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 – Marketing, Mike Mock, Mock Consulting LLC
10:05 – MI Wheat Program Update & Disease Control Work, Jody Pollok-Newsom, Michigan Wheat Program Executive Director
10:30 – BREAK – Industry Displays
11:00 – National Wheat Yield Contest Winner Grower Panel, Growers: Gordon Briggs, Scottville; David Eickholt, Chesaning; moderator: Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
11:45 – Surveying Growers Needs, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
12:00 – Industry Displays & Lunch
1:10 – Marketing Part II, Mike Mock, Mock Consulting LLC
1:30 – Sustainability-What Does it Mean from an Industry & Grower Perspective, Steven Peterson, farmer and General Mills Retiree
2:30 – Maximizing Profitability by Selecting the Best Wheat Genetics for your Farm, Eric Olson, MSU Wheat Breeder
3:00 – Disease Guide & Other Resources for 2017, Martin Nagelkirk, MSU Extension and Drt. Marty Chilvers, MSU
3:30 – Wrap up-RUP & CCA Credits, Martin Nagelkirk & Dennis Pennington, MSU
4:00 – Adjourn, David Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
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.