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New Record Set in Sorghum Producers Yield Contest
USAgNet - 12/17/2020 National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce a new U.S. dryland sorghum yield record has been set at 245.86 bushels per acre by Ella Johnston of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the 35th National Sorghum Yield Contest.
Facing weather challenges, economic uncertainty and a challenging year overall, sorghum farmers showed resilience, continued to farm and produce high yielding sorghum, matching the pace of strengthened national average yields annually.
The 2020 National Sorghum Yield Contest had seven national winners, selected from three categories for both the eastern and western regions of the U.S, and one winner was selected for the food grade division. This year s top yield and Bin Buster winner is
Category: Spring Wheat – Irrigated
Final Yield: 172.60 Bu/A
A total of 418 entries were received, which was a record, up. From 397 last year. More information on the winners is available on the National Wheat Foundation website.
The National Wheat Foundation has also announced the state winners, which includes 77 growers from 25 states.
“If you asked the general public where they think wheat is grown, they would say states like Kansas or Nebraska,” said National Wheat Foundation Board Chairman David Cleavinger. “The National Wheat Yield Contest proves differently and shows the diversity of the wheat crop and that it can be grown from the East to the West Coast and in between.”