LUBBOCK, Texas — National Sorghum Producers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 National Sorghum Yield Contest, including Bin Buster awardee Chris Santini from Stewartsville, New Jersey, securing
Alice Mannette
Pratt Tribune
The Gamble family are once again winners. For the past 11 years, at least one member of this Greensburg family has won the National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest.
Kim and Ki Gamble, along with their adult children, Kasey Gamble and Katelynn Alderrfer, work hard planting and growing their crops on their 10,000-acre farm. Ki Gamble, a fourth-generation farmer, said growing sorghum or, as he calls it, milo is just what the family does.
The national winners of the sorghum contest were recently released, and this year s national winners included Kim and Kasey. Although there might be a different name on the winner s slots, the four family members farm alongside one another, putting their heads together when growing their crops.
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New Record Set in 2020 Sorghum Yield Contest
USAgNet - 12/22/2020 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