Unlock your fields potential

Join a network of growers and agronomists using real field data to better understand yield potential and improve performance.

What is the Great Lakes YEN?

The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is one of a global series of YENs that help local farmers better understand their yield potential and learn what is limiting that potential.  The goal of the YEN is to connect agricultural organizations, extension specialists, academics, agronomists, and farmers who are striving to improve crop returns by unlocking the potential of the field by closing the gap between potential yield and actual yield. The Great Lakes YEN is currently focused on winter wheat and covers the geographic area of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the Great Lakes region of the USA.

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For those looking to participate

Why get involved?

Join a network of growers and agronomists using real field data to better understand yield potential and improve performance.

Benchmark yields

Compare your field to regional peers

Identify limits

Understand what’s affecting yields

Learn from peers

Access shared insights and data

What farmers & agronomists think of the program

“The YEN project showed us more of what our ground is capable of with proper management. From now on, we are going to be doing tissue sampling and more soil testing to push our yields from what we learned.”

Matt Beischlag

Farmer, Hagersville

“This was a great program to get involved with to learn from peers on how to grow a better crop. Plus I get direct access to our public wheat experts for any agronomy advice!”

Adam Pfeffer

Farmer, Sparta

“The Great Lakes YEN pilot has helped me immensely as an agronomist. My farm client and I get a report card on our yield gap and provides us with metrics on how we can make improvements for the following season.”

Jonathan Zettler CCA-ON

Agronomist, Wellington County

Great Lakes YEN Partners

Certified Crop Adviser logo
Michigan State University Extension logo
Michigan Wheat Program logo
Ontario logo
University of Guelph logo