Welcome to the website of the Michigan Wheat Program, the check-off program for Michigan wheat farmers. The Michigan Wheat Program was voted in by the state’s wheat farmers in July 2011 and reaffirmed through a continuation vote in 2016 and again in 2021. The program benefits the state’s nearly 8,000 wheat farmers who grow wheat in more than 50 of Michigan’s 83 counties.
Wheat growers interested in becoming part of the ground-breaking Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) and learning more about how their crop management practices affect yield potential and profitability need to register now.
The sixth year of the Great Lakes YEN will begin in February. Visit: greatlakesyen.com/how-to-participate/ now and sign up, so you don’t lose out on the 2026 opportunity to learn more about your wheat crop and how to hit your yield potential while making the best economic decisions.
Farmers participating in the Great Lakes YEN will agree to collect soil, tissue, and grain samples at specific times throughout the duration of the project and send them to a lab in shipping boxes provided for analyses.
Michigan wheat farmers give thanks for record wheat yields!
As families across the country prepare for a Thanksgiving celebration, the Michigan Wheat Program is expressing appreciation to the state’s wheat farmers – who produced a record-setting, bushel-per-acre, statewide yield (production level) for the red and white soft winter wheat 2025 harvest.
The Michigan Wheat Program, Michigan State University, the Grain Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness, and the University of Guelph are proud to announce the winners of the 2024-2025 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) competition!
Thanks to Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Specialist and Jon LaPorte, MSU Extension Economist for this outstanding tool to assess where you can make cents with strategic adjustments in these tough economic times.
For more information on the spreadsheets, click here to view webinar in its entirety.
A discussion of the National Wheat Yield Contest and YEN results session.
Find materials from Michigan Wheat Program-sponsored events here! View past Wheat-tastic webinars, Annual Winter Meeting and Field Day presentations, handouts and more.
The Michigan Wheat Program board has put its support behind the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP).
The accomplishments of the first 10 years of the Michigan Wheat Program.
A publication developed through research results from the first 10 years of the program, outlining the necessities of wheat production.
An educational piece about gluten including what it is, does and why its important.
A publication developed by the Mi Dept of Ag & Rural Development highlighting the state’s commodities. Check out the wheat page.
