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2012 Winners

2012 Wheat Winners
2012 Corn Winners
2012 Soybean Winners

2012 Winners will be recognized at the Kentucky Commodity Conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky on January 18, 2013. Pre-registratin ends Jan. 4, 2013. Pre-registration can be done online at at www.kycorn.org or www.kysoy.org. The Commodity Conference schedule is:
Registration and Trade Show: 9:00 a.m. CST
Luncheon: 12:00 p.m. CST
Awards Banquet: 6:30 p.m. CST

Registration deadline is Januray 4, 2013.

2012 Rules and Forms

2012 Corn Yield Contest Rules pdf | doc
2012 KY Soybean Yield Contest Rules
2012 Wheat Yield Contest Rules pdf | docx
2012 NCGA Corn Yield Contest | online entry | electronic PDF (fill it out on the computer and print it) | PDF (print it out and fill it out)
NOTE: a copy of the NCGA harvest entry form and agronomic data can be substituted for the KY Yield Contest form. Be sure to send the original NCGA entry form to the NCGA and the copy to the Kentucky Extension Corn Contest.

2012 Corn Winners
2012 Corn Contest Summary | pdf

State Awards
Divisions I and II (Conventional Tillage and No-Tillage, non-irrigated)
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
State Champion	Paul Bickett/ Bickett Farms	McLean	Pioneer	P2088HR	288.79
2nd Place	Homestead Family Farms *	Casey	Pioneer	P1745HR	276.79
3rd Place	Kenny Mims *	Cumberland	Dekalb	DKC62-09	276.67

Division III, White Corn (non-irrigated)
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
State Champion	Byron Heppler / Heppler Farms	McLean	Pioneer	32B11	245.67
2nd, White	John Davis *	Union	Pioneer	32B10	241.19
3rd, White	Pat Davis *	Union	Pioneer	32B10	238.26

Division IV, Irrigated Corn
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
State Champion	Walnut Grove Farms *	Logan	Pioneer	P2088HR	312.53
2nd, Irrigated	James C. Bickett/ Bickett Farms	McLean	Pioneer	P2088HR	299.88
3rd, Irrigated	Joe Nichols / Seven Springs Farms	Trigg	Pioneer	P2088HR	278.25

* No-Tillage

District Awards


Division I, Conventional Tillage
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
District 1	no entry
District 2	Mark Jenkins	Christian	Pioneer	P2088HR	232.80
District 3	Darrel Hagan / Darrel Hagan Farms	Daviess	Pioneer	P2088HR	267.46
District 4	Jake Hunt	Warren	Dekalb	DKC67-57	257.20
District 5	no entry
District 6	Clint Poore	Cumberland	Beck	6077HR	222.16

Division II, No-Tillage
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
District 1	Jerry Griffith / Griffith Farms	Graves	DeKalb	DKC 61-88	229.86
District 2	Sam Halcomb / SS Halcomb Farms	Todd	Pioneer	35K03	157.57
District 3	Tapp Family Farms LLC	Webster	DeKalb	DKC64-69	267.10
District 4	Ann Reding Watson / Homestead Family Farms	Nelson	DeKalb	DKC67-57	240.25
District 5	Russell & Bob Schwenke / Schwenke Bros	Boone	Pioneer	P2088HR	241.60
District 6	Steve Dobbs / Anita Flynn	Wayne	Beck	6077	198.61

County Awards

Division	County	Agent	Average Yield, bu/A ^#	No. of Entries
Conventional	McLean	Greg Henson	265.69	4
No-Tillage	Daviess	Clint Hardy	253.95	10
White Corn	Union	Rankin Powell	227.36	3
Irrigated	Logan	Chris Milam	273.94	6

^# Average of top three yields within a county and division.

2012 NCGA Corn Yield Contest Winners

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2012 Soybean Winners

2012 Soybean Winners Summary | pdf

Soybean Quality Contest Awards

Highest % Oil --- Horn Farms, Daviess Co. (21.56% oil)
2nd Highest % Oil --- King Farms, Henderson Co. (20.22% oil)

Highest % Protein --- Blake Edwards Farms, Green Co. (35.11% protein)
2nd Highest % Protein --- Meadows Farms, Lewis Co. (34.96% protein)

Soybean Yield Contest Awards

State Awards:

State Champion --- SB & J Fischer Farms, Daviess Co. (91.83 bu/a)
Division I-1st Place --- Donald Poore, Cumberland Co. (91.20 bu/a)
Division I-2nd Place --- Sterett & Paul Miles, Hopkins Co. (84.00 bu/a)
Division II-1st Place --- Seldom Rest Farms, Simpson Co. (78.16 bu/a)
Division II-2nd Place --- Clement Woodrum, Casey Co. (67.17 bu/a)

District Awards:

District 1 --- Jed Clark, Graves Co. (66.55 bu/a)
District 2 --- Castlen Brothers Farms, Daviess Co. (83.71 bu/a)
District 3 --- Basham Farms, Hopkins Co. (78.17 bu/a)
District 4 --- Peterson Farms, Nelson Co. (82.03 bu/a)
District 5 --- “No Entries Received”
District 6 --- Williams Farms, Mason Co. (79.10 bu/a)

County Agricultural Agent Awards:

State Champion Entry --- Clint Hardy, Daviess Co.
Agent with Top 3 Avg. Yield --- Clint Hardy, Daviess Co.
Most Entries Submitted --- Clint Hardy, Daviess Co.
Agents who submitted 3 or more entires (and did not receive one of the above three agent State Awards):
          --- Will Stallard, Casey Co.
          --- Greg Tompkins, Cumberland Co.
          --- Kenny Perry, Graves Co.
          --- Mike Smith, Henderson Co.
          --- Curtis Dame, Hopkins Co.
          --- Phillip Konopka, Lewis Co.
          --- Ron Bowman, Nelson Co.
          --- David Fourqurean, Trigg Co.
          --- Rankin Powell, Union Co.
          --- Glen Roberts, Wayne Co.

An appreciative thanks to all of you who submitted Quality Contest and/or Yield Contest entries for the 2012 Kentucky Soybean Production Contest. There were 52 quality samples submitted and 92 yield entries submitted.

Important Note: The 2013 Kentucky Commodity Conference and Awards Banquet (for corn, soybeans, and wheat) will be held on January 18, 2013 in Bowling Green, KY at the Holiday Inn University Plaza hotel. For those of you planning to attend the Commodity Conference (Registration and Trade Show at 9:00 a.m. CST) and Luncheon (12:00 p.m. CST) and/or the Awards Banquet (6:30 p.m. CST), you must pre-register by January 4. You can register online at www.kycorn.org or www.kysoy.org.

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2012 Wheat Winners

2012 Wheat Yield Contest Winners, pdf

State Winners	County	Area	Division	Brand	Yield, bu/A
Clark Farms	Graves	1	Tillage	Branson	115.41
Blake Edwards	Green	4	No-Tillage	Dyna-Gro 9042	108.51

Area Winners	County	Area	Division	Brand	Yield, bu/A
Malcolm Oatts	Christian	1	Tillage	Branson	108.18
Flat Lick Farms	Daviess	2	Tillage	Beck's 135	109.61
Jamie Summers	Simpson	3	Tillage	SS 520	106.73
Homestead Family Farms	Nelson	4	No-Tillage	Pioneer 25R78	97.94
Area 1 = Purchase and Pennyrile, Area 2 = Green River, Area 3 = Mammoth Cave, Area 4 = Rest of State

County Agent Awards	County	Value	County ANR Agent
Top Average Yield Supervised in a Single County, Bu/A	Daviess	96.9	Clint Hardy
Most Entrants, No. Supervised	Daviess	7	Clint Hardy

Average Yield of the Top Three Yields Submitted from a Single County and Supervised by a County ANR Agent; Jay Stone, Christian County ANR supervised three entries and a Top Three Average Yield of 98.92 bu/acre, but the yields were from Trigg and Todd counties. Paul Winkler, Adult Ag Educator from Daviess County supervised four entries and a Top Three Average Yield of 104.48 bu/acre.

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