Meredith Farms Wins 2019 Soybean Yield Contest


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Irrigated Division with 74.00 bushels per acre, while Folz Farms of Christian


County


topped the Non-Irrigated Division with 72.02 bushels per acre. Dou- ble-crop beans are sown into the stubble of win- ter wheat, which is har- vested in the spring. This process gets its name because


the


farmer gets a “double crop” from the field, as opposed to full-season


winners


soybeans, which yield only one crop per year. Other yield contest include


Schwenke Brothers


Farms of Boone County, Goetz Brothers Farms of Daviess County, Andrew Bullock of Muhlenberg County, Running T Farms of Union County, Western Kentucky Uni- versity


County, Thomas


of Warren and Mark of Hardin


County. For complete yield and quality contest information,


visit quality Schwenke


www.kysoy.org. Yield contest information may be found under the “News” tab. In the 2019 soybean contest, Brothers


Farms had the highest percent oil at 23.80 while second place in oil went to David Denney of Wayne County with 23.26 percent. In pro- tein, Armistead Farms had the highest percent at 41.34, and Folz Farms took second with 40.32 percent.


The Kentucky Com-


modity Conference is the annual meeting of soybean, corn and small grain growers in the state. The Kentucky Soybean Yield and Quality Contest is spon- sored by the Kentucky Soybean Association, the Kentucky Soybean Board and the Univer- sity of Kentucky with support from AgriGold, FMC, Pioneer, Bayer, Beck’s Hybrids, Channel and Stine.


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(Right) Armistead Protein 1st place - Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board Chairman Ryan


Bivens (left) presented the plaque for first place in protein content to Zach Armistead of Armistead Farms.


Photos courtesy of Matt Barton, University of Kentucky.


(Below) Schwenke Bros Oil First


Place - Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board Chairman Ryan Bivens (left)presented the plaque for first place in oil content


to Schwenke Brothers Farms, represented by Russel and Eric Schwenke.


12• MidAmerica Farmer Grower www.mafg.net / February 7, 2020


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