Kentucky Wheat Yield Contest Winners

The 2022 Kentucky Wheat Yield Contest Winners have been recognized. S & J Emmick of Hancock County harvested 132.68 bushels per acre. Camron Clay and Mark Wells from Union County are State Champions for the Tillage division at 121.91 bushels per acre.

The Space Winners reported yields starting from 113.07 to 123.47 bushels per acre. Space winners embody Rudy Corridor in Todd County for Space 1, Tanner Shroup of First Class Farms in Hancock County for Space 2, Walnut Grove Farms in Logan County for Space 3, and Peterson Farms with a discipline in Mercer County for Space 4. All the realm winners have been no-tillage.

Curt Judy received the Supervisor Award for many entries with 4. Curt additionally received for the very best top-three common yields supervised at 118.82 bushels per acre. Clint Hardy, Katie Hughes, Matt Futtrell, and Evan Tate additionally supervised a number of entries.

Awards will probably be given to every winner on the 2023 Kentucky Commodity Convention in Bowling Inexperienced, KY on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Extra details about the Commodity Convention will be discovered at this web site.

For the winners, wheat planting occurred between October 7 and October 27, 2021 in 7.5-inch rows. Seed charges ranged from 1.2 to 1.8 million seeds per acre or 147 to 170 lbs seed per acre. 5 wheat varieties comprised the six successful entries: Pioneer 25R29 (two entries: Total highest yield and Space 3 winner), AgriMaxx 505 (Tillage State Champion), AgriMaxx 512, Croplan 9203, and AgriMaxx 454.

Successful farmers who utilized nitrogen within the fall, utilized a variety from 9 to 41 lb N per acre. Successful farmers utilized winter charges starting from 103 to 160 lb N per acre and complete N charges (fall, winter, and spring functions) ranged from 69 to 167 lb N per acre. Phosphorus functions ranged from 30 to 150 lb P2O5 per acre and potassium functions ranged from 30 to 150 lb K2O per acre. 4 of the six winners utilized sulfur in a variety of 5.5 to 45 lb S per acre. One winner utilized 2 tons per acre of hen litter and 4 winners used Palisade development regulator.

Successful farmers used herbicide applications together with Roundup adopted by Quelex, Concord solely (2 entries), Roundup adopted by Pixxaro, Zidua SC + Tarzec + 2,4-D LV6, and Fierce + Roundup Powermax + Concord. All winners reported utilizing fungicides. Fungicide applications included Miravis Ace solely (3 entries), and both Health, Method Prima, or TopGuard adopted by Miravis Ace. Insecticide applications included Warrior, Fastac, Lampcap II (3 entries), and Warrior adopted by Lamda Cy.