Each year the Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge recognizes and rewards Arkansas' top soybean producers. The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, Arkansas Soybean Association and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture unite to implement and promote this contest. The board sponsors the yield challenge, which provides information and tools to Arkansas soybean producers, such as a look at how top yields are reached. Your checkoff funds are used to reward producers for their hard work in helping to increase yield in Arkansas.
We want to commend all of the 118 soybean producers who entered the 2017 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest, and we are proud to announce that 9 of these producers reached and exceeded the 100 bu/a milestone in 2017. The Race for 100 yield contest began in 2007 and in 2013, three producers reached the goal. In 2017, these 9 producers reached 100 bu/a.
| Matt Miles | McGehee | Pioneer P47T36R | 105.020 | |
| Layne Miles | McGehee | Pioneer P47T36R | 108.052 | |
| James Elton Wray | Trumann | Asgrow AG46X6 | 105.918 | |
| James E Wray Jr | Trumann | Asgrow AG46X6 | 103.830 | |
| Billy Wayne Tripp | Searcy | Asgrow AG46X6 | 100.511 | |
| John Newkirk | Stuttgart | Asgrow AG46X6 | 103.974 | |
| Perry Galloway | Gregory | Hefty H48X7 | 108.904 | |
| Mary Galloway | Augusta | Hefty H49X7S | 107.568 | |
| Jason Berry | DeWitt | Pioneer P46A16R | 102.894 |
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2017 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 1 |
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| James Elton Wray | Trumann | Asgrow AG46X6 | 105.918 |
| James E Wray Jr | Trumann | Asgrow AG46X6 | 103.830 |
| Annette Wray | Trumann | Asgrow AG46X6 | 94.849 |
Division 2 |
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| Brian Mack | Weiner | Armor 46D08 | 89.390 |
| Rick Fort | Pocahontas | Asgrow AG46X6 | 88.680 |
| Doin Bowers Jr | Corning | Pioneer P46T30X | 87.073 |
Division 3 |
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| Perry Galloway | Gregory | Hefty H48X7 | 108.904 |
| Mary Galloway | Augusta | Hefty H497S | 107.568 |
| Billy Wayne Tripp | Searcy | Asgrow AG46X6 | 100.511 |
Division 4 |
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| John Newkirk | Stuttgart | Asgrow AG46X6 | 103.974 |
| Jason Berry | DeWitt | Pioneer P46A16R | 102.894 |
| David Strohl | DeValls Bluff | Pioneer P47T36R | 99.165 |
Division 5 |
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| Michael Taylor Jr | Helena | Asgrow AG43X7 | 97.560 |
| Blake Culp | Marvell | Asgrow AG47X6 | 90.289 |
| Chris Carnathan | Lexa | Pioneer P47T36R | 88.842 |
Division 6 |
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| Layne Miles | McGehee | Pioneer P47T36R | 108.052 |
| Matt Miles | McGehee | Pioneer P47T36R | 105.020 |
| Caper Robertson | Watson | Asgrow AG4632 | 87.707 |
Division 7 |
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| Nick Moore | Morrilton | Terral REV 48A76 | 73.933 |
| Greg Hart | Springfield | Terral REV 49R94 | 72.119 |
| Eddie Tackett | Atkins | Pioneer P47T36R | 68.893 |
Division 8 |
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| Chad Avery Halbert | Palestine | Ellis | 82.122 |
| Brandon Stephens | Cherry Valley | eMerge 4993 | 79.345 |
| Mark Nix | Wynne | eMerge 4892 | 69.422 |