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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
10:15 – BREAK – Industry Displays
10:45 – MI Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program Executive Director
11:20 – Surveying Growers Needs, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
12:00 – Industry Displays & Lunch
1:00 – Farm Bill Update, Kyle Varner, Policy Analyst, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
1:20 – German Wheat Production, Grower Panel-Mike Milligan, Jeff Krohn; Moderator-Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
2:10 – Management for High Yields, Peter Johnson, Ontario; Martin Nagelkirk, MSU Extension & Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
3:15 – Resources for 2018 & RUP/CCA Credits for Growers, Martin Nagelkirk, MSU Extension wheat educator
Handouts:
3:30 – 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.