CSU Plainsman Research Center

07/15/2026

The Plainsman Agri-Search Foundation is listing surplus equipment with Big Iron Online Auctions as part of their Colorado County Fair Auctions. Bids open soon and the auction will close on July 30th.

Link to those items is below.

Agricultural equipment, construction equipment, industrial equipment, livestock, collector cars & realty for sale and auction.

06/17/2026

2026 Lamar Wheat Field Day

The Southeast Area Extension and the Lamar Community College are happy to announce the hosting of the 2026 Lamar Wheat Field Day on June 25th at 9am at the Tiered Classroom at the Lamar Community College. We will discuss the 2025 Winter Wheat Variety performance trials, wheat diseases, decision tree, and go over description of winter wheat varieties. We will also visit the COFT plots at Lamar Community College. Copies of the technical report TR26-2 “2025 Winter Wheat Variety performance Trials – Making Better Decisions” published by the CSU Crops Testing Program will be available. Guest Speakers: Adam Osterholzer and Easton Mason.

06/15/2026

06/09/2026

Field day at Walsh this Thursday at 9:00AM. Hope to see you there!

Colorado Wheat Field Days start tomorrow! Click here for detailed directions and more information: https://bit.ly/49PNZqD

06/04/2026

Check out this awesome, free Growing Degree Days (GDD) tool from CoAgMET!
You can select the weather station closest to your farm, plug in your specific planting date, and even customize the Max °F if you have crop-specific data. Easily switch between tables and graphs to track your accumulated Growing Degree Days (GDD) for any date.
https://coagmet.colostate.edu/graph/gdd/avn01?from=2026-04-21

If you would like to learn about GDD, here is a link:
https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/using-growing-degree-days-manage-home-garden

05/28/2026

Wheat field day at Plainsman Reaearch Center will be on June 11th starting at 9:00AM.

Wheat Field Days start June 10th. Click here for detailed directions and more information: https://bit.ly/49PNZqD (Please note there are some changes from the original schedule.)

05/07/2026

Invitation to the Drought Webinar on Thursday May 14th.
Please register

04/16/2026

To anyone interested in learning more about it joining CoCoRAHS here is information from National Weather Service explaining more about the program.

Ever wonder how much precipitation has fallen? You can help us collect that information by joining . Because every drop (and snowflake) counts! https://www.weather.gov/pub/cocorahs2026

04/02/2026

U.S. Drought Monitor April 2, 2026

For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 50.07% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 46.97% last week.

03/20/2026