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Missouri farmers have consistently brought big numbers on soybeans in the annual yield contest, combining innovation and expertise throughout the growing season that pays off at harvest.
For the 2021 Soybean Yield Contest, the Missouri Soybean Association has made two changes to the rules to reflect the adoption of on-farm practices across the state:
1) New Category for District Competition- Cover Crop To qualify for this new category, soybean must be planted without tillage into a cover crop. There is no restriction on the type of cover crop used or on the termination timing of the cover crop. Irrigation is not allowed for this category. The Cover Crop category will be added to the existing District categories of No-tillage (dry land) and Tilled (dry land). Each district will have the opportunity to recognize winners in each of the three categories.
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Kansan takes over as new NCBA president
Jerry Bohn, of Wichita, Kansas, is the new president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He is part owner of Pratt Feeders, an operation he helped manage for more than three decades, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. Bohn has had an expansive career in the cattle industry, since his early days of custom grazing cattle with his family in the Flint Hills to his time on Kansas State University’s award-winning livestock judging team. Don Schiefelbein, of Minnesota, was named president-elect, and Todd Wilkinson, of South Dakota, was named the association’s vice president. Wyoming rancher Mark Eisele was elected chair of the NCBA Policy Division, and Nebraska cattle producer Buck Wehrbein was elected policy vice chair. Clay Burtrum, of Oklahoma, and Brad Hastings, of Texas, were elected as chair and vice chair of the NCBA Federation Division, respectively.
Tommy Cartrite
Managing 10 sections of row crops and 13 sections in a cattle operation requires a dedicated crew, says Sunray, Texas, farmer Tommy Cartrite. He lined the crew up after the 2020 corn harvest. Crew members are, left to right: Rubin Gonzalez, Tony Gonzalez, Felipe Colli, Cesar Espino, Cartrite, Albert Alvarez, Ramon Gonzalez and Miguel Castenada. Sunray, Texas, producer takes top honors in 2020 corn yield contest, uses lessons learned to improve farm production.
Tommy Cartrite puts a bit extra into his National Corn Growers Association contest plots a little more fertilizer, a little higher plant population, and an extra fungicide application.
But he takes what he learns from that NCGA plot and applies it to his other acres.