February 3, 2021
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest.
The contest divided state soybean producers into nine groups, seven geographic regions, one all state conventional (non-GMO) category and new for 2020 a Champions Category. Cash prizes were awarded to the top three producers in each division achieving a minimum of 60 bu/a. Winners were announced this morning at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Soybean Association.
We want to commend all of the 76 soybean producers who entered the 2020 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest and we are proud to announce that two of these producers reached and exceeded the 100 bushel/acre milestone in 2020. The Race for 100 Yield Contest began in 2007 and in 2013, the first three producers reached the goal. Ronnie Ragsdell from Lawrence county is the newest member of the 100 Bushel Club with a yield of 104.067 bu/a.
Ragsdell grew Pioneer P48A60X and became the 23rd producer to join the 100 Bushel Club. Matt Miles from Desha county once again hit the 100-bushel mark with a yield of 116.858 bu/ac growing Pioneer P47A64X. He became the winner of the first Champion of Champions category.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2020 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest. We appreciate the participation of all the producers entered in the contest and the sharing of their production methods and management practices with the rest of the Arkansas soybean industry.
Division | Producer | County | Variety | Final Yield (bu/ac) |
1-Northeast Delta | Linwood Wells | Green | Pioneer P48A60X | 97.131 |
| Casey Hook | Craighead | Pioneer P48A60X | 91.237 |
| David DaVault | Greene | Asgrow AG46X0 | 86.756 |
2-Northeast | Ronnie Ragsdell | Lawrence | Pioneer P48A60X | 104.067 |
| Nick Ragsdell | Lawrence | Asgrow AG46X6 | 95.438 |
| Dennis Stephens | Cross | Pioneer P48A60X | 85.966 |
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3-White River Basin | Richard Walker | Jackson | Pioneer P48A60X | 93.471 |
| John Walker | Jackson | Pioneer P47A76L | 92.808 |
| Terry Fuller | Monroe | Pioneer 49T62 E | 63.131 |
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4-Central & Grand Prairie | Taylor Burdett | Arkansas | Pioneer P45A57X | 93.422 |
| Davis Bell | Prairie | Pioneer P48A60X | 85.888 |
| David Petter | Prairie | Pioneer P42A96X | 84.851 |
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5-East Central Delta | Neil Culp | Phillips | Asgrow AG45X8 | 97.480 |
| Chris Carnathan | Phillips | Asgrow AG46X6 | 89.751 |
| Jeff Carnathan | Phillips | Asgrow 4AG6X6 | 87.073 |
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6-Southeast Delta | Kenneth Robertson | Desha | Pioneer P46A86X | 92.075 |
| Caper Robertson | Desha | Armor 48D25 | 91.431 |
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7-Western | Greg Hart | Conway | Pioneer P49A41L | 77.149 |
| Jeremy Kitchens | Lafayette | Orlando 2047E | 61.644 |
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8-Conventional | Brandon Stephens | Cross | Virtue 4702S | 82.013 |
| Laura Stephens | Cross | Virtue 4702S | 76.109 |
| Hunter Stephens | Cross | Virtue 4702S | 66.308 |
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Champions group | Matt Miles | Desha | Pioneer P47A64X | 116.85 |
The Grow for the Green Yield Soybean Yield Challenge is funded by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board using producer checkoff funds. The contests are administered by the Arkansas Soybean Association in cooperation with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Many thanks to the county extension staff and independent consultants who help producers achieve these yields and serve as harvest judges. Complete contest harvest information is available on the websites of the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association. This file contains production information on contests since 1999.
For additional information on the soybean yield contests in Arkansas, please contact the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (www.themiraclebean.com) or Arkansas Soybean Association at 501-666-1418 or [email protected]. Information will also be available on both websites www.arkansassoybean.com and www.themiraclebean.com.
Source: Arkansas Soybean Association, which is solely responsible for the information provided and is wholly owned by the source. Informa Business Media and all its subsidiaries are not responsible for any of the content contained in this information asset.
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