Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced

Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced

Little Rock, AR (December 11, 2017) – The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 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 29, 2018.  The meeting will be held at the Brinkley Convention Center.

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
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
Brian Mack	Weiner	Armor 46D08	89.390
Rick Fort	Pocahontas	Asgrow AG46X6	88.680
Doin Bowers Jr	Corning	Pioneer P46T30X	87.073
Division 3
Perry Galloway	Gregory	Hefty H48X7	108.904
Mary Galloway	Augusta	Hefty H497S	107.568
Billy Wayne Tripp	Searcy	Asgrow AG46X6	100.511
Division 4
John Newkirk	Stuttgart	Asgrow AG46X6	103.974
Jason Berry	DeWitt	Pioneer P46A16R	102.894
David Strohl	DeValls Bluff	Pioneer P47T36R	99.165
Division 5
Michael Taylor Jr	Helena	Asgrow AG43X7	97.560
Blake Culp	Marvell	Asgrow AG47X6	90.289
Chris Carnathan	Lexa	Pioneer P47T36R	88.842
Division 6
Layne Miles	McGehee	Pioneer P47T36R	108.052
Matt Miles	McGehee	Pioneer P47T36R	105.020
Caper Robertson	Watson	Asgrow AG4632	87.707
Division 7
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
Chad Avery Halbert	Palestine	Ellis	82.122
Brandon Stephens	Cherry Valley	eMerge 4993	79.345
Mark Nix	Wynne	eMerge 4892	69.422

 

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 System 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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