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, 2021 and 2026. 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 planning to attend the Michigan Wheat Program’s 14th annual Summer Field Day should register now! The program takes place Tues., June 16 at Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center, 3775 S. Reese Rd., Frankenmuth. The event begins at 8:15 a.m. with check-in and breakfast. The plot tour wagons roll out at 9 a.m., and the day’s events conclude at 2:30 p.m.
“Our Summer Field Day program is a great way for wheat farmers to see for ourselves what’s happening with our grower-funded research,” said Jeffery Krohn, chairman of the nine-member Michigan Wheat Program board and a wheat farmer from Owendale. “We visit the SVREC plots to see new varieties and nitrogen use efficiency work, along with plots on weed control, disease challenges, soil fertility and the new work of the 5” drill.”
Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center
in Frankenmuth.
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.
