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 farmer in Colorado who has grown wheat in the past four years, we would love for you to take the online survey!

The short 10-minute online survey will ask you about your experience growing wheat and how wheat stem sawfly has impacted your operation. There are no known risks to participating in the survey outside of those in daily life. It is not possible to identify all potential risks in research procedures, but the researchers have taken reasonable safeguards to minimize any known and potential (but unknown) risks. For completing the online survey, you will be entered into lottery for one of two $100 gift cards to Amazon. There is approximately a 1 in 50 chance of winning the gift card.

 
Click the link to complete the survey: https://tinyurl.com/csusawfly

 
Please contact Rebecca Wasserman-Olin at rwolin@colostate.edu or Rebecca Hill (rebec.hill@colostate.edu) with any questions.

*Please note that this is a Colorado specific survey and different than the multistate sawfly survey sent out previously.  If you did the multistate survey, you can also complete this survey.

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2026 program Information:

Ardent Mills has partnered with the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF) and CSU for years to develop top performing wheat varieties that meet the special quality needed for UltraGrain®.

Eligible Plainsgold Varieties:

PlainsGold Hard White Winter wheat varieties are developed at Colorado State University (CSU) specifically for the quality characteristics needed by Ardent Mills, with the yield performance and agronomics needed by farmers.

For the 2026 crop year, the following varieties are included in the program: Snowmass 2.0, Breck, Monarch, Windom SF, and Telluride. Certified seed is required on all Ardent Mills contracts, and the use of glyphosate for pre-harvest crop desiccation is prohibited.

Ardent Mills is currently paying premiums as follows for the 2026 crop. Future year contracts are subject to market conditions and may change. For 2026, all varieties are paid at the same premium levels:

Delivery Points:

Once you have harvested your wheat crop, complete the program by delivering your qualifying wheat crop to the delivery point in Colorado or Nebraska as listed on your grain pricing schedule: