Successful wheat production in the area helped establish the small town of Greenough.
The main reason for this is that much of the land supports wheat production, introduced by the Spanish.
The average annual wheat production is around 40-45 tonnes each year.
The 2012 wheat production was estimated at about 200,000 tonnes.
The town's enormous amount of wheat production proved very lucrative, and the town continued to grow.
Some of the vineyards were later removed and the land was converted to wheat production.
This can be a particular problem in wheat production.
By the mid-1850s, wheat production in the region had risen by 300 percent.
In 2010, the district accounted for 93 percent of Colorado's total wheat production, valued at an estimated $565.4 million.
Recorded wheat production for this community was 13,000 bushels in 1855.