Lansing, Mich. (Jan. 9, 2023) – The Michigan Wheat Program has released a major next-generation revision of its website including a mobile-friendly platform, many new research reports, more page-one focus on events and activities, and significant wheat linkages to Michigan State University and other partners. “While the old format of
Lansing, Mich. (January 2, 2023) – The Michigan Wheat Program is proud to announce its 11th Annual Winter Grower Meeting! The event will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center in Frankenmuth. The Annual Winter Grower Meeting opens at 8:15 a.m.
The Michigan Wheat Program; MSU; the Grain Farmers of Ontario; the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; and the University of Guelph have announced 2022 winners for the highest percentage yield. Jeffery Krohn (pictured here) from Elkton, Michigan, with the highest percentage of potential yield at 87.9%. Krohn is
Posted December 19, 2022. A regular meeting of the Michigan Wheat Committee will be held on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2023. The business session is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via zoom. Contact the Michigan Wheat Program office via email at: [email protected] to receive
MI Ag CORE graduates inaugural class! Lansing, Mich. (Dec. 18, 2022) – Take 16 Michiganians wanting to learn more and hone their personal skills in Communication, Organization, Relationships and Engagement + add 1 year of focused sessions + a final presentation = and what do you get? The first-ever group
Lansing, Mich. (July 30, 2021) – Farmers planting wheat this fall will want to check the just-released results of the 9th consecutive year of high-management trials funded by the Michigan Wheat Program, which are part of the MSU Wheat Performance Trials. Those trial plots – located on seven farms in
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