2023 MI Wheat Program Wheat Field Day

8:15 a.m. — Registration, Coffee & Donuts

• Plant Disease Identification Station. Participants invited to bring wheat samples for diagnosis of disease or injury, Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services

9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Chairman

9:10 a.m. — Morning Plot Presentations via wagon tour  (20 minute stops)

• Status Update: Wheat Disease, Dr. Marty Chilvers
• Fusarium Head Blight Trial, Dr. Eric Olson
• Expectations for 2023 Harvest, Dennis Pennington

10:45 a.m. — Morning Plot Presentations Round Two via Wagon Tour

• Soil Fertility: More Inputs or the Right Inputs, Dr. Kurt Steinke & Lane Suplito
• Wheat Agronomy, Manni Singh & Patrick Copeland
• Weed Control, Dr. Christy Sprague

12:10 p.m. — Lunch

• Plant Disease Identification Station. Participants invited to bring wheat samples for diagnosis of disease or injury, Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services
• Evaluation and RUP/CCA Credits,
• Closing Comments, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Chairman

1:00 p.m. — Walking Tour of Plots at Mason Research Farm

• Participants drive personal cars and reconvene at: 1614 Okemos Rd., Mason, MI 48854.
• Park in alleyways at the farm and join the group for a walking tour.

Walking Tour Plot Presentations

• State Yield Trials, Dennis Pennington and Dr. Eric Olson
• It’s a Cover Up: Wheat Canopy Closure, Dr. Manni Singh and Palo Aries
• New Variety Releases, Eric Olson

3:00 p.m. — Adjourn