Deirdre Ortiz — or as her colleagues call her, Dr. Wheat — is shaping the way people eat breakfast and snacks by helping to develop Michigan's role in filling America's breadbasket. A global expert on ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Wheat is an important part of Michigan's economy year-round. Winter wheat grows between the fall and mid-summer. Meteorologist Trevor Roubadeaux takes a look at how ...

A central Michigan grain mill took its first round of specialty sustainable wheat to market this fall after Saginaw valley farmers harvested grain grown with techniques that benefit the climate and ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Wheat farmers in Michigan are looking for ways to help increase yields and quality, as well as ideas for new markets and uses for what they grow. The Board of Directors of the ...

AUBURN — Chris Schmidt knows a little bit about amber waves of grain. The Auburn man was recently named one of nine inaugural members of the Michigan Wheat Promotion Committee by Gov. Rick Snyder.

BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Dry conditions this year have made for what could be one of the worst wheat crops in Michigan in years. Atypical lack of rain in May and June made for slower growth ...

For the past two weeks (June 20-July 2), Michigan wheat producers have been voting on whether to establish a checkoff program for their product. Corn and soybean growers are part of a checkoff program ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— This coming Wednesday, June 9th from 8 to 10am the Michigan Wheat Program will hold its traditional summer field day. A few weeks ago the wheat check-off board decided to move ...