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11:45 p.m. – Lunch & Registration Opens
1:00 p.m. – Research Farm Tour, Dennis Pennington, Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center
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
8:15 a.m. – Travel to Star of the West for Light Breakfast & Wheat Industry Overview
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
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.