Located approximately 65 miles east of metropolitan Denver, the METROGRO Farm is owned and operated by Metro Water Recovery. Metro acquired the 52,000-acre Farm in the late 20th century as a dedicated site to beneficially reuse the tons of Class B biosolids we produce every day. Application of this nitrogen-rich fertilizer product to dryland and irrigated farming sites is highly regulated and monitored and keeps the biosolids out of local landfills.

Metro grows a range of crops at the Farm, such as winter wheat, sorghum-sudangrass, and corn. The 2021 summer wheat harvest on the METROGRO Farm yielded a total of 293,000 bushels from 12,000 acres, resulting in a yield of about 24 bushels per acre. Of this yield, 120,000 bushels were sold, and 175,000 bushels are currently stored in grain bins at the Farm for sale later.​

The 2021 fall harvest yielded about 30,300 bushels of milo from just under 1,663 acres. The milo is currently stored in the grain bins as Metro seeks the best market.​

Interested in learning more? Click here to read more about Metro’s Class B biosolids and farming operations.

Jason Menor, Mike Callahan, Jason Zimbelman, Rienna Nuber, Tom Acampora and Jack Hennes (left to right) at a biosolids transfer site on the METROGRO Farm during fall harvest.

Milo on the stalk awaiting fall harvest.

Harvested milo transferring from truck to bin.