The National Wheat Yield Contest has announced 26 national winners and 94 state winners for the 2024 competition. There was a record number of entries with 516. National winners include Nick Pfaff of Bismarck in the dryland spring wheat category. The CROPLAN variety yielded 117.6 bushels per acre. Brad Disrud of Rolla won the new pilot digital yield category with 102 bushels per acre with a WestBred variety. Milnor farmer John Hoefer is the digital winner for the highest percentage above the county average with a yield of 98 bushels per acre, 62 percent above the county average. Hofer also grew a WestBred variety. For the state winners, John Wesolowski of Warren, Minnesota was a winner in the spring wheat dryland category with a yield approaching 115 bushels per acre with his WestBred wheat. Fairview, Montana farmer Jeff Bieber won the irrigated spring wheat contest. The WestBred variety yielded over 108 bushels per acre. In the dryland winter wheat competition, Richard McDonald of Inkster was the North Dakota state winner with a WestBred variety, yielding more than 136 bushels per ace. The South Dakota winter wheat champion is Lee Lubbers of Gregory at 138 bushels per acre with his AgriPro variety.
