8:15 a.m. – Registration, Coffee & Donuts
Plant Disease Identification: Participants invited to bring wheat samples for diagnosis of disease or injury – Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services
9:00 a.m. – Welcome & Introductions, David Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
9:10 a.m. – Plot Presentations via wagon tour
Wheat Scab Nursery – Frances Trail, Beth Brisco McCann
Wheat Diseases – Marty Chilvers, Martin Nagelkirk
Breeding High Performance Wheat – Eric Olson
Wheat and Red Clover Tolerance to Fall and Spring Herbicide Applications – Christy Sprague
Achieving Winning Nitrogen Combinations – Kurt Steinke, Chris Bauer
Nutrient Management Strategies and Technologies-Kurt Steinke and Mike Swoish
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
Plant Disease Identification – Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services
1:00 p.m. – Season Update
Market Outlook – Bruce Sutherland, Michigan Ag Commodities
Risk Management Agency Crop Insurance Changes – Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program
Looking Ahead to Harvest – Martin Nagelkirk, MSU Extension
Credits* & Closing Comments – Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Exec Director
(*RUP-6 and CCA-3 ½ credits)
1:30 p.m. – Adjourn
1:30 p.m. – (Optional) Variety Trial Performance mysites at Mason Farms.
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.