Agronomy & Cropping Systems
Morgan County Extension Agronomy provides research-based information on crops and cropping systems, range and forages, full and limited irrigation, weed management, soil management, nutrient management, and water quality.
Ag Agent’s Program Emphases:
- Wheat-based rotational dryland cropping systems
- No-till and reduced till for increasing precipitation capture and retention
- Precision/site-specific farming
- Limited irrigation cropping
- Alfalfa and grass hay production and marketing
- Irrigated pastures for grazing livestock
- Native plant identification
- Livestock poisoning troubleshooting
- Crop injury troubleshooting
- Integrated/Biointensive Pest Management (insect, disease, weed, vertebrates)
- County wide Weed Management program
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Agronomy Articles
- Total Vegetation Control
- Will Stripe Rust Reach Colorado Winter Wheat?
- Wheat Stem Sawfly in Colorado
- Paraquat: Review Label Requirements
- Zn Management in Corn and Wheat
- Sulfur Deficiency in Winter Wheat
- USDA’s COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide
- Protecting 2019 Wheat Yield by Controlling Volunteer Winter Wheat and Other Grassy Weeds
- Making Fertilizer Decisions during Drought
- Can Soil Organic Matter Increase at an Annual Rate of 1%?
- Limitations of Crop Residue Removal
Agronomy Events
Agronomy Newsletters
Agronomy Resources
- Fertilizer Recommendations
- 2020 Cornell Hemp Field Day: Weeds and Weed Management in Hemp
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Wind Erosion Processes and Control
- Central Great Plains Research Station
- CoAgMet
- Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Colorado Environmental Pesticide Education Program
- Colorado Water Institute
- CSU Agricultural Experiment Station
- CSU College of Agricultural Sciences
- CSU Crops Testing
- CSU Department of Agriculture Biology
- CSU Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
- CSU Wheat Genetics & Breeding
- Online Resources