Kansas growers from Kiowa and Cloud counties won top honors in two divisions of the National Sorghum Producers Sorghum Yield and Management Contest. The annual competition scores entries among the nation's sorghum producing states. Kansas, as the top-ranked state in grain sorghum production, posted winners in the non-irrigated and irrigated categories. Division winners are scored based on how their yield compares to their county average, while the bin buster awards are based solely on yield. State and national winners will be recognized at the NSP Yield and Management Contest awards during the 2013 Commodity Classic February 28 - March 2 in Kissimmee, Florida. Tom Taylor, Kiowa County, won the irrigated bin buster award with a yield of 213.33 bushels per acre after planting Dekalb KDS53-67. His entry also won the reduced till irrigated division. Steve Feight, Cloud County, won the non-irrigated bin buster award with a yield of 160.37 bushels per acre planting Pioneer 84P80. Feight's entry also placed third in the no-till non-irrigated division. Kiowa County Farmer Ki Gamble won first place in the conventional till irrigated division with a yield of 210.85 bushels per acre planting Pioneer 84G62. Gamble also was the irrigated national food grade winner with a yield of 196.48 planting Nuseed NUS345. The complete list of Kansas winners are as follows: KANSAS REDUCED-TILL IRRIGATED Name Yield Score Seed 1st Tom Taylor 213.33 213.33 DEKALB DKS53-67 (1st Place National) 3rd TWT Farms, LLC 117.63 117.63 Pioneer 85G46 KANSAS NO-TILL NON-IRRIGATED 1st Steve Feight 160.37 62.17 Pioneer 84P80 (3rd Place National) 2nd Wesley Hunt 119.82 34.62 Pioneer 85Y34 3rd Ernie Schlatter 142.66 33.36 Pioneer 85Y40 KANSAS DOUBLE CROP IRRIGATED 1st Ki Gamble 185.11 Pioneer 84G62 2nd Bibb & Nighswonger 139.58 DEKALB DKS28-05 KANSAS CONVENTIONAL-TILL NON-IRRIGATED 1st Don Stejskal 108.51 38.21 Pioneer 86G08 2nd Fred K. Lienemann 142.48 29.08 Pioneer 84P80 3rd Clayton Short 106.30 28.40 Pioneer 84P80 KANSAS CONVENTIONAL-TILL IRRIGATED 1st Ki Gamble 210.85 210.85 Pioneer 84G62 (1st Place National) 2nd Galen Berning 128.70 128.70 Pioneer 84G62 3rd Jon Voth 113.44 113.44 Sorghum Partners KS 585
2nd Randy Binford 162.23 162.23 Sorghum Partners K73-J6
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