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2009 KY Yield Contests

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Awards Banquet: Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, Kentucky Commodity Conference, Bowling Green

2009 Corn Winners

2009 Kentucky Corn Contest Production Summary, pdf

I. State Awards
State Champions (1st, 2nd and 3rd for No-Tillage & Conventional Tillage Combined)
		Yield, Bu/A	Farmer/Farm	Brand	Hybrid	County
	Champion	295.56	Marcus Huffman	DeKalb	DKC63-42	Logan
	2nd Place	268.58	Paul Bickett / Bickett Farms	Pioneer	31P42	McLean
	3rd Place	263.75	PPJ Thompson Farms	Pioneer	31D59	Daviess

Division III, White Corn
	Champion, White Corn	268.94	Cundiff Farms	Pioneer	32B10	Trigg

Division IV, Irrigated Corn
	Champion, Irrigated Corn	284.50	Joel B. Armistead	DeKalb	DKC63-14	Logan

II. Regional Awards
Division I, Conventional Tillage
	Region	Yield, Bu/A	Farmer/Farm	Brand	Hybrid	County
	1	258.22	Jerry Griffith	DeKalb	DKC6254	Graves
	3	259.77	Darrell Hagan	Pioneer	31D59	Daviess
	4	252.09	Jerry Hardesty			Breckinridge
	6	260.24	Donnie Poore/Cash Farm	Beck's	6733	Cumberland

Division II, No-Tillage
	Region	Yield, Bu/A	Brand	Hybrid	Farmer	County
	1	253.78	Hopper Farms, Jeremy Hopper	Pioneer	31D59	Fulton
	2	222.68	Frank Orndorff	DeKalb	6314	Logan
	3	259.64	Castlen Bros. Farms	Pioneer	32N73	Daviess
	4	234.13	Donny Veatch	Bio Gene	83V08	Marion
	5	259.74	Kevin M. Smith	Wyffels	7387	Shelby
	6	254.14	Willams Farms	Northrup King	N72Q	Wayne


	County Awards
	Division	Average of Top 3 Yields	County	Agent
	Conv/Min Till	253.73	Daviess	Clint Hardy
	No-Till	261.96	Daviess	Clint Hardy
	White Corn	261.84	Trigg	David Fourqurean
	Irrigated	277.89	Logan	Chris Milam

	Other Agents with at least three entries
	Division	Average of Top 3 Yields	County	Agent
	Conv/Min Till	228.70	Union	Rankin Powell
	Conv/Min Till	201.38	Fulton	Cam Kenimer
	No-Till	253.71	Wayne	Glenn Roberts
	No-Till	252.68	Logan	Chris Milam
	No-Till	234.58	Union	Rankin Powell
	No-Till	226.11	Marion	George McCain
	White Corn	233.11	Union	Rankin Powell
	Irrigated	253.57	Christian	Jay Stone
	Irrigated	250.72	Marion	George McCain

NCGA National Winners, 2009
NCGA State Winners, 2009

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2009 Soybean Winners

Seed Quality Awards

Highest Percent Oil --- Danny Basham, Hopkins Co. (20.43% oil)
2nd Highest Percent Oil --- Waller Brothers, Union Co. (20.34% oil)

Highest Percent Protein --- Running T Farms, Union Co. (36.94% protein)
2nd Highest Percent Protein --- Gregg Steward, Union Co. (36.64% protein)

State Awards:

State Champion --- Peterson Farms, Marion Co. (90.32 bu/a)
Division I - 1st Place --- Waller Brothers, Union Co. (88.09 bu/a)
Division I - 2nd Place --- S & S Farms, Union Co. (84.83 bu/a)
Division II - 1st Place --- Donnie Greenwell, Union Co. (61.48 bu/a)
Division II - 2nd Place --- Running T Farms, Union Co. (60.73 bu/a)

District Awards:

District 1 --- Griffith Farms, Graves Co. (76.23 bu/a)
District 2 --- Drew & Carol Burns, Daviess Co. (84.16 bu/a)
District 3 --- Danny Basham, Hopkins Co. (70.27 bu/a)
District 4 --- Seldom Rest Farms, Simpson Co. (73.90 bu/a)
District 5 --- Schwenke Brothers, Boone Co. (66.64 bu/a)
District 6 --- Donald Poore, Cumberland Co. (77.84 bu/a)

County Agricultural Agent Awards:

State Champion Entry --- George McCain, Marion Co.
Agent with Top 3 Avg. Yield --- Rankin Powell, Union Co.
Most Entries Submitted --- Rankin Powell, Union Co.
Agents who submitted 3 or more entries (and did not receive one of the above three agent State Awards):
--- Clint Hardy, Daviess Co.
--- Mike Smith, Henderson Co.
--- George Kelley, Hopkins Co.
--- Glen Roberts, Wayne Co.

An appreciative thanks to all of you who submitted Quality Contest and/or Yield Contest entries for the Kentucky Soybean Production Contest.

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2009 Wheat Winners

2009 Wheat Production Contest Summary, pdf

State Champion	Name	County	Variety	Yield, bu/acre
No Tillage	Peterson Farms	Nelson	AgriPro Branson	104.53
Conventional Tillage	Pasture Belt Farms	Daviess	Beck 122	97.11
Area Champion
Area 1	Kenny Roberts & Quentin Lomache	Hopkins	Vigoro V9710	87.35
Area 2	Larry Krampe	Daviess	AgriPro Branson	89.50
Area 3	Walnut Grove Farm	Logan	Pembroke	84.15
Area 4	Reding Farms	Nelson	Pioneer 25R78	92.57

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Corn Yield Contest Forms, Kentucky pdf

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