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Colorado Wheat Field Days Schedule

Colorado Wheat Field Days are scheduled to take place at a limited number of locations in eastern Colorado (due to COVID-19). Producers and other ag industry professionals are invited to come and see new public and private varieties in the trials and hear up to date information on diseases, insects, wheat research, and other issues of concern. The final schedule is as follows:

Friday, June 12
– Brandon 10am (Burl Scherler Farms, Kiowa County)
– Burlington 1pm (Barry Hinkhouse Farms, Kit Carson County)

Monday, June 15
– Roggen 4pm (Cooksey Farms, Weld county)

Tuesday, June 16
– Julesburg 1pm (Carlson Farms, Sedgwick county)
– Yuma 4pm (Andrews Brothers Farms, Yuma county)

If you were not able to attend an in-person field day, CSU Crops Testing put together a virtual option for wheat field days. Several videos may be accessed from the following link –  bit.ly/37J5B6w.

Miscellaneous Breeding-Related Information Resources

2020 PlainsGold Wheat Variety Guide (May 2020)
Grain Protein Deviation Explained (updated May 2019)
Perspectives on Wheat Variety Trials and Trial Data (2016)
Deciphering Pedigrees (updated 2017)
CSU and CO Wheat Partnership (Wheat Farmer, 2013)
CSU Extension Wheat Stem Sawfly Video (Oct 2019)

Wheat Quality Evaluation

Each year our program evaluates grain samples for a variety of different end-use quality characteristics. These samples originate from the CSU Dryland and Irrigated Variety Performance Trials, the Pacific Northwest and Hard Winter Wheat Quality Councils, and samples from our own breeding nurseries.

Click here for more info.

Recent Wheat Breeding Program Presentations

Virtual Colorado Wheat Field Days (2020)
CWAC Research Review (Mar 20)
PNW-HWW Quality Council Presentation (Jan 20) 
Colorado Seed Growers Association Meeting (Dec 19)
CWRF Research Review (Apr 19)
International Wheat Stem Sawfly Conference (Mar 19)
Wyoming Wheat Growers Meeting (Jan 19)
Colorado Seed Growers Association Meeting (Dec 18)
Colorado Crop Production Conference (Dec 18)
Plainsman Research Center Meeting (Feb 18)
Colorado Seed Growers Association Meeting (Dec 17)
Dailey CO Wheat Grower Meeting (Aug 17)
Colorado Seed Growers Association Meeting (Dec 16)
Colorado Ag Summit Meeting (Dec 16)
Achieving Durable Resistance Meeting (Nov 16)
Wheat Planting Decision Meetings (Aug 16)