Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
May 29, 2014
CSU Wheat Breeder discusses wheat varieties at the 2013 Colorado Wheat Field Day in Orchard.
The 2014 Colorado Wheat Field Days will be held June 11-17 at eleven different variety trial sites throughout eastern Colorado (map below). The field days are jointly hosted by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC), Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG), Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF) and Colorado State University (CSU) Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station.
CWAC President Steve Beedy of Genoa encourages all wheat farmers to attend.
“Wheat Field Days show the best wheat varieties available to farmers. It will be exciting to see how Byrd, Brawl CL Plus and Antero do this year. It will also be great to see what new lines are being tested for future release. I encourage all farmers to stop by and see the plots in their area,” said Beedy.
CSU President Tony Frank will attend the field days in Yuma and in Lamar. The field day and dinner in Lamar is a CSU alumni event and will be a great opportunity for CSU alumni who are not farmers to see the partnership between CAWG, CWAC and CWRF and the university
The field days will highlight new hard red and hard white winter wheat varieties developed by CSU and other public and private breeding programs in the Great Plains region. Attention will also be given to variety selection, special areas of emphasis in wheat breeding at CSU and progress and plans with CWAC funding for CSU wheat research.
This year’s wheat field day program will include plot tours at eleven trial locations that will each last about an hour. All field day locations will include refreshments or a meal.
Each location will feature a yield contest, in which participants will guess which variety will yield the most bushels. The tie breaker will be the number of bushels the variety yields. Prizes will be $25 Visa gift cards.
CSU Extension Agronomist Dr. Jerry Johnson will review results from the 2013 testing program and highlight critical areas of emphasis related to agronomic production management. CSU Wheat Breeder Dr. Scott Haley will discuss each variety and experimental line in the trials as well as wheat-related research issues including: hard white wheat development, the CWRF Ultragrain® Premium program, Russian wheat aphid (RWA) resistance, Clearfield® wheat, progress on new wheat research initiatives at CSU, and exciting new hard red and hard white experimental lines in the pipeline.
The trials include the “mainstay” varieties with which farmers are familiar, in addition to an exciting group of new entries from public and private breeding programs throughout the region. Wheat varieties for irrigated producers will also be discussed.
All wheat farmers are urged to attend at least one of the Colorado Wheat Field Days. For more information, visit www.coloradowheat.org or call 1-800-WHEAT-10. The highly successful Wheat Planting Decision Meetings will be held again after harvest of the 2014 crop and before planting of the 2015 crop.
2014 Colorado Wheat Field Days Schedule
| Wednesday, June 11 |
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| Akron |
8:45 a.m. |
Central Great Plains Research Station, Washington County
All day event – lunch provided
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| Yuma |
5:00 p.m. |
Andrews Brother Farms, Yuma County
Dinner provided by Andrews Brothers Seed
CSU President Tony Frank will attend dinner and speak
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| Thursday, June 12 |
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| Burlington |
8:00 a.m. |
Randy Wilks Farm, Kit Carson County
Refreshments provided by Stratton Coop
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| Brandon |
12:00 p.m. |
Burl Scherler Farm, Kiowa County
Lunch provided by Cargill – Cheyenne Wells
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| Lamar |
5:00 p.m. |
John and Jensen Stulp Farm
Dinner sponsored by Farm Credit of Southern Colorado and CSU Alumni Association
CSU Alumni Event; CSU President Tony Frank will attend dinner and speak
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| Friday, June 13 |
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| Walsh |
8:00 a.m. |
Plainsman Research Center, Baca County
Refreshments sponsored by Miles Swanson, Baca Crop Care, LLC
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| Genoa |
4:00 p.m. |
Ross Hansen Farm, Lincoln County
Dinner sponsored by Dry Creek Seed Company
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| Monday, June 16 |
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| Orchard |
11:00 a.m. |
Cary Wickstrom Farm, Morgan County
Lunch provided by J.D. Heiskell and Wickstrom Farms
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| Roggen |
5:00 p.m. |
Cooksey Farms, Weld County
Dinner provided by BASF, AgFinity and Roggen Farmers Elevator
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| Tuesday, June 17 |
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| Julesburg |
8:00 a.m.
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Jim & David Carlson Farm, Sedgwick County
Breakfast provided by local businesses
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| Haxtun |
12:00 p.m.
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Steve Boerner Farm, Phillips County
Lunch provided by Grainland Coop
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Click here for a map and GPS coordinates for all Field Day locations. 2014 Colorado Wheat Field Days Map (1)
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