Recorded yields in the 2025 Great Lakes YEN (Yield Enhancement Network) challenge surpassed 115 bushels per acre across all participating farms in 2025, with a record breaking 180.2 bushel crop grown by one Michigan participant.
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Great Lakes YEN wheat yields top 115 bushels per acre in 2025
Michigan grower sets new Great Lakes YEN record with 182.6-bushel wheat yield
Great Lakes wheat YEN participants average 115 bushels
The top Canadian yield, and third highest was 160.2 bushels of wheat per acre
John Kilbourne of Ontario had the third highest yield in the Great Lake Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) in 2023 and 2024. The program is run by Grain Farmers of Ontario, […] Read more
2021-2022 Great Lakes YEN winners announced
Three Ontario growers are amongst the winners of the 2021-2022 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) competition. The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is one of a global series […] Read more
Inaugural Great Lakes YEN pilot project a cross-border success
Highest yielding wheat growers all from Ontario
Data gathered from the inaugural Great Lakes YEN pilot project has provided some key insights into how growers in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the U.S. achieved higher […] Read more