CO Corn Awards $130,100 to Production Efficiency Research Studies

Recently the Colorado Corn Administrative Committee’s Research Action Team announced the four research studies that will be awarded a total of $130,100 on projects that will benefit the state’s corn industry. Colorado Corn Communications Director Eric Brown provides more details about the research projects that were awarded funds.

Brown: “These in particular this time all going to CSU and CSU Extension. Identifying specific genes that cause some of the latest and greatest hybrids to still be drought sensitive. Another one was this summer there were reports of Xantopmosit that bacterial pathogen that was officially reported for the first time — though there is some wondering that it had been around for some time but not properly identified. Looking at supporting Kirk Broders in his efforts to further examine that and develop mitigation strategies. Another $30,000 going to another CSU project looking at the glyphosate resistant weed palmer amaranth — looking at mitigation efforts for growers there. Another one is looking at residue removal and tillage on winter soil moisture recharge in irrigated agriculture — looking at those corn production methods that some of our growers are starting to use. A wide variety of projects.”

He adds that since 2011 nearly $800,000 has been invested in research and the funds for these research grants come from a one-penny-per-bushel assessment on corn grown in Colorado.