2022 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge
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.
Enrollment for 2022 is now open! Entry deadline is August 1, 2022.
We want to commend all of the 82 soybean producers who entered the 2021 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest, particularly the 10 producers who reached and exceeded the 100 bushel/acre milestone in 2021. The Race for 100 Yield Contest began in 2007 and in 2013, the first three producers reached the goal.
The newest members of the 100-Bushel Club are:
Green County - Linwood Wells
Craighead County - Mike Hook
Randolph County - Blake & Kent Bennett
Cross County - Tim Fisher
Clay County - Bruce Catt
Prairie County - Davis Bell
Prairie County - David Petter
Phillips County - Neil Culp
Phillips County - Jill Culp
Desha County - Robb Dedman
Matt Miles from Desha County achieved the 100-bushel mark for the 7th time with a yield of 121.318 bushel/acre by growing AgriGold G4620RX and winning the Champion Division. Neil Culp from Phillips County achieved a new state record with 130.784 bushel/acre growing Asgrow AG45X8.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2021 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 - Northeast Delta |
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| Linwood Wells | Greene | Pioneer P48A60X | 101.729 |
| Mike Hook | Craighead | AgriGold 4255 | 101.685 |
| Roger Reddick | Greene | Pioneer P48A60X | 99.480 |
Division 2 - Northeast |
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| Blake/Kent Bennett | Randolph | Pioneer P48A60X | 104.868 |
| Tim Fisher | Cross | Pioneer 48A60X | 101.161 |
| Bruce Catt | Clay | Pioneer P47A64X | 100.452 |
Division 3 - White River Basin |
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| Richard Walker | Jackson | Pioneer P48A60X | 96.535 |
| Jerry Fuller | Monroe | Progeny P4806 | 73.528 |
| Kyle Fuller | Monroe | Pioneer P49T62E | 71.092 |
Division 4 - Central/Grand Prairie |
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| Davis Bell | Prairie | Asgrow AG48X9 | 105.029 |
| David Petter | Prairie | Pioneer P42A96X | 101.599 |
| David Strohl | Prairie | Dyna-Gro S43EN61 | 92.599 |
Division 5 - East Central Delta |
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| Neil Culp | Phillips | Asgrow AG 45X8 | 130.784 |
| Jill Culp | Phillips | Asgrow AG 45X8 | 102.201 |
| Terry Tolar | Phillips | Asgrow AG43X0 | 93.233 |
Division 6 - Southeast Delta |
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| Robb Dedman | Desha | Pioneer P47A64X | 115.941 |
Division 7 - Western |
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| James Gregory | Conway | Pioneer P45T88 | 69.408 |
| Greg Hart | Conway | Pioneer P49A41L | 66.372 |
| Josh Moore | Conway | Local LS5418XFS | 62.719 |
Conventional |
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| Dennis Stephens | Cross | Virtue 4702S | 94.396 |
| Adam Fisher | Cross | Pioneer P40A40 | 81.755 |
| Hunter Stephens | Cross | Virtue 4702S | 79.553 |
Champions Group |
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| Matt Miles | Desha | iGold G4620RX | 121.318 |