FORT COLLINS — The 2016 Colorado Wheat Field Days will take place June 9-15 at 11 variety trial sites throughout Eastern Colorado.
The events include plot tours at 12 p.m., Friday, June 10, at Ross Hansen Farms near Genoa in Lincoln County and at 4 p.m., Monday, June 13, at Cooksey Farms near Roggen in Weld County.
Dave Anderson of Haxtun, president of the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC), encourages all wheat farmers “to attend the one nearest to you to see how the old favorites look and how the new varieties in the breeding pipeline compare in your area.”
The field days will highlight new hard red and hard white winter wheat varieties developed by Colorado State University 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.
Each plot tour will last about an hour. All field day locations will include refreshments or a meal.
Each location will also feature a yield contest in which participants guess which variety will yield the most bushels.
Speakers are CSU Extension agronomist Dr. Jerry Johnson; CSU wheat breeder Dr. Scott Haley; and Rick Novak, CSU seed programs director.
For more information, visit www.coloradowheat.org or call 1-800-WHEAT-10.
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