Colorado Wheat Outlook – April 22
Conditions continued to decline this week, with the “Very Poor” category gaining 5 points and the “Excellent” category dropping to zero. This is no surprise considering all that the wheat has been through. This week it faced more warm temperatures and extreme wind, with even more in the forecast next week. Still no rain in […]
Colorado Wheat Entomology Newsletter – April 18
Dr. Erika Peirce: Erika.Peirce@colostate.edu, 661-607-1789 Dr. Punya Nachappa: Punya.Nachappa@colostate.edu, 785-383-4873 Introduction Hello, this is our second year conducting the Wheat Entomology Newsletter, led by Dr. Punya Nachappa, entomologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Biology (www.nachappalab.com) and Dr. Erika Peirce, a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Nachappa. If you suscept you have insects/mites, […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook – April 15
The drought monitor remained unchanged this week while the “Poor” category gained six points on the crop condition report. Eastern Colorado faced another week of dry conditions and extreme wind. Click Here to View the Full Report.
Colorado Wheat Disease Newsletter
Dr. Robyn Roberts Field Crops Pathologist and CSU Assistant Professor Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu* 970-491-8239; @RobynRobertsPhD (Twitter) *Email is the best way to reach me INTRODUCTION Welcome to a new season of the Wheat Disease Newsletters! My name is Robyn Roberts and I joined Colorado State University in August 2020 as the new field crops pathologist and assistant […]
Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – April 1, 2022
As of March 1, 2022, Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.10 million acres for harvest in 2022, which is down 100,000 acres from the 2021 crop. This is revised down from the 2.15 million acres reported last fall. Click here to read the full report.
Public Notice: CWAC/CAWG Joint Board Meeting
AGENDA Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) Board of Directors Meeting Embassy Suites, Loveland, CO March 24, 2022 9am: General Business Session Call to Order – CAWG, CWAC Introductions of Guests Roll Call & Brief Crop Reports – CAWG, CWAC Confidentiality Reminder Approval of Agenda – CAWG, CWAC Consideration of […]
PlainsGold Varieties Take Top Spots in 2022 Winter Wheat Variety Survey
Fort Collins, Colo. – PlainsGold® varieties took the top eight spots in the 2022 Colorado Winter Wheat Variety Survey, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office. According to the survey, Langin was the most popular winter wheat variety in Colorado, planted on 17 percent of the winter wheat acres. Langin, […]
Colorado Winter Wheat Varieties
From USDA-NASS This report provides the results of the Winter Wheat Seedings by Variety Survey, 2022 Crop, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office. The survey was funded by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.15 million acres to winter wheat in the fall of 2021 […]
NAWG Responds to the State of the Union
Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) – Tonight, President Joseph Biden delivered his first State of the Union remarks to Congress. NAWG CEO Chandler Goule provide the following statement in response: “Given the gravity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden spoke at length about the ongoing conflict, which has caused volatility in the grain […]
NAWG Testifies Before the House Agriculture Committee on a Review of the 2018 Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) – National Association of Wheat Growers Vice President and Paterson, WA farmer Nicole Berg, testified in front of the House Agriculture Committee. Today, the committee held a hearing to review the 2018 Farm Bill with a focus on Title I programs. Nicole Berg highlighted key improvements made during the 2018 […]