8:15 a.m. – Registration, Coffee & Donuts
8:15 a.m. – Plant Diagnostics: Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Plant Diagnostics Center
9:00 a.m. – Welcome & Introductions: Dave Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
9:05 a.m. – Morning Plot Presentations
Preliminary Trial Variety Improvements: Dr. Eric Olson
Spring Wheat: Dr. Eric Olson
Disease: Marty Chilvers, Dr. Jan Byrne and Martin Nagelkirk
Weed Control: Dr. Christy Sprague
Wheat Fertility: Dr. Kurt Steinke
Sprayer Nozzles: Dennis Pennington
Aphids in Wheat: Dr. Chris DiFonzo
12:15 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Wheat Research Special Announcement: David Milligan MI Wheat Program chairman
1:30 p.m. – Marketing Update: Gary Kaufman, Star of the West
2:00 p.m. – Season Wrap Up: Martin Nagelkirk, MSUE & Dennis Pennington, MSU
2:20 – Credits (RUP & CCA) & Closing Comments: Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program
2:30 p.m. – Adjourn, Variety Trial Plot Tours: Dr. Eric Olson (optional stop)
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.