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The Michigan Wheat Program recognizes that research projects to get bigger yields and higher-quality grain mean nothing if we aren’t meeting the needs of our state’s six mills and other value-added processors. A high-performing milling industry is one of the best assets of our Michigan wheat industry.
To that end, the Board does look for wheat breeding and other projects that will provide benefits in wheat processing. To date, no projects have been funded although the Board remains very interested in such advances.
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.