Attention wheat growers…the National and Ohio Wheat Yield Contest is open for entries until May 15th! Wheat growers with at least 50 total acres of wheat in production and with a minimum 5-acre contest field may participate. Complete rules can be found at the Wheat Yield Contest website.
In Ohio, first place is awarded a 1 year lease on a J&M seed tender, while another 9 winners at the state level are recognized at the annual Celebration of Ohio Corn & Wheat. Further recognition is given at the national level for top producers in various classes. Be sure to enter the contest here https://www.yieldcontest.wheatfoundation.org/.
The National Wheat Yield Contest was created in 2015 by the National Wheat Foundation to promote new ideas and experimentation for wheat production, enable knowledge transfer between growers and identify top wheat producers in each state. Since the competition’s inception, Ohio has had good participation in the national contest, ranking in the top five in the number of entries.
The contest is a friendly competition that will help farmers stay focused on raising high quality, high yielding wheat while evaluating agronomic and economic decisions at the field level. Each registered contestant ($100) must be a member of their state’s wheat growers association (in Ohio, www.ohiocornandwheat.org). Entering the National Wheat Yield Contest automatically enters you in the Ohio contest at no additional cost.