2015 Winter Grower Meeting

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Industry Displays

9:00 – Welcome & Introductions, David Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman

9:15 – High Yield Wheat: Setting the Stage, Peter Johnson, Ontario

• Setting the Stage – part 1 (PDF)
• Setting the Stage – part 2 (PDF)

10:00 – National Wheat Scene, Jim Palmer, CEO, National Assn of Wheat Growers

• NAWG Outlook, 2015 (PowerPoint)
• NAWG Environmental Briefer, 2015 (PDF)
• NAWG International Trade Briefer, 2015 (PDF)
• NAWG Risk Management Briefer, 2015 (PDF)
• Wheat 101: Key Facts Brochure (PDF)

10:15 – BREAK – Industry Displays

10:45 – MSU Wheat Research Updates, Wheat Weed Issues, Christy Sprague; Nutrient Trials, Kurt Steinke; Unmanned Aerial Imagery, Benjamin Dumont

• Christy Sprague – Wheat Weed Issues

• Christy Sprague – Fall and Spring Herbicide Applications (PDF)
• Christy Sprague – Common Windgrass in Michigan (PDF)
• Kurt Steinke – Soil Fertility Trials

• Kurt Steinke – Soil Fertility Update (PDF)
• Benjamin Dumont – Unmanned Aerial Imagery

• Bruno Basso – UAVs to Detect Wheat Quality Concerns (PDF)

11:10 – Management for High Yields, Peter Johnson, Ontario

• Managing Wheat for High Yields (Video)

• Managing Wheat for High Yields (PDF)

12:00 – Industry Displays & Lunch

• Welcome, Judy Zehnder Keller – From Farming to the Restaurant Business (Video)

12:45 – Mi Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, Michigan Wheat Program Executive Director

1:20 – Farm Bill Update, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Joe Shultz, Senate Ag, Nutrition & Forestry Committee

1:40 – RMA-Crop Insurance Adjustment for 2016, Alex Offerdahl, Watts & Associates

• Michigan White Wheat Quality (PowerPoint)

2:00 – Farm Policy-What™s on the Horizon Q&A? Joe Shultz & Alex Offerdahl

2:20 – Michigan™s Wheat Industry from an End Users Perspective: What is on the horizon and how do we plan for it? Jim Doyle, King Milling-Moderator; Panel Members: Deirdre Ortiz, Kellogg; Derrick Shook, Mondelez

• Miller’s Perspective on Michigan Wheat (PDF)

3:00 – Fine Tuning Wheat: Other Options, Peter Johnson, Ontario

• Fine Tuning Wheat Nutrition

• Fine Tuning Wheat Nutrition (PDF)
• Winter Wheat Response to Nitrogen

3:45 – Resources for 2015 & 4 RUP/4 CCA Credits for Growers, Martin Nagelkirk, MSU Extension

• Susceptibility of soft winter wheat varieties to common diseases (PDF)
• Managing Fusarium head blight

4:00 – Adjourn, David Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman