Brock Neville
FIRST APPLICATION: The corn was ready for the first application of over-the-top herbicide and fungicide on July 18. The brothers added two more aerial applications of fungicide before harvest. Sedgwick County, Kan., brothers experiment with double-cropping corn behind wheat.
Brock and Cody Neville have grown up farming in western Sedgwick County, Kan. first as children following their father around, learning the ins and outs of dealing with the blows of nature and markets.
When the brothers noticed that the full-season soybeans they planted in two of their fields just didn’t perform well, they started investigating the cause. What they learned was that the irrigation water they were using was high in salt content.
P.J. Griekspoor
KANSAS IN SPOTLIGHT: Kansas producers received recognition in the 2020 National Wheat Yield Contest. Tyler Ediger from Meade had the top Kansas dryland winter wheat yield with 108.43 bushels per acre, and took fifth place in the national contest. Kim Gamble of Kiowa took first in Kansas irrigated winter wheat, with 135.39 bushels per acre. Tyler Ediger tops Kansas dryland wheat yield, and Kim Gamble is the winner in Kansas irrigated winter wheat.
Dec 14, 2020
Kansas wheat farmers demonstrated their agronomic prowess in the 2020 National Wheat Yield Contest as the National Wheat Foundation, which organizes the competition, released state winners from this year’s contest.