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8:15 a.m. — Registration, Coffee & Donuts
8:15 a.m. — Plant Diagnostics, Jan Byrne, MSU Plant Diagnostics Center
(Bring your plants with you to field day for diagnosis)
9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Chairman
9:05 a.m. – Morning Research Presentations
Fall Herbicide Applications and Wheat Planting, Dr. Christy Sprague and Kaddi Gewirtz
Handout 1 Download: Sprague-Gewirtz Wheat Summer Handout 2024.pdf
High Management and Plant Growth Regulators in MI Wheat – Dennis Pennington
Poster 1 Download: PGR for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Triticale
Handout 1 Download: PGR for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Triticale Pennington-Wheat Field Day-PGR Handout.pdf
Clover Cover Crop and Herbicide Interactions – Monica Jean
Handout 1 Download: Post Wheat – Going to Soybean or Corn: Use Oats and Radish Mix
Handout 2 Download: Cover Crop Termination
Disease Occurrence and Management in MI Wheat – Dr. Marty Chilvers
Handout 1 Download: Managing Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Wheat
Handout 2 Download: Managing Stripe Rust in Winter Wheat
Late Morning Research Presentations
Canopy Cover for High Yield Potential – Dr. Maninder Singh
PowerPoint Download (converted to pdf): Setting Wheat up for High Yield Potential
Handout 1 Download: Wheat Agronomy Setting up a High Yield Potential
Soil Fertility for Wheat in Agriculture’s “Climate-Smart” Era – Dr. Kurt Steinke
PowerPoint – N/A
Handout – N/A
Traits of New Michigan Wheat Varieties for Best Market Results – Dr. Eric Olson
PowerPoint (converted to pdf) – New Varieties and Management Opportunities
Handout 1 Download – Olson MSU Soft Wheat Varieties 2024 (to come)
Evaluating, Managing Nematodes in Michigan Wheat – Dr. Marisol Quintanilla
PowerPoint – Evaluating Nematode Species in MI Wheat
Handout 1 Download – (to come)
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – Michigan Wheat Crop Harvest Expectations/Reminders – Dennis Pennington
PowerPoint download– Harvesting Wheat for Grain Quality
2 p.m. – Awarding of RUP (2) and CCA (2) Credits, Adjourn
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.