Corn Yield Contest Winners

Chad Lee, Extension Agronomist, University of Kentucky

We all knew that 2013 was a good year for corn in Kentucky. That good year resulted in some great yields in the corn contest. The 2013 Kentucky Yield Contest experienced the highest yield for a non-irrigated entry and the highest yield for an irrigated entry.

Greenwell Acres of Union County had the highest non-irrigated yield at 297.22 bushels per acre. The Schwenke Brothers of Boone County recorded 365.11 bushels per acre, which the highest yield measured in Kentucky for irrigated corn.  The Waller Brothers of Union County had the highest white corn yield, which was 294.22 bushels per acre. This also was the second-highest yield for any non-irrigated corn category.

The state winners are as follows.

STATE AWARDS
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
Divisions I and II, Tillage and No-Tillage, non-irrigated
State Champion	Greenwell Acres	Union	Channel	214-13VT2Pro	297.22
2nd Place	Rick Castlen / Castlen Bros. Farm*	Daviess	Pioneer	P1602YHR	296.00
3rd Place	Billy Doolin	Ohio	AgriGold	A6573VT3Pro	287.22
Division III, White Corn, non-irrigated
State Champion	Waller Brothers*	Union	Pioneer	P1431W	294.23
2nd, White	John Davis*	Union	Pioneer	32B16	277.57
3rd, White	Neal W. Ballance	Warren	Pioneer	32B16	275.26
Division IV, Irrigated Corn
State Champion	Schwenke Brothers Farm	Boone	Pioneer	P2088AM	365.11
2nd, Irrigated	Phillip Meredith	Henderson	Pioneer	P1745	277.61
3rd, Irrigated	Lea Meredith	Henderson	Pioneer	P2088HXX	275.64
* No-Tillage

Seven of the nine state winners came from counties along the Ohio River: Union (3), Henderson (2), Daviess (1) and Boone (1). 

District Awards are given for non-irrigated tillage and no-tillage classes. District winners are as follows.

DISTRICT AWARDS
	Grower/Farm	County	Brand	Hybrid	Yield, bu/A
District 1, Tillage	no entry
District 2, Tillage	Basham Farms	Hopkins	DEKALB	DKC64-69	256.41
District 3, Tillage	Brian Shouse / S & S Shaffer Farms	Union	DEKALB	DKC64-69	284.56
District 4, Tillage	Shane Wells / Mockingbird Hill	Butler	DEKALB	DKC65-19	246.39
District 5, Tillage	no entry
District 6, Tillage	no entry
District 1, No-Tillage	no entry
District 2, No-Tilage	Simon Swarey	Todd	Dyna-Gro	D54VP81	238.08
District 3, No-Tillage	M & D Farms	Daviess	Pioneer	P2088YHR	284.25
District 4, No-Tillage	Fresh Start Farms	Larue	DEKALB	DKC65-19VT3RIB	262.91
District 5, No-Tillage	Kevin Smith / Dusty Feathers Farms	Franklin	Wyffels	7886	277.76
District 6, No-Tillage	Williams Farms	Wayne	Pioneer	P1745HR	284.22

County Awards are as follows: 

COUNTY AWARDS
Division	County	Agent	Average Yield, bu/A *	No. of Entries
Tillage	Union	Rankin Powell	287.44	15
No-Tillage	Daviess	Clint Hardy	281.32	9
White Corn	Union	Rankin Powell	288.67	10
Irrigated	Boone	Jerry Brown	328.60	3
* Average of top three yields within a county and division.

A summary of production practices is available.

The 2013 winners will be recognized at the Kentucky Commodity Conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky on January 17, 2014. Pre-registration ends Jan. 10, 2014. Pre-registration can be done online at at www.kycorn.org or www.kysoy.org. The Commodity Conference schedule is:

• Registration and Trade Show: 8:30 a.m. CST
• Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. CST
• Awards Banquet: 6:30 p.m. CST
The registration deadline is January 10, 2014.