Lansing, Mich.  (April 12, 2021) – The vote is over, ballots are tallied and the results are in! The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development shared the results on April 12 of the recent continuation referendum for the Michigan Wheat Program. The news was good! The program was re-authorized

Michigan wheat growers have opportunity to vote on continuation of wheat check-off through April 2 Lansing, Mich.  (March 22, 2021) – Michigan wheat growers should have received their ballots through their US mailbox for the official vote on the 5-year continuation of Michigan’s wheat check-off program. While the Michigan Wheat

2nd and 3nd  speakers focus on wheat production and soil considerations Lansing, Mich.  (February 21, 2021) – The Michigan Wheat Program’s Wheat-tastic Wheat Wisdom Webinar series steps into week #2 on February 24 with popular speaker Phil Needham of Needham Ag Technologies in Calhoun, Kentucky. The weekly programs occur via

Facebook Options Added as First Speaker Angie Setzer Focuses on Marketing Lansing, Mich.  (February 10, 2021) – The Michigan Wheat Program’s six-part Wheat Wisdom Webinar series kicks off next week both via zoom and Facebook, at 8 a.m. on Weds., Feb. 17 with a focus on wheat marketing for 2021

Lansing, Mich.  (January 4, 2021) – With the success of last June’s on-line, stay-at-home Michigan Wheat Summer Field Day – and the lingering COVID pandemic – the Michigan Wheat Program (MWP) has announced a creative new format for its winter meeting:  Six weekly, wheat-tastic, wheat wisdom Wednesday webinars beginning in

Lansing, Mich.  (August 3, 2020) – Making plans to plant wheat this fall?  If so, you’ll want to check results of the high-management trials funded by the Michigan Wheat Program.  For the 8th consecutive year, the Michigan Wheat Program has partnered with Michigan State University to have a high-management component

Lansing, Mich. (July 22, 2020) – As the state’s golden wheat crop is harvested, the Michigan Wheat Program announced that Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed July 2020 as Wheat Month in Michigan. The official proclamation from the Governor notes that wheat is grown on nearly 5,000 Michigan farms, producing approximately

Lansing, Mich. (April 15, 2020) – The Michigan Wheat Program (MWP) is issuing its annual call for research proposals to keep Michigan wheat farmers on the cutting edge of production and competitive in the marketplace. All proposals are due by close of business August 14h to be considered for funding

Lansing, Mich.  (July 30, 2018) – Michigan wheat farmers working through the Michigan Wheat Program partnered again this year with Michigan State University to include for the 6th year, a high-management component as part of the MSU Wheat Performance Trials. The results of that research have been compiled and just

Gov. Snyder makes final appointments to the Michigan Wheat Program board Lansing, Mich.  (June 22, 2018) – In the last wheat check-off appointments of his career, term-limited Governor Rick Snyder’s office has just announced the 2018 appointments for the three expiring seats on the board of directors for the Michigan