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Growers from 27 states entered the contest.
November 13, 2017
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The state winners for the 2017 National Wheat Yield Contest have been announced. Growers from 27 states entered the contest, making this the largest listing to date of state winners.
“It’s great to see winners from such states as Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia who aren’t commonly known for producing wheat,” stated NWF Board President and North Carolina wheat grower Phil McLain. “It demonstrates the versatility of the crop which can grow in these states as well as in states like Kansas and Washington.”
The contest recognizes the overall high yield winner for each state (those submitted) in two primary competition categories: winter wheat and spring wheat, and two subcategories: dryland and irrigated.
“NWF would like to thank each grower for enrolling in the NWYC and our sponsors for helping to make the contest available to wheat growers in the US,” continued McLain. “Seventy-one state winners are recognized in this release and we hope that this number will continue to grow and include wheat farmers from states not recognized in this year’s winners.”
This year’s state winners per category:
Winter Wheat – Irrigated
Chad Henderson, 1st Place Alabama; 101,78 Bu/A with Pioneer 26R10
James Parsons, 1st Place California; 117.63 Bu/A with Desert King
Marc Arnusch, 1st Place Colorado; 162.17 Bu/A with WestBred WB4303
Jerry Cooksey, 2nd Place Colorado; 161.01 Bu/A with Plains Gold Langin
Randall Willin, 1st Place Delaware; 102.96 Bu/A with USG 3404
Rick Pearson, 1st Place Idaho; 152.10 Bu/A with AgriPro Ovation
Nathan Franklin, 1st Place Kansas; 144.07 Bu/A with WestBred WB-CEDAR
Neil Bekemeyer, 2nd Place Kansas; 96.20 Bu/A with AgriPro SY Monument
John Willin, 1st Place Maryland; 110.76 Bu/A with USG 3404
Travis Freeburg, 1st Place Nebraska; 113.35 Bu/A with AgriPro AP503
Lloyd Meeske, 2nd Place Nebraska; 138.03 Bu/A with Plains Gold Snowmass
Eric Eachus, 1st Place New Jersey; 114.61 Bu/A with Dyna-Gro Shirley
Nathan Rea, 1st Place Oregon; 161.99 Bu/A with Limagrain Drive
Nathan Rea, 2nd Place Oregon; 142.44 Bu/A with OR State/Limagrain Norwest Duet
Johnny Verell, 1st Place Tennessee; 117.90 Bu/A with Pioneer 26R40
Phillip Gross, 1st Place Washington; 184.29 Bu/A with Limagrain JET
David Gross, 2nd Place Washington; 170.40 Bu/A with Limagrain JET
Jason Beechinor, 3rd Place Washington; 161.94 Bu/A with Limagrain JET
Ty Anderson, 1st Place Wyoming; 146.52 Bu/A with WY Crop Research Cowboy
Winter Wheat – Dryland
Stuart Sanderson, 1st Place Alabama; 107.83 Bu/A with Pioneer 26R10
Dusty Tallman, 1st Place Colorado; 72.80 Bu/A with Plains Gold Byrd
Marc Arnusch, 2nd Place Colorado; 109.02 Bu/A with WestBred WB4721
Nick Midcap, 3rd Place Colorado; 86.52 Bu/A with WestBred WB-GRAINFIELD
Mark Krausz, 1st Place Illinois; 130.60 Bu/A with AgriMaxx 463
Mark Krausz, 2nd Place Illinois; 125.65 Bu/A with AgriMaxx 454
Dale Wehmeyer, 3rd Place Illinois; 126.97 Bu/A with AgriMaxx 444
Douglas Morehouse, 1st Place Indiana; 115.57 Bu/A with Croplan 9606
Brandon Friesen, 1st Place Kansas; 115.26 Bu/A with WestBred WB-GRAINFIELD
Tyler Ediger, 2nd Place Kansas; 110.98 Bu/A with WestBred WB4303
Alec Horton, 3rd Place Kansas; 95.30 Bu/A with WestBred WB-GRAINFIELD
Jeff Coke, 1st Place Kentucky; 118.55 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R50
Scot Poffenberger, 1st Place Maryland; 97.82 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R40
Nick Suwyn, 1st Place Michigan; 146.73 Bu/A with AgriPro SY100
Dennis Philpot, 2nd Place Michigan; 138.38 Bu/A with Dyna-Gro 9242W
Kevin Noffsinger, 3rd Place Michigan; 127.50 Bu/A with Dyna-Gro 9242W
John Nicks, 1st Place Missouri; 109.89 Bu/A with AgriMaxx 444
Mark Peterson, 2nd Place Missouri; 113.39 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R50
Todd Hansen, 1st Place Montana; 49.38 Bu/A with WestBred Keldin
Alan Baucom, 1st Place North Carolina; 96.20 Bu/A with Pioneer 26R41
Robbie Umphlett, 2nd Place North Carolina; 107.83 Bu/A with USG 3404
Wesley Moore, 3rd Place North Carolina; 95.32 Bu/A with USG 3523
Mark Knobel, 1st Place Nebraska; 119.00 Bu/A with AgriPro SY Sunrise
Edward Evertson, 2nd Place Nebraska; 109.29 Bu/A with Plains Gold Antero
Richard Keiser, 3rd Place Nebraska; 109.61 Bu/A with Plains Gold Antero
Eric Eachus, 1st Place New Jersey; 119.18 Bu/A with Dyna-Gro Shirley
Sam Santini, 2nd Place New Jersey; 115.01 Bu/A with FS Brand FS865
Douglas Goyings, 1st Place Ohio; 105.75 Bu/A with Strike 403
Matt Schupbach, 1st Place Oklahoma; 94.70 Bu/A with Westbred WB430
Raymond Parrish, 2nd Place Oklahoma; 76.99 Bu/A with WestBred WB-GRAINFIELD
Chris Ledbetter, 3rd Place Oklahoma; 102.03 Bu/A with WestBred WB4303
Jason Beechinor, 1st Place Oregon; 158.33 Bu/A with Limagrain JET
Leslie Bowman, 1st Place Pennsylvania; 110.97 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R74
Brian Kreider, 2nd Place Pennsylvania; 125.32 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R77
Jim Hershey, 3rd Place Pennsylvania; 120.62 Bu/A with Pioneer 25R32
Johnny Verell, 1st Place Tennessee; 106.26 Bu/A with Pioneer 26R59
Brad Burks, 2nd Place Tennessee; 110.70 Bu/A with Croplan 9415
Carl Schultz, 3rd Place Tennessee; 103.65 Bu/A with AgriPro SY Viper
Heath Cutrell, 1st Place Virginia; 94.40 Bu/A with Dyna-Gro Shirley
Brian Cochrane, 1st Place Washington; 92.00 Bu/A with WaState Otto
Brett Blankenship, 2nd Place Washington; 102.66 Bu/A with ORState ORCF10
Nathan Rea, 3rd Place Washington; 148.83 Bu/A with Limagrain JET
Travis Freeburg, 1st Place Wyoming; 62.45 Bu/A with AgriPro SY Wolf
Spring Wheat – Irrigated
Terry Wilcox, 1st Place Idaho; 143.91 Bu/A with WestBred WB9668
Dallin Wilcox, 2nd Place Idaho; 142.14 Bu/A with WestBred WB9668
Brad Parks, 3rd Place Idaho; 141.46 Bu/A with WestBred WB9668
Dan Mills, 1st Place Oregon; 137.85 Bu/A with WestBred Solano
James Getzinger, 1st Place Washington; 152.55 Bu/A with Westbred Solano
Spring Wheat – Dryland
Doug Stout, 1st Place Idaho; 114.05 Bu/A with WestBred WB9668
Paul Solem, 1st Place Minnesota; 103.42 Bu/A with WestBred WB9479
Jared Sands, 2nd Place Minnesota; 110.64 Bu/A with WestBred WB9590
Kevin Larson, 3rd Place Minnesota; 88.96 Bu/A with U of MN Linkert
John Yerger, 1st Place Montana; 58.78 Bu/A with Croplan 3100
Jon Iverson, 1st Place North Dakota; 97.57 Bu/A with Croplan 3530
Jon Rethemeier, 2nd Place North Dakota; 93.71 Bu/A with WestBred WB9479
John and Sam Hofer, 3rd Place North Dakota; 85.20 Bu/A with Westbred WB9653
Robert Holzwarth, 1st Place South Dakota; 102.58 Bu/A with U of MN Bolles
Kurt Druffel, 1st Place Washington; 90.86 Bu/A with WestBred WB9229
Kurt Druffel, 2nd Place Washington; 85.80 Bu/A with WestBred WB9662
The sponsors for the 2017 National Yield Contest are BASF, Croplan/Winfield, Indigo Ag, John Deere, McGregor, Monsanto, and Syngenta.
The national and state winners will be recognized at the 2018 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California, Feb. 27–March 1. Official rules and entry details for the 2018 Contest will be available by Jan. 1, 2018, at http://www.yieldcontest.wheatfoundation.org/.
Source: National Wheat Foundation
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