The 2024 Winter Annual Meeting was held February 21 at the Eagle Eye Conference Center, 15500 Chandler Rd., Bath, MI. Click here for agenda and to see presenters’ videos.
MI Wheat’s 12th Summer Field Day was held June 25 at the Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos and handouts.
Topics include: 2024 harvest expectations, fall herbicide applications, high management and plant growth regulators, cover crops, soil fertility, canopy cover, new varieties and nematode management.
The 2023 Winter Annual Meeting was held February 22 at the MSU Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Farm, 3775 S. Reese Rd., Frankenmuth, MI. Click here for agenda and to see presenters’ videos.
MI Wheat’s 11th Summer Field Day was held at the MSU Plant Pathology Research Center followed by a Walking Tour of plots at the Mason Research Farm. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos and handouts.
Topics include: A 2023 disease update and harvest expectations, weed control, soil fertility and walking tour of MSU Wheat Variety Trials, the new variety “showroom” and canopy closure plots.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s 10th annual Winter Grower Meeting was held at the Eagle Eye Conference Center in Bath. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Yield Enhancement Network (YEN), Dr. Dave Hooker production discussion, new variety releases.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s 10th annual Summer Field Day was held at the Saginaw Valley MSU Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Nutrient management, canopy, weed control, planting, variety releases, seed treatment, disease control.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s 10th annual Winter Grower Meeting was held at the Eagle Eye Conference Center in Bath. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Marketing, Kansas high yields, European wheat yields, fine-tuning wheat production, research update.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s 10th annual Summer Field Day was held at the Saginaw Valley MSU Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Weed control, seed placement, disease management, harvesting, grain and straw, new varieties.
This event was canceled.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s eighth annual Field Day was held virtually this year as the Coronavirus single-handedly shut down MSU and its research farms to the public. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Roughstalk bluegrass, precision planting, disease management, planting, seeding, grain and straw, variety improvement.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s sixth annual Winter Grower Meeting was held at the MSU Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center (SVREC) in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: New varieties, national issues, MI Wheat Program update, roughstalk bluegrass, Fusarium head blight, production roundtable.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s sixth annual Summer Field Day was held at the Saginaw Valley MSU Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. Click here to see the full agenda and to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Disease management, Fusarium head blight management through varieties, roughstalk bluegrass, fertility management, planting population, singulating seed, interseeding.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fifth annual Field Day was held at the MSU Plant Pathology Research Center in Lansing. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: High yielding wheat, MI Wheat Program update, grower needs survey, Farm Bill update, German production panel.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fifth annual Summer Field Day was held at the MSU Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center (SVREC) in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Precision planting, variety improvement, weed control, fungicide treatment, soil fertility and nutrient management, disease management, Fusarium head blight management through varieties, phosphorous, North American Millers update, crop marketing.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fourth annual Winter Grower Meeting was held at the Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, handouts and slide handouts.
Topics Include: Marketing, MI Wheat Program update, grower panel of yield winners, grower needs survey, sustainability, wheat genetics, fungal diseases.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fifth annual Field Day was held at the MSU Plant Pathology Research Center in Lansing. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
Topics include: Disease management, variety performance, weed control, nutrient management macro- and micro-, wheat establishment, marketing, national wheat scene.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fourth annual Winter Grower Meeting was held at Eagle Eye Conference Center in Bath. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts, videos and slide
The Michigan Wheat Program’s fourth annual Field Day was held at the MSU Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ videos, slide decks and handouts.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s third annual Winter Grower Meeting was held in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts, videos and slide decks.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s third annual Field Day was held in Lansing at the MSU Pathology Farm. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts and video presentations.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s second annual Winter Grower Meeting was held in East Lansing. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts and presentation slides.
The Michigan Wheat Program’s Summer Field Day in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts and video presentations.
Michigan Wheat Program’s Winter Grower Meeting was held in Frankenmuth. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts and presentation slides.
Michigan Wheat Program’s Summer Field Day was held in East Lansing in conjunction with Farm Journal‘s Wheat College program. Access our agenda here to see presenters’ handouts and presentation slides.
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.