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.
The Michigan Wheat Program recently announced and honored the state’s top-yielding wheat growers for the past growing season. The growers honored included entries in the Michigan Wheat Yield Contest that were revealed at the Michigan Wheat Winter Grower Meeting, with one of them receiving a 2nd place showing in the National Wheat Foundation’s (NWF) Yield Contest, as well.
The Michigan Wheat Program supports growers’ participation in both the state and national yield competitions, which were developed to recognize growers finding new ways to ramp up production. The NWF contest has as its goals to enable knowledge transfer between growers, encourage experimentation with new technologies and support new ideas to increase wheat yield.
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.
