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Meredith Farms Wins 2019 Soybean Yield Contest
PRINCETON, KY.
The Kentucky Soybean Board honored its yield and quality contest winners at the Kentucky Commodity Conference on Thursday. Phillip Meredith of Henderson County had the top full-season entry in the state, with 108.23 bushels per acre.
To commemorate this accomplishment, the Kentucky Soybean Board presented Meredith Farms with “100 Bushel Club” jackets, personalized with their farm name and crop year in addition to the standard trophies and prize money. Other entrants into the 100 Bushel Club for 2019 include Fischer CrossCreek Farms of Daviess County with 101.78 bushels per acre and Flat Lick Grain Farms, LLC, also of Daviess County, with 101.44 bushels per acre.
In double-crop soybeans, Armistead Farms of Logan County won the 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. Double-crop beans are sown into the stubble of winter wheat, which is harvested in the spring. This process gets its name because the farmer gets a “double crop” from the field, as opposed to full-season soybeans, which yield only one crop per year.
Other yield contest winners 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 University of Warren County, and Mark Thomas of Hardin County. For complete yield and quality contest information, visit www.kysoy.org. Yield contest information may be found under the “News” tab.
In the 2019 soybean quality contest, Schwenke 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 protein, Armistead Farms had the highest percent at 41.34, and Folz Farms took second with 40.32 percent.
The Kentucky Commodity Conference is the annual meeting of soybean, corn and small grain growers in the state. The Kentucky Soybean Yield and Quality Contest is sponsored by the Kentucky Soybean Association, the Kentucky Soybean Board and the University of Kentucky with support from AgriGold, FMC, Pioneer, Bayer, Beck’s Hybrids, Channel and Stine. ∆
Merediths – Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board Chairman Ryan Bivens (left) and University
of Kentucky Grain Crops Specialist Dr. Carrie Knott (right) presented the state championship trophy
to Meredith Farms, represented by Amber Meredith Payne, Lea Meredith, Addison Meredith,
and Andy Meredith.
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.
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.
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