Eagle Eye, Grand Garden Room – 5500 Chandler Road, Bath, MI 48808
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 – 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Industry Displays
9 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions, Dave Milligan, President, National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG)
9:15 a.m. – Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Pilot Program and Recognition of Award Winners, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
9:30 a.m. – YEN Grower Panel, Dennis Pennington, moderator
Jeff Krohn, Great Lakes YEN 1st place for % of yield potential and Mich. YEN yield 1st place
Dwight Bartle, Mich. YEN yield potential #3 and Mich. YEN yield 4th place
Brad Kamprath, Mich. YEN participant and MWP Board Member
Grower Panel: Lessons Learned in the First Year of the Great Lake Yield Enhancement Network
10:30 a.m. – BREAK – Industry Displays
11 a.m. – What Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Found for MI Wheat, Dennis Pennington
11:30 a.m. – National Wheat Perspective, Dave Milligan
11:45 a.m. – Farm Service Agency (FSA) Update from a Wheat Farmer’s Perspective, Tim Boring, Michigan FSA Director
12 noon – Industry Displays and Lunch
1 p.m. – MI Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program Executive Director
1:15 p.m. – MI Wheat Program Awards, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Board Chairman; Jody Pollok-Newsom
1:30 p.m.- Keynote Wheat Presentation: What’s missing in your wheat production? Dave Hooker, University of Guelph
2:30 p.m. – 2020, 2021 Wheat Yield Contest Recognition and Announcement, Dennis Pennington
Jeff Krohn, 1st place Michigan and national 1st place high yield winter wheat dryland
Dwight Bartle, 2nd place Michigan
Nancy Bartle, 3rd place Michigan
2:45 p.m. – New Varieties-What’s on the Horizon for Growers, Dr. Eric Olson, MSU Wheat Breeder
3:20 p.m. – Resources for 2022 & RUP (8)/CCA (4.5) Credits for Growers & Final YEN Sign Up, Dennis Pennington
3:30 p.m. – Adjourn, David Milligan
