marketing Specialist Colorado Department of Agriculture Tel: (303) 239-4118 E-mail: tim.larsen@ag.state.co.us Or visit: www.coloradoagriculture.com