Highly engaged wheat growers wanting to learn how to grow better wheat are driving expansion of the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN). Coordinated by the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Michigan State University, Michigan Wheat Program, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the University of Guelph, the Great Lakes YEN project helps farmers learn from each other about new ways to improve winter wheat yields. "It's been a huge undertaking in terms of labour to put everything together that has to be done for all the data collection and the reports that go back to growers, but the amount of information that we're generating is phenomenal," reports Michigan State wheat systems specialist, Dennis Pennington. At the Ontario Agricultural Conference last week, Pennington noted that the Great Lakes YEN kicked off in 2021 with 43 growers before expanding in 2022 with 98 growers completing the project. The organizers are expecting the program to