2014 Soybean Yield Contest Winners

2014 Soybean Yield Contest Winners

Carrie Knott, Grain Crops Extension Agronomist

The 2014 University of Kentucky Extension Soybean Yield Contest winners are in (Table 1)!  There are 13 awards: State Champion (highest yield entry regardless of production practices), 1^stand 2^nd place for Full-Season soybeans (Division I), 1^st and 2^nd place for Double-Crop soybeans (Division II), highest yield for 4 Areas, 1^st and 2^nd place for highest Oil content and 1^st and 2^ndplace for highest Protein content. 

In 2014 we had the highest yield ever reported in the Soybean Yield Contest by White Farms in Union County with a yield of 98.26 bu/A.  First place for full-season soybeans was 95.10 bu/A reported by Clements Bros in Union County.  Second place for full-season soybeans was 95.01 bu/A reported by Gerry Hayden in McLean County.  The highest double-crop soybean yield was 69.09 bu/A at Woolf Farm in Graves County.  Second place for double-crop soybeans was in McLean County on Miller Farms, 68.86 bu/A.

The Area 1 winner was Griffith Farms in Graves County with a yield of 66.75 bu/A for double-crop soybeans.  Area 2 had a yield of 94.22 bu/A for full-season soybeans on Waller Bros Farms in Union County.  Area 4 had a yield of 68.66 bu/A for full-season soybeans by Andy Alford in Edmonson County.  The Area 6 winner was Chris Pierce Farms in Pulaski County with 89.86 bu/A for full-season soybeans.

The entry with the highest oil percentage was submitted by PPJ Thompson Farms in Daviess County.  The oil content was 21.00%.  The runner up for oil content was 20.87% submitted by Meredith Farms in Henderson County.  

In 2014 we also broke the record for highest protein content.  The entry with the highest protein content was 38.12% submitted by Meadows Farms in Lewis County.  The second highest entry for protein content was 37.89% submitted by Curtis “Skipper” Todd in Casey County.  The highest reported protein content was in 2007 with protein of 37.39%.     

Awards will be presented at the 2015 Kentucky Commodity Classic on January 16, 2015 in Bowling Green, KY.  The Soybean Yield Contest and awards are sponsored by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, Kentucky Soybean Association, and supporting agribusinesses.