Alabama Soybean and Corn Yield Contests
2011 Alabama Yield Contest Winners
Soybean
Non-Irrigated
J. Howard Hobbs Elkmont Asgrow 4007 62.4700
Corn
Non-Irrigated
1 More, Jesse Aliceville DEKALB DKC68-05 120.6431
2 Mr Mike Dee Aliceville Pioneer 33N55 98.0123
No-Till/Strip Till Irrigated
1 Tate Farms Meridianville Pioneer P2023HR 267.4942
2 Tate Farms Meridianville Pioneer P1184HR 263.7890
3 Tate Farms Meridianville Pioneer 31P42 234.6431
No-Till/Strip Till Non-Irrigated
1 Jessie H Hobbs III Elkmont DEKALB DKC63-42 198.7573
2 Dee River Ranch Aliceville Pioneer 33N58 122.4844
Irrigated
1 Williams, Andy Columbia Pioneer P1814HR 234.8186
2 Tate Farms Meridianville Pioneer P2023HR 232.6901
3 Will, Glenn Columbia Pioneer 31D59 231.1141
Soybean Yield Contest
The Alabama Soybean Producers voted to sponsor a trip to the 2011 Commodity Classic for the winners this year's Soybean Yield Contest. In addition if the winning entry is a Pioneer variety Pioneer will give the winner 10 bags of Pioneer seed and Syngeta will give the winner one gallon of Quadris if the winning entry was treated with a Syngenta fungicide. The Alabama Soybean Yield Contest will have a dryland and an irrigated category. You can enter both categories.
It is simple to enter. Any Alabama soybean producer who grows 10 acres or more is eligible to enter.
The area for the contest will consist of the whole field or whole farm. Applicants will be required to verify acreage in the selected field or farm by attaching a copy of FSA records showing official acreage. Contestants will include weight tickets and grade sheets on soybeans harvested from designated field or farm will be asked to provide a summary of their production practices and cost. Skip row or irrigated soybeans are not eligible. Contestants will certify that the information provided is accurate.
A committee of Association directors will verify yields and determine winners. This committee shall have the authority to arbitrate any point of contention and their decision will be final.
In case of a tie the grower with the lowest cost of production will win. The winners will be announced at the Association meeting. The state winner will receive a plaque and valuable products.
Mail your completed information, acreage verification, and weight tickets no later than December 31 to:
Dr. Dennis Delaney
106 Extension Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Corn Yield Contest
The Corn Yield Contest is highly competitive in Alabama as it is nationwide. There are both irrigated and non irrigated and tilled and no-till contests. In addition to bragging rights some seed companies will pay your Alabama Soybean and Corn Association membership dues and expenses to attend the Commodity Classic.
Entry deadline, contest rules, and contest application forms can be found at Alabama Corn Yield Contest. Don't wait-- enter today!