2015 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced
Little Rock, AR (December 17, 2015) – The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest. The contest divided state soybean producers into 8 groups, 7 geographic regions and 1 all state conventional (non-GMO) category. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 in each division achieving a minimum of 60 Bu/A at the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Soybean Association on January 26, 2016. The meeting will be held at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart, AR.
We want to commend all of the 98 soybean producers who entered the 2015 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest and we are proud to announce that 3 of these producers reached and exceeded the 100 bushel/acre milestone in 2015. The Race for 100 yield contest began in 2007 and in 2013, three producers reached the goal. In 2015, Perry Galloway from Woodruff County achieved a yield of 108.759 Bu/A with Pioneer 46T21 RR. Matt Miles again (3rd year in a row) harvested over 100 with 108.717 Bu/A after planting Pioneer 47T36 RR on a field in Desha County. Charles Galloway, also from Woodruff County, harvested 100.935 Bu/A with Asgrow 4232 RR. The Galloway Brothers are the newest members of the Arkansas 100 Bushel Club.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2015 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 secrets with the rest of the Arkansas soybean industry.
|
Division |
Rank |
Name |
County |
Variety |
Final yield (bu/ac) |
|
1-Northeast Delta |
1 |
Mike Hook |
Craighead |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
95.318 |
|
2 |
Casey Hook |
Craighead |
Pioneer 46T21 RR |
94.036 |
|
|
3 |
Kenny/Garrett Qualls |
Craighead |
Pioneer 46T21 RR |
86.021 |
|
|
2-Northeast |
1 |
Karl Garner |
Cross |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
90.126 |
|
3-White River Basin |
1 |
Perry Galloway |
Woodruff |
Pioneer 46T21 RR |
108.759 |
|
2 |
Charles Galloway |
Woodruff |
Asgrow 4232 RR |
100.935 |
|
|
3 |
Kyle Fuller |
Monroe |
Pioneer 47T36 RR |
93.508 |
|
|
4- Grand Prairie |
1 |
Brandon Rogers |
Arkansas |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
96.844 |
|
2 |
Lynn Marshall |
Lonoke |
CZ HBK 4953 LL |
95.045 |
|
|
3 |
Reagan Counce |
Arkansas |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
93.095 |
|
|
5-East Central Delta |
1 |
Gere/Bill Carnathan |
Phillips |
Asgrow 4934RR |
96.029 |
|
2 |
Michael Taylor Jr |
Phillips |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
89.687 |
|
|
6-Southeast |
1 |
Matt Miles |
Desha |
Pioneer 47T36 RR |
108.717 |
|
2 |
Sherrie Miles |
Ashley |
Pioneer 48T53RR |
97.689 |
|
|
3 |
David Bennett |
Chicot |
Asgrow 4632 RR |
95.25 |
|
|
7- Western |
1 |
Eddie Tackett |
Pope |
Pioneer 47T36 RR |
79.087 |
|
2 |
Cameron Southard |
Pope |
Pioneer 47T36 RR |
75.393 |
|
|
3 |
Lucas Moore |
Conway |
Pioneer 94Y70 RR |
72.026 |
|
|
8 – Conventional |
1 |
Nelson Crow |
Drew |
UA5612 |
82.359 |
|
2 |
Mark Nix |
Cross |
Emerge |
81.424 |
|
|
3 |
Jason Smith |
Desha |
GoSoy 483 |
75.607 |
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 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 swsoy@aristotle.net. Information will also be available on both websites www.arkansassoybean.com and www.themiraclebean.com.
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