8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Industry Displays
9 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions, Jeff Krohn, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
9:10 a.m. – New Varieties, Dr. Eric Olson, MSU Wheat Breeder
9:40 a.m. – High Yielding Wheat Across the World, Mark Stubbs, United Kingdom Yield Enhancement Network Grower Participant
10:45 a.m. – BREAK – Industry Displays
11:10 a.m. – Hot Issues Facing Wheat Growers and the Michigan Agriculture Industry, Chuck Lippstreu, Michigan AgriBusiness Association
11:45 a.m. – 2024 Michigan Wheat Yield Contest Winners, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
12 noon – Industry Displays and Lunch
1:00 p.m. – The Milling and Wheat Industries- A Miller’s Perspective, Jim Doyle, King Milling;
2:00 p.m – MI Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program Executive
Director
2:45 p.m – Four is Forever for the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN), Dennis Pennington & Mark Stubbs
3:20 p.m. – Production Thoughts & Reminders as you Hit the Field in 2024
Dennis Pennington
3:30 p.m., Adjourn, Jeff Krohn
The Michigan Wheat Program is a state-check off program voted in by the state’s wheat farmers to assess each bushel of wheat grown and sold. The funds from the program are utilized to further the wheat industry in the state benefitting the state’s nearly 8,000 wheat farmers who grow about 450,000 acres of wheat annually producing about a 40 million bushel crop.