Articles tagged under: National Wheat Yield Contest

Wheat Contest Yields at 10-Year High

Published November 5, 2025

When you consider the 28 national winners in the National Wheat Yield Contest, the average yield was 147 bushels per acre. That’s the highest in the ten years of the competition. National Wheat Foundation Executive Director Anne Osborne shares the…

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National Wheat Yield Contest Results Announced

Published November 5, 2025

Nick Pfaff of Bismarck was named a ‘bin buster’ in the spring wheat dryland competition with a yield of 147.8 bushels per acre. Pfaff was using a Croplan variety. Brent Phillip of Goodridge, Minnesota was first in the division. His…

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Quality Results Released for National Wheat Yield Contest

Published February 11, 2025

The National Wheat Yield Contest considers more than just bushels. It also looks at quality characteristics with test weight, protein, flour and baking data. There is one quality winner in the quality division from North Dakota. Austin Kautzman at Mott…

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National Wheat Yield Results Are In

Published November 5, 2024

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.…

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National Wheat Yield Contest Seeking Contestants

Published July 19, 2024

The National Wheat Yield Contest is looking for spring wheat entries. This year's contest has a new category. "The digital yield will allow people to enter by field," said Anne Osborne, project manager, National Wheat Foundation. "When they're done with…

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Wheat Yield Contest Winter Wheat Deadline Drawing Near

Published April 5, 2024

  The National Wheat Foundation's Wheat Yield 2024 Contest is underway for winter wheat with a deadline of May 15th. Foundation Chairman Bernard Peterson says that the contest is important not only for tracking yield results but testing wheat quality…

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National Wheat Yield Contest Continues to Evolve

Published February 29, 2024

The National Wheat Foundation is launching a new pilot category for spring wheat farmers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Rather than the typical 1.5 acre entry, this new digital category is for 20 acres. "Growers are using all…

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Region Well Represented Among Wheat Yield Contest Winners

Published October 24, 2023

The National Wheat Yield Contest winners have been announced. Brad Disrud of Rolla, North Dakota won the Bin Buster category for dryland spring wheat. Disrud’s crop came in just shy of 130 bushels per acre with WestBred 9590. John Wesolowski…

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Award Winning Wheat

Published March 10, 2023

East Grand Forks farmer Matthew Krueger received second place in the dryland spring wheat division of the National Wheat Yield Contest. The WestBred 9590 variety was seeded May 20. Despite a late planting date, it yielded 113 bushels per acre.…

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Wheat Yield Contest Includes Quality Characteristics

Published March 8, 2023

Elbow Lake Minnesota farmer Scott Swenson has wrapped up six years on the National Wheat Foundation board. The National Wheat Yield Contest was in its infancy when Swenson joined the board. This competition evolved from strictly a yield contest to…

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