Feb. 17, 8-9:30 am – Angie Setzer, Marketing, Vice President of Grain, Citizens Elevator, LLC, of Charlotte, Michigan.
Weds., Feb. 24 – Fall Wheat Management and Combine Residue Management
Phil Needham, Needham Ag Technologies; Calhoun, Kentucky
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Weds., March 3 – Checkoff into Practice: Research on High-Yielding Wheat
Dr. Romulo Lollato, Assoc. Professor of Wheat & Forages, Kansas State University; Manhattan, Kansas
Weds., March 10 – Enhancing Wheat Yields in Europe and the US
Dr. Pete Berry, Head of Crop Physiology and Principal Scientist, ADAS; North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Weds., March 17 – Fine Tuning Wheat
Peter Johnson, Wheat Expert and (ret’d.) Provincial Cereal Specialist; Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Ontario, Canada
Weds., March 24 – Wheat Crop and Research Update
Dennis Pennington, Wheat Specialist, Michigan State University; East Lansing, Michigan
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.