Menu
8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Industry Displays
9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions, Jeff Krohn, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman
9:10 a.m. – New Varieties, Dr. Eric Olson, MSU Wheat Breeder
9:40 a.m. – High Yielding Wheat: Setting the Stage, “Wheat Pete” Peter Johnson, Real Ag, Ontario
10:30 a.m. – BREAK – Industry Displays
11:00 a.m. – MI Wheat Program Update, Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program Executive Director
11:30 a.m. – Michigan Dept of Ag & Rural Development Director Comments, Tim Boring, Director
11:45 a.m. – 2023 Michigan Wheat Yield Contest, Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist
12:00 noon – Industry Displays and Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Three’s a Charm for the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN), Dennis Pennington
1:30 p.m. – Wheat Production Palooza Open Discussion, Peter Johnson and Dennis Pennington
3:10 p.m. – Production Thoughts & Reminders as you Hit the Field in 2024, Dennis Pennington
3:30 p.m. – Adjourn, Jeff Krohn
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.