10:30 a.m. – Registration
11:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions
11:20 a.m.- Program Overview/Data Analysis
12:25 p.m. – Sponsor Comments
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Sponsor Comments
1:05 p.m. – National Wheat Yield Contest, Anne Osborne, National Wheat Foundation
1:25 p.m. – Soil Health Testing for 2025, Monica Jean, MSU Extension
1:45 p.m. – Sponsor Comments
1:50 p.m. – YEN Grower Winners Awarded
2:00 p.m. – Break
2:00 p.m. – Program Overview/Data Analysis (continued)
2:45 p.m. – Grower Winner Panel
3:30 p.m. – Introducing Great Lakes YEN Dashboards
4:00 p.m. – Final Group Discussion
4:45 p.m. – What to Expect in the 2025 YEN Year
5:00 p.m. – Thank you & Adjourn
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.