Eastern farmers do well in National Wheat Yield Contest

Source: National Wheat Foundation

The results of the National Wheat Yield Contest were recently released. Officials with the organization say they encourage wheat growers to strive for high yield, quality, and profit while trying new and innovative wheat management strategies.

Image credit: Jeff Ishee

“The National Wheat Yield Contest emphasizes wheat quality as well as yield because our customers all over the world expect that our wheat is the best and most consistent high-quality wheat they can buy,” said Bernard Peterson, National Wheat Foundation Chairman and Bardstown, Kentucky Farmer.

Three farmers east of the Mississippi River placed in the Top 5 for non-irrigated winter wheat:

1st place - Jeffrey Krohn of Owendale, Michigan 170.10 bushels per acre

4th place - Scott Truszkowski of Stewartsville, New Jersey 152.33 bpa

5th place - Mark Deysher of Bath, Pennsylvania 152.32 bpa

Other STATE winners (in the Eastern U.S.) include:

David Kellett of Alabama 110.90 bpa

David Justison of Illinois 151.64 bpa

Tyler Smith of Indiana 132.70 bpa

Pate Weir of Kentucky 103.95 bpa

Bradley Rill of Maryland 145.89 bpa

Gregory Clayton of North Carolina 132.88 bpa

Aaron Stuckey of Ohio 140.13 bpa

Franklin Howey of South Carolina 127.22 bpa

Larry Lynch of Tennessee 87.25 bpa

Guy Gochenour of Virginia 134.53 bpa

For more details on the National Wheat Yield Contest, visit www.wheatcontest.org.