Press Releases

  • 2023 Colorado Wheat Harvest Update

    August 3, 2023

    August 3, 2023 Multiple days of warm temperatures allowed harvest to progress across Eastern Colorado over the past week, but continued rain showers have slowed completion of harvest. As of today, we are calling Colorado’s 2023 wheat harvest roughly 85% … Continue reading

  • Great Plains Sawfly Survey Project

    July 9, 2023

    There is currently a multi-state collaborative project taking place to determine areas of wheat stem sawfly infestation and current practices related to its mitigation on farm yields and profits. If you are the primary operator of a farm located in … Continue reading

  • Colorado Wheat Field Days Technical Report

    June 27, 2023

    The technical report from the 2023 Colorado Wheat Field Days is now available thanks to the CSU Crops Testing Program. Click here to download the full report. 

  • Colorado Wheat Stem Sawfly Survey

    June 27, 2023

    Researchers from the department of agricultural and resource economics at  Colorado State University are conducting a research study on the economic impact of Wheat Stem Sawfly in Colorado. The title of our project is Assessing the Economic Impacts of Wheat … Continue reading

  • Wheat Entomology Newsletter – June 26, 2023

    June 26, 2023

    Adam Osterholzer: adam.osterholzer@colostate.edu, 970-222-9568 Dr. Punya Nachappa: Punya.Nachappa@colostate.edu, 785-383-4873 Grass sawfly We have not observed any grass sawfly larvae in our field surveys. This suggests that the larvae have matured and have dropped to the soil. They will form pupae … Continue reading

  • Wheat Disease Newsletter – June 20, 2023

    June 20, 2023

    Dr. Robyn Roberts Field Crops Pathologist and CSU Assistant Professor Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu* 970-491-8239 *Email is the best way to reach me Disease Observations Stripe rust Stripe rust has been spotted at low incidence and severity across much of Colorado’s wheat growing … Continue reading