2004 Colorado Wheat Field Days Coming Up Soon

By Bruce Fickenscher

Extension Agent

May 21, 2004

The 2004 Colorado Wheat Field Days will be held in eastern Colorado from June 14th through June 21st. Field tours will begin in Walsh on June 14th at 9 a.m. at the Plainsman Research Center and at the John Stulp farm, 6 miles South of Lamar on State Highway 385, at 6 p.m. where a complimentary meal will be served, sponsored by Farm Services of Southern Colorado. Tuesday, June 15th will find the tour in Kiowa and Cheyenne counties. The first stop will be at Burl Scherler Farms at 8 a.m., the field location is 7 miles north of Brandon on County Road 59. In Cheyenne County, the tour will stop at the Tom Heinz Farm, 7.5 miles south of Cheyenne Wells on State Highway 385. Cargill Grain will sponsor a complimentary meal at this location before the tour moves to the Randy Wilks Farm, 8miles south of Burlington and 1 mile west on County Road K.

Program speakers will include Scott Haley, CSU, on Breeding and Varieties; Jerry Johnson, CSU, on Crop Testing and the Colorado On-farm Tests; Darrell Hanavan and Casey Yahn, CWAC/CAWG/CWRF; Sandra McDonald, CSU, on Weeds, Pesticides, and Diseases; Frank Peairs and Associates, CSU, on RWA and Entomology; as well as representatives from BASF and AgriPro.

The trials this year contain several experimental varieties as well as some of the more common standard varieties. Some varieties of hard white wheat are also being produced at the sites. Wheat producers should plan on taking a couple of hours off the tractor and attend these informative meetings. A schedule of the Wheat Field Days may also be downloaded from the Crop Testing Website at: www.colostate.edu/Depts/SoilCrop/extension/CropVar/index.html or accessed at: www.csucrops.com.