Summer 2023 Edition of The Colorado Wheat Farmer
Check out the latest edition of The Colorado Wheat Farmer, the official publication of the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. Click here to download the full publication.
Wheat and Milling Organizations Support Recent Wheat Donation and Protecting U.S. International Food Security Programs
Organizations representing Pacific Northwest wheat growers and the U.S. milling industry are celebrating the latest Food for Peace donation of 28,000 metric tons of U.S. soft white (SW) wheat. On August 15, 2023, longshoremen at the Port of Longview, Wash., loaded the wheat on the U.S.-flag vessel “Liberty Glory” now bound for the Arabian Peninsula in the […]
2023 Colorado Wheat Harvest Update
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% complete. This is behind the five year average of 95%. This is shaping up to […]
Great Plains Sawfly Survey Project
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 Colorado you are encouraged to complete this survey. Click here to learn more.
Colorado Wheat Field Days Technical Report
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
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 Stem Sawfly Populations on the Colorado Wheat Industry. If you are over 18 and a […]
Wheat Entomology Newsletter – 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 in the soil in which they will remain until the following spring. We will monitor […]
Wheat Disease Newsletter – 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 region (Figure 1). While the weather in Colorado has been conducive to stripe rust disease […]
Wheat Entomology Newsletter – June 12, 2023
Adam Osterholzer: adam.osterholzer@colostate.edu, 970-222-9568 Dr. Punya Nachappa: Punya.Nachappa@colostate.edu, 785-383-4873 Wheat field days It was so great to see many of you during Wheat field days and to see the wheat crop looking so gorgeous! Thanks to Sally and her team, Colorado Wheat, and our growers for their support! New sawfly in wheat-grass! We are sorry […]
Wheat Disease Newsletter – June 7, 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 Thank you to all who attended the Colorado Wheat Field Days! We certainly lucked out with the weather, and it was great to see you all again. DISEASE OBSERVATIONS Stripe rust Stripe rust has been […]