2026 Colorado Wheat Harvest Report
July 10, 2026 Harvest is nearing completion across most of Eastern Colorado, making this our final harvest report of 2026. As of today, we estimate that Colorado’s 2026 wheat harvest is 80% complete, well ahead of the 5-year average of 18%, according to USDA-NASS. Scattered thunderstorms caused a few minor delays this week, but temperatures […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – June 19, 2026
On June 11th, USDA NASS released its updated production estimates. Colorado’s estimated winter wheat production for 2026 remained at 33.6 million bushels, with an average yield of 21 bushels per acre. However, there is a high amount of not only drought damage to Colorado’s wheat crop, but also freeze damage. There are many fields around […]
2026 Colorado Wheat Field Days
Colorado State University’s Crops Testing Program is hosting the 2026 Wheat Field Days June 10th through the 12th and June 16th. 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 […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – June 5, 2026
Conditions stayed about the same in this week’s NASS Crop Conditions Report, with 67% of the crop rated poor to very poor. This year’s crop has had to deal with just about every obstacle possible. At this stage, we are guessing statewide abandonment will be high.
2026 Wheat Entomology Newsletter
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/. June 5, 2026 Wheat stem sawfly (WSS) updatesWheat stem sawfly (WSS) adult emergence has concluded across our monitoring locations and, population levels varied considerably among sites. New Raymer recorded one of the lowest WSS populations we have observed on record (Figure […]
2026 Wheat Disease Newsletter
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 June 1, 2026 Summary: Disease Observations and Management Fusarium head blight (head scab) Some areas across Colorado have a moderate to high risk of developing Fusarium head blight (FHB), also called ‘scab’ (Figure 1). Symptoms […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 29, 2026
Conditions worsened in this week’s NASS report, with the Poor-Very Poor category going from 58% last week to 69% this week. Eastern Colorado also received more rain this week. CoCoRaHS shows totals ranging from 0.20 in. to 2.77 in. Once again, this moisture is too late for most of the state’s wheat crop, but it […]
Public Notice – CAWG/CWAC Board of Directors Meeting
June 4, 2026 – Community Building, Limon, Colorado 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Agenda
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 22, 2026
Parts of Eastern Colorado received more rain this week. Anywhere from 0.10 in. to 2.5 in. was reported on CoCoRaHS from May 16 to May 22. While this moisture is probably too late for a lot of the winter wheat crop, it is still certainly welcome and will hopefully help prevent further decline. Highs for […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – May 15, 2026
The 2026 Colorado Wheat crop has had to live through drought, freeze, mosaic, aphids, mites, and the Wheat Stem Sawfly. All of this to say, the state’s wheat crop is struggling. According to the crop production report released by USDA NASS on May 12, Colorado’s 2026 winter wheat production is forecast to be 33. 6 […]