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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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