GREAT FALLS, Mont. (NMB) – The National Wheat Foundation’s National Wheat Yield Contest offers growers the opportunity to compete with farmers from across the United States and improve their production practices through new and innovative techniques. On Monday, a press release announced the winners for the 2018 National Wheat Yield Contest.
The contest recognizes winners in two primary competition categories: winter wheat and spring wheat, and two subcategories: dryland and irrigated.
Randy Bokma from Denton placed fifth nationwide in the dryland winter wheat category, with a Westbred variety yielding 123.59 bushels per acre.
State winners from Montana include Ed Bibeau from Malta, and Russell McIntosh from Havre, placing first and second in the dryland spring wheat category. Bokma, Glenn Todd from Denton, and Robert Grubb from Coffee Creek placed first, second and third respectively in the dryland winter wheat category.
