Menu
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, Jeff Krohn, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
9:10 a.m. – Wacky Weather and What it Means for Wheat, Dr. Jeff Andresen, State Climatologist
10:15 a.m. – BREAK – Industry Displays
10:45 a.m. – Announcement of New Varieties to be Released, Dr. Eric Olson, MSU Wheat Breeder
11:40 a.m. – 2022 Michigan Wheat Yield Contest, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
12:00 noon – Industry Displays and Lunch
1:00 p.m. – The First Year of the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network, Dennis Pennington
1:30 p.m. – Grower Roundtable Discussion, Dennis Pennington, moderator
2:00 p.m. – MI Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program Executive Director
2:20 p.m. – New Production Research for Planting, Dr. Manni Singh, Michigan State University Agronomist
3:00 p.m. – Production Thoughts & Reminders as you Hit the Field in 2023, Dennis Pennington
3:30 p.m. – Adjourn, Jeff Krohn, 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.