2025 Colorado Wheat Field Days
Colorado State University’s Crops Testing Program is hosting the 2025 Wheat Field Days June 4th through the 6th and June 10th. The Field Days will include a walk-through of the official CSU Wheat Variety Trial entries with wheat breeder Dr. Esten Mason, Crops Testing Program director, Sally Jones-Diamond, and seed company representatives. CSU faculty and […]
2025 Colorado Wheat Entomology Newsletter
May 2, 2025 Adam Osterholzer: adam.osterholzer@colostate.edu, 970-222-9568 Dr. Punya Nachappa: Punya.Nachappa@colostate.edu, 785-383-4873 Visit our website at: https://www.csuwheatentomology.com/. Wheat Stem Sawfly Updates Every year, we visit wheat fields at Orchard and New Raymer, our historically high sawfly sites, to monitor wheat stem sawfly emergence. In both locations, the sawflies are still in the pupal stage (Figure […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 2, 2025
In this week’s NASS report, the good-to-excellent category dropped from 56% to 48%. However, this good-to-excellent number is still higher than the 5-year average of 32%, and optimism remains for this year’s crop. Most of Eastern Colorado received some rainfall over the past week. However, totals varied. The higher totals were in very isolated areas.
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 2, 2025
In this week’s NASS report, the good-to-excellent category dropped from 56% to 48%. However, this good-to-excellent number is still higher than the 5-year average of 32%, and optimism remains for this year’s crop. Most of Eastern Colorado received some rainfall over the past week. However, totals varied. The higher totals were in very isolated areas.
Colorado Wheat Disease Newsletter – April 30, 2025
Summary: Viruses were detected in Colorado. Watch for stripe rust, viruses, and other fungal leaf diseases. Dr. Robin Roberts, Field Crops Pathologist and CSU Assistant Professor Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu, 970-491-8239 Disease Observations Mosaic virus complex: Plants exhibiting symptoms consistent with wheat mosaic virus complex disease were collected from Kit Carson County (Figure 1). The wheat mosaic virus […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 25, 2025
There is not much change from last week’s report, but one notable update is that the “Poor” category in this week’s NASS report increased from 11% to 18%. Temperatures were closer to average for this time of year. Some isolated areas did receive rain. According to CoCoRahs, the highest rainfall totals were observed in Cheyenne […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 25, 2025
There is not much change from last week’s report, but one notable update is that the “Poor” category in this week’s NASS report increased from 11% to 18%. Temperatures were closer to average for this time of year. Some isolated areas did receive rain. According to CoCoRahs, the highest rainfall totals were observed in Cheyenne […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 18, 2025
This is probably one of the better springs Colorado’s wheat crop has seen in several years. The good-to-excellent category dropped by 6% in this week’s NASS report, but it is still at 57%, which is well above the five-year average of 31%. However, this could all change if measurable moisture doesn’t come soon.
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 11, 2025
This week brought temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s for most of Eastern Colorado, with record-breaking highs expected tomorrow. Several locations are expected to break 90 degrees. However, based on the 10-day forecast, these high temperatures should be short-lived. Temperatures are expected to drop back into the mid-to-high 60s by Monday. Unfortunately, there’s no moisture in […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 11, 2025
This week brought temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s for most of Eastern Colorado, with record-breaking highs expected tomorrow. Several locations are expected to break 90 degrees. However, based on the 10-day forecast, these high temperatures should be short-lived. Temperatures are expected to drop back into the mid-to-high 60s by Monday. Unfortunately, there’s no moisture in […]