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2023 Great Lakes YEN Networking Meeting - Agenda

Frankenmuth, Michigan Area

Monday and Tues., June 19 & 20

Monday, June 19, 2023

11:45 p.m. – Lunch & Registration Opens

  • Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center, 3775 S. Reese Road, Frankenmuth, Michigan

1:00 p.m. – Research Farm Tour, Dennis Pennington, Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center

  • Joanna Follings, Planting date and soybean desiccation
  • Eric Olson, Variety Development
  • Manni Singh or Eric Olson, Wheat Canopy Research
  • Peter Johnson, Wheat Partitioning Study
  • Dennis Pennington, High management vs. conventional mgmt. of wheat varieties        

4:00 p.m. – Welcome and Tour, Jeff Krohn (Owendale, MI)

6:00 p.m. – Dinner on the Farm & Thoughts from the day

7:45 p.m. – Travel back to Bavarian Inn

  • 1 Covered Bridge Lane, Frankenmuth, MI

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

8:15 a.m. – Travel to Star of the West for Light Breakfast & Wheat Industry Overview              

  • 121 E Tuscola Street, Frankenmuth, MI  

9:00 a.m. – Tour

11:00 a.m. – Tour Rich D’Arcy Farm (Kingston, MI)

12:30 p.m. – Lunch at Beagio’s

2:00 p.m. – Tour Dwight Bartle Farm

4:00 p.m. – Reception, Group Dinner with Discussion Time

6:00 p.m. – Travel to Bavarian Inn or Travel Home

  •  1 Covered Bridge Lane, Frankenmuth, MI