2011 KY Yield Contests

Awards Banquet: Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, Kentucky Commodity Conference, Holiday Inn Plaza, Bowling Green

State Awards
Divisions I and II (Conventional Tillage and No-Tillage, non-irrigated)
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
State Champion	John F. Wilson	Graves	Pioneer	33D49	266.45
2nd Place	Peterson Farms - David Peterson	Marion	Pioneer	32T16	265.97
3rd Place	Kevin Smith - Dusty Feathers Farms*	Franklin	Wyffels	W8437	259.13

Division III, White Corn (non-irrigated)
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
1st, White	Chris Kummer	Simpson	Pioneer	32B11	237.77
2nd, White	Waller Bros	Union	Pioneer	P1431W	236.10
3rd, White	Seven Springs Farms	Trigg	Pioneer	P1431W	225.84

Division IV, Irrigated Corn
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
1st, Irrigated	Joel Armistead	Logan	DeKalb	DKC64-69	264.11
2nd, Irrigated	Peterson Farms - Albert Peterson	Marion	Pioneer	31P41	258.90
3rd, Irrigated	Seven Springs Farms - Joe Nichols	Trigg	Pioneer	P1395HR	251.25

* No-Tillage Entry

District Awards
Division I, Conventional Tillage
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
District 1	Kevin Hayden	Carlisle	DeKalb	DKC63-87	194.15
District 2	Malcolm Oatts	Christian	DeKalb	DKC63-87	248.95
District 3	Scott and Al Zoglmann	Daviess	Pioneer	P1615HR	254.72
District 4	Shane Wells-Mockingbird Hill Farm	Butler	DeKalb	DKC63-87	190.73
District 6	Donnie Poore & Danny Cash	Cumberland	Beck's	6077HR	227.50

Division II, No-Tillage
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
District 1	Jerry Griffith	Graves	DeKalb	DK63-87	247.34
District 2	Harper Farms - Richard Harper	Todd	Pioneer	33D49	223.30
District 3	Phil, Pat & Joe Thompson	Daviess	Pioneer	P1745HR	257.73
District 4	Michael Buckman	Marion	DeKalb	DKC63-14	245.46
District 5	Kathy Smith - Dusty Feathers Farm	Shelby	DeKalb	DKC63-84	250.18
District 6	Woodrum Brothers	Casey	DeKalb	DKC64-69	244.54

County Awards
Division	County	Agent	Average Yield, bu/A**	No. of Entries
Conventional	Christian	J. Stone	243.82	3
No-Till	Daviess	Clint Hardy	251.08	13
White Corn	Union	Rankin Powell	227.77	3
Irrigated	Logan	Chris Milam	257.29	4

** Average of top three yields within a county and division.

AWARD	NAME	COUNTY	VARIETY	YIELD (Bu/A)
District Yield Awards

District I	Jed Clark	Graves	Asgrow AG4531	69.99
District II	S & S Farms	Union	Beck's 294NR	83.66
District III	Basham Farms	Hopkins	Dyna-Gro 37RY47	65.62
District IV	Peterson Farms	Marion	So. States SS385	71.14
District V	Homestead Family Farms	Mercer	Pioneer 94Y60	56.97
District VI	James Sexton	Wayne	Pioneer 94Y70	83.96

State Yield Awards: Division I (Single-crop) and II (Double-crop)

State Champion	Donnie Greenwell	Union	So. States SS4700NR2	85.26
Div. I - 1st Place	Waller Brothers	Union	Dyna-Gro 37P37	85.08
Div. I - 2nd Place	Pride Farms	Union	Beck's 294NR	84.58
Div. II - 1st Place	Waller Brothers	Union	Dyna-Gro 33RY47	77.06
Div. II - 2nd Place	Goetz Brothers Farms	Daviess	Beck's 445NR	74.29

State Quality Awards: Highest Percent Oil and Highest Percent Protein

Oil - 1st Place	Horn Farms	Daviess	Beck's 362NR	20.00
Oil - 2nd Place	S & S Farms	Union	Beck's 294NR	19.94
Protein - 1st Place	Jim & Matthew Meadows	Lewis	Stewart 3801	36.15
Protein - 2nd Place	Rick Barber	Fleming	Asgrow AG4005	35.24

County Agriculture Agent Awards

State Champion Yield Entry	Rankin Powell	Union Co.
Top Avg. Yield for 3 Entries	Rankin Powell	Union Co.
Most Yield Entries	Clint Hardy	Daviess Co.
Three or More Yield Entries
	Jeff Smith (Fleming Co.)
	George McCain (Marion Co.)
	George Kelley (Hopkins Co.)
	Glen Roberts (Wayne Co.)