Two Kansas sorghum producers earned national honors in the National Sorghum Yield and Management Contest. Levin Farms, in Phillips County won the Non-Irrigated Bin Buster award with their No-Till Non-Irrigated entry. The Levin Farms yield was 185.9 bushels per acre, which was 105 bushels per acre over the county average. Levin farms planted Pioneer 85G46. Jerry and Sue Long, of Long Farms in Washington County placed second in the Conventional Till-Non-Irrigated division. The Longs had a yield of 168.52 bushels per acre, 76 bushels over the county average. The Longs planted Pioneer 84G62. State and National Winners will be recognized at the NSP Yield and Management Contest Awards Dinner on Friday, March 2, during the 2012 Commodity Classic March 1-3 in Nashville, Tennessee
State winners for Kansas were:
Reduced-Till Irrigated
Lary Kendig, Osborne County, 177.46 bu/acre with Pioneer 84G62
Ki Gamble, Kiowa County, 149.98 bu/acre with Pioneer 84G62
Bibb and Nighswonger, Comanche County, 117.82 bu/acre with DEKALB KDS53-67
No Till Non-Irrigated
Levin Farms, 185.91 bu/acre with Pioneer 85G46
David Polifka, Gove County, 130.12 bu/acre with Pioneer 86G32
Thomas Beckman, Thomas County 140.95 bu/acre with DEKALB DKS37-07
Mulch-Till Non-Irrigated
Long Farms, Washington County, 158.72 bu/acre with Pioneer 84G62
Travis LeCLair, Clay County, 156.35 bu/acre with Pioneer 85Y40
Conventional Till Non-Irrigated
Long Farms, Washington County, 168.52 bu/acre with Pioneer 84G62
Fred Nienemann, Marshall County, 157.98 bu/acre with Pioneer 84G62
Dale Myers, Labette County, 69.78 bu/acre with Pioneer 85G03
Conventional Till Irrigated
Galen Berning, Wichita County, 165.97 with Pioneer 84G62
Bibb and Nighswonger, Comanche County, 137 bu/acre with DEKALB DKS53-67
