Michigan Wheat Program’s Annual Summer Field Day
8:15 a.m. — Registration, Coffee & Donuts
- Plant Disease Identification Station. Participants invited to bring wheat samples for diagnosis of disease or injury, Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services
9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Chairman
9:10 a.m. — Morning Plot Presentations via wagon tour (20 minute stops)
- Status Update: Wheat Disease, Dr. Marty Chilvers
- Fusarium Head Blight Trial, Dr. Eric Olson
- Expectations for 2023 Harvest, Dennis Pennington
10:45 a.m. — Morning Plot Presentations Round Two via Wagon Tour
- Sorting Through the Puzzle: Management Options for Winter Wheat, Dr. Kurt Steinke
- Wheat Agronomy, Manni Singh & Patrick Copeland
- Weed Control, Dr. Christy Sprague
12:10 p.m. — Lunch
- Plant Disease Identification Station. Participants invited to bring wheat samples for diagnosis of disease or injury, Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Diagnostic Services
- Evaluation and RUP/CCA Credits,
- Closing Comments, Jeff Krohn, MI Wheat Program Chairman
1:00 p.m. — Walking Tour of Plots at Mason Research Farm
- Participants drive personal cars and reconvene at: 1614 Okemos Rd., Mason, MI 48854.
- Park in alleyways at the farm and join the group for a walking tour.
Walking Tour Plot Presentations
- State Yield Trials, Dennis Pennington and Dr. Eric Olson
- It’s a Cover Up: Wheat Canopy Closure, Dr. Manni Singh and Palo Aries
- New Variety Releases, Eric Olson
3:00 p.m. — Adjourn