Despite drought impacting many areas of the state, the 2022 Kansas Corn Yield Contest was highly competitive. Top yield contest entries for the Kansas Corn Yield Contest came from Ryan Jagels of Finney County in the irrigated division with a yield of 323.7 bushels per acre; and Jeff Koelzer of Pottawatomie County in the dryland division with a yield of 308.96 bushels per acre.
“Improvements in technology and management have produced not only record Kansas corn yields, but more importantly, allowed for relatively impressive corn yields when farmers are faced with drought conditions and high input prices,” says Josh Roe, Kansas Corn vice president of market development and policy. “The farmers that participated in this year’s yield contest exhibit the very best of the technology and management techniques available."
This is the second year for the combined state-level yield contest and National Corn Yield Contest, bringing greater competition and entries. The state contest awards dryland and irrigated winners in ten districts, along with one statewide dryland and one statewide irrigated winner. The winners will be recognized at the Kansas Corn Symposium on Jan. 26 in Salina, Kansas. The Kansas Corn Yield Contest is sponsored by Kansas Corn and K-State Research and Extension.
The Kansas Corn Yield Contest was created to recognize high-yielding Kansas corn farmers and gain information to improve practices and increase efficiency for greater sustainability and profitability. Sharing the data collected among Kansas farmers benchmarks the corn yields and provides information for improving management practices.
2022 Kansas Corn Yield Contest Results
OVERALL STATE YIELD WINNERS
Irrigated: Ryan Jagels, Finney County; Yield: 323.7 bu./acre; Pioneer P1718AML
Dryland: Jeff Koelzer, Pottawatomie County; Yield 308.96 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC65-84RIB
NORTHWEST | DISTRICT 1
Irrigated
1st Place: Brett Oelke, Sheridan County; Yield: 296.78 bu./acre; Pioneer P1366AML
2nd Place: Taylor Brack, Sherman County; Yield: 285.76 bu./acre; Pioneer P1366Q
3rd Place: Brett Oelke, Sheridan County; Yield: 282.51 bu./acre; Pioneer P1278Q
WEST CENTRAL | DISTRICT 2
Irrigated
1st Place: Matthew Long, Wichita County; Yield: 239 bu./acre; Golden Harvest G13N18-3111
2nd Place: Matthew Long, Wichita County; Yield: 223.51 bu./acre; LG Seeds LG66C44-SSRIB
SOUTHWEST | DISTRICT 3
Irrigated
1st Place: Ryan Jagels, Finney County; Yield: 323.7 bu./acre; Pioneer P1718AML
2nd Place: Ryan Jagels, Finney County; Yield: 322.1 bu./acre; Pioneer P1847AML
3rd Place: Grant Webber, Haskell County; Yield: 321.78 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
NORTH CENTRAL | DISTRICT 4
Dryland
1st Place: Ronald Ohlde, Washington County; Yield: 245.9 bu./acre; Ohlde Seed O 22-13
2nd Place: Rod Stewart, Washington County; Yield: 228.9 bu./acre; Pioneer P1089AM
3rd Place: Ryan Stewart, Washington County; Yield: 225.17 bu./acre; Pioneer P1089AM
Irrigated
1st Place: Cordell Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 285.2 bu./acre; Pioneer P1718AML
2nd Place: Todd Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 283.7 bu./acre; Pioneer P1718AML
3rd Place: Todd Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 283.5 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
CENTRAL | DISTRICT 5
Irrigated
1st Place: Chad Penner, McPherson County; Yield: 291.45 bu./acre; Pioneer P1511AM
SOUTH CENTRAL | DISTRICT 6
Dryland
1st Place: Bruce Seiler, Sedgwick County; Yield 176.29 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC65-95RIB
2nd Place: Michael Speer, Sedgwick County; Yield 173.38 bu./acre; Golden Harvest G13N18-3111
3rd Place: Aaron Pauly, Sedgwick County; Yield 169.19 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
Irrigated
1st Place: Tony Spexarth, Sedgwick County; Yield 285.9 bu./acre; AgriGold A643-52VT2
NORTHEAST | DISTRICT 7
Dryland
1st Place: Jeff Koelzer, Pottawatomie County; Yield 308.96 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC65-84RIB
2nd Place: Dean & Victor Menold, Brown County; Yield 283.38 bu./acre; Beck’s Hybrids 6374V2P
3rd Place: Douglas Armstrong, Atchison County; Yield 275.96 bu./acre; AgriGold A645-16VT2RI
Irrigated
1st Place: Alex Noll, Jefferson County; Yield 295.3 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
2nd Place: Chris & Myreon Menold, Nemaha County; Yield 288.36 bu./acre; Pioneer P1828AM
3rd Place: Galen Grimm, Brown County; Yield 288.01 bu./acre; Pioneer P1185AM
EAST CENTRAL | DISTRICT 8
Dryland
1st Place: Robert Litch, Osage County; Yield 276.1 bu./acre; Pioneer P1464AML
2nd Place: Brad Spencer, Franklin County; Yield 222.34 bu./acre; Golden Harvest G17E95-3110
3rd Place: Joe Heathman, Chase County; Yield 214.38 bu./acre; Taylor Seed Farms 6012 Irrigated
1st Place: Brad Spencer, Franklin County; Yield 244.29 bu./acre; Golden Harvest G15J91-V
NORTH NORTHEAST | DISTRICT 10
Dryland
1st Place: Jason Taylor, Doniphan County; Yield 302.31 bu./acre; Taylor Seed Farms 9913
2nd Place: Jason Taylor, Doniphan County; Yield 295.53 bu./acre; Taylor Seed Farms 8013
3rd Place: Joe Elias, Atchison County; Yield 289.77.42 bu./acre; AgriGold A643-52VT2RI
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