Wheat Field Days
After a year of remote tours, Colorado Wheat Field Days are back in 2021 with live, in-person events.
The 2021 Colorado Wheat Field Days will be held June 10-16 at eleven different variety trial sites throughout Eastern Colorado.
Madison Andersen, Communications Coordinator at Colorado Wheat says it’s great to have wheat farmers back out in the 11 test locations throughout the state.
Andersen: “ This year we are featuring Dr. Esten Mason who is CSU’s new Wheat Breeder. He just started in August so we’re happy to have him along on the tour. We also hear updates from Dr. Jerry Johnson and Sally Jones Diamond who work with the CSU Crop Testing Program. They’re an integral part of putting these Field Days on. We’ll hear an update from Laura Potorff who will be the new Director of Seed Programs at CSU. She will also give an update as well as Brad Erker and Tyler Benninghoven who are both as Colorado Wheat. They’ll give an update on the three Colorado W
Wheat Field Days After a year of remote tours, Colorado Wheat Field Days are back in 2021 with live, in-person events.
The 2021 Colorado Wheat Field Days will be held June 10-16 at eleven different variety trial sites throughout Eastern Colorado.
Madison Andersen, Communications Coordinator at Colorado Wheat says it’s great to have wheat farmers back out in the 11 test locations throughout the state.
Andersen: “ This year we are featuring Dr. Esten Mason who is CSU’s new Wheat Breeder. He just started in August so we’re happy to have him along on the tour. We also hear updates from Dr. Jerry Johnson and Sally Jones Diamond who work with the CSU Crop Testing Program. They’re an integral part of putting these Field Days on. We’ll hear an update from Laura Potorff who will be the new Director of Seed Programs at CSU. She will also give an update as well as Brad Erker and Tyler Benninghoven who are both as Colorado Wheat. They’ll give an update on the three
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Candace Krebs
Special to Ag Journal
Seed dealers can attest to how the work of retiring Colorado State University wheat breeder Scott Haley transformed the state’s wheat industry for the better.
The varieties Haley introduced over the past 22 years are significantly higher yielding and more disease and pest resistant than their predecessors, but also of such high milling and baking quality that they go into some of the most elite identity-preserved specialty flours and food products on the market.
“He’s one of the top three or four wheat breeders in the world, and to have him here at a public program, it’s just pretty special what he’s done,” said Brian Brooks, part of a family seed dealership near Walsh. “He really transformed our wheat industry in Colorado. Prior to when Scott stepped in, we were known for poor quality wheat, and as of now, we are considered to have some of the top quality wheat in the nation, equal to, if not better than, the wheat in surroundin