Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley

CSU Agricultural Experiment Station

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Introducing Bill Szasz, one of our incredibly helpful research assistants at the station! New to the team in May, Bill assists with the carrying out of farm operations including watering, tillage, fertilizing, and weed control. His favorite running project to work on is our SSDI.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Amazing improvement on hay yields this year, overseen by Farm Manager James Fry-thank you! Last year at first cutting, this facility put up 10 T of hay, consisting of 27 (3x3) bales. Compare that with this year's first cut, which saw over 75 T in 85 (4x4) bales at average 195 RFV

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Powerful article by Jerd Smith at Water Education Colorado and Water '22, illustrating the forthcoming need for innovative solutions and collaborative work in Colorado and our neighboring basin states.
https://t.co/NSUUjxDkF7

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Another great team member-Retta Bruegger, Regional Extension Specialist in the Western Region for Range Management, working in the fields on a project designed to assess the efficacy of compost as alternative to synthetic fertilizer. #compost #agricultureresearch

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Introducing Amanda McQuade, working out of Western Colorado Research Center in Orchard Mesa she is running the Community Alliance for Education and Hunger Relief program-comprised of farm to food bank and farm to school direct food donations. #hungerrelief #agricultureeducation

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/IVZDcK5wdN @utahstate_ag

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/IVZDcK5wdN
@KStateAgron @kstateag @KStateAgRsch

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/IVZDcK5wdN @UArizonaCALS

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/IVZDcK5wdN
@WyAgResearch

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/IVZDcK5wdN @WAAESD

[Colorado Water Center @COWaterCenter]

#WaterJob Alert!
@WCRCFruita is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here https://t.co/zt04IbgyWQ

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Now if we can just figure out how to plant seedlings as fast

[Colorado River District @ColoradoWater]

Since April, hydrological conditions across the Colorado River Basin have continued to deteriorate sharply. A number of worst-case scenarios became reality more quickly than expected. Learn about West Slope drought response from our Senior Engineers: https://t.co/zYc04fLRuw

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

Findings from the latest #IPCC #ClimateReport:

Changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes are irreversible.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/uU8bb4inBB

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Thanks for this financial support for our research on digital and precision agriculture.

[Colorado River District @ColoradoWater]

"A $50,000 Colorado River District grant will go toward equipping a local research center with an overhead traveling sprinkler system on a 12.5-acre field to support the study of digital and precision agriculture." @WCRCFruita
Read more
https://t.co/G5AmCxG0y8 @DailySentinelGJ

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

This infrastructure addition will support emerging technologies and ensure cutting-edge research has a grounded presence in the Colorado River Basin for our communities to test and learn from.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

We are so happy to share that our project Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Water, Nutrient, and Salinity Management in the Western United States got funded by Community Funding Partnership program of @ColoradoWater. For details of the program: https://t.co/u6ytqhasag

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

@ColoradoWater provides five grant awards to benefit agricultural, municipal, and recreational water users across Western Colorado. Under this project, we will construct an overhead traveling sprinkler system on a 12.5 acre field to support digital and precision agriculture.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Thanks to Shawn Whiteman, son of our volunteer Cheryl A. Whiteman, for helping to repair some of our equipments used for daily operations. Shawn is owner of Create-A-Scape L.L.C., a Phoenix, AZ, based company offering custom design landscape, waterfalls, irrigation systems, etc.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Jimmy is a graduate from @ColoradoMesaU with a B.S. in Biology. He is a life time resident of the Grand Valley, a current sixth generation farmer and military veteran. His objective is to use skills & experience in a manner that reflects his passion for research and agriculture.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

Every research station needs an anchor technician to keep our fields and equipments in a state of readiness for research activities. Today we profile Jimmy Fry, who has been with @ColoradoStateU for more than 3 years as an Operational Manager/Research Assistant at our station.

[Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley @WCRCFruita]

When you ask Jimmy what his day-to-day activities look like, he will tell you it’s everything from learning how to repair unique research equipment to preparing fields for the next phase of research to harvesting bulk crops.