Kansas Corn Announces 2021 Kansas Corn Yield Contest Winners
Jan. 27, 2022–Despite challenging growing conditions in some areas, the Kansas Corn Yield Contest was highly competitive throughout the state. Josh Koehn of Gray County had the top yield in the state contest with an irrigated yield of 330 bushels per acre in the 2021 Kansas Corn Yield Contest is sponsored by Kansas Corn and K-State Research and Extension. This is the first year for the combined registration of the state-level yield contest and National Corn Yield Contest, bringing greater competition and entries.
Top yield contest entries for the Kansas contest came from Jeff Koelzer of Pottawatomie County in the dryland division with a yield of 320.1 bushels per acre; and Josh Koehn of Gray County in the irrigated division with a yield of 330.28 bushels per acre. Eight of the 35 winning entries surpassed the 300 bu./acre mark.
The contest awarded dryland and irrigated winners in ten districts, along with one statewide dryland and one statewide irrigated winner. The winners were recognized at the Kansas Corn Symposium on Jan. 27 in Salina, Kansas.
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.
Kansas Corn Yield Contest Results
OVERALL STATE YIELD WINNERS
Irrigated: Josh Koehn, Gray County; Yield: 330.28 bu./acre; Pioneer P1572AM™
Dryland: Jeff Koelzer, Pottawatomie County; Yield 320.1 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC62-89RIB
NORTHWEST | DISTRICT 1
Irrigated
1st Place: Brent Olson, Decatur County; Yield: 318.76 bu./acre; LG Seed LG66C32STXRIB
2nd Place: Harold Koster, Sheridan County; Yield: 278.85 bu./acre; Pioneer P1366AML™
SOUTHWEST | DISTRICT 3
Irrigated
1st Place: Josh Koehn, Gray County; Yield: 330.28 bu./acre; Pioneer P1572AM™
2nd Place: Ryan Jagels, Finney County; Yield: 324.02 bu./acre; Pioneer P1847AML™
3rd Place: Ryan Jagels, Finney County; Yield: 323.4 bu./acre; Pioneer P1847AML™
NORTH CENTRAL | DISTRICT 4
Dryland
1st Place: Ronald Ohlde, Washington County; Yield: 289.73 bu./acre; Ohlde Seed O 29-14
2nd Place: Ryan Stewart, Washington County; Yield: 269.09 bu./acre; Pioneer P1548AM™
3rd Place: Rod Stewart, Washington County; Yield: 267.39 bu./acre; Pioneer P1548AM™
Irrigated
1st Place: Todd Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 301.58 bu./acre; Pioneer P1572AM™
2nd Place: Gavin Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 299.87 bu./acre; Pioneer P2042AML™
3rd Place: Cordell Cyr, Cloud County; Yield: 298.13 bu./acre; Pioneer P2042AML™
CENTRAL | DISTRICT 5
Irrigated
1st Place: Double TT (Carlyle Toews), McPherson County; Yield: 261.45 bu./acre; Pioneer P1903AM™
2nd Place: Chad Penner, McPherson County; Yield: 259.45 bu./acre; Pioneer P1828Q™
3rd Place: Greg Sexton, Dickinson County; Yield: 254.94 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
SOUTH CENTRAL | DISTRICT 6
Dryland
1st Place: Aaron Pauly, Sedgwick County; Yield 235.4 bu./acre; Pioneer P2089AM™
Irrigated
1st Place: Jared Oatney, Reno County; Yield 297.25 bu./acre; Pioneer P2089AML™*
2nd Place: Tony Spexarth, Sedgwick County; Yield 285.56 bu./acre; AgriGold A6544 VT2PRO
3rd Place: Grant Kerschen, Kingman County; Yield 275.34 bu./acre; Pioneer P1847AML™*
NORTHEAST | DISTRICT 7
Dryland
1st Place: Jeff Koelzer, Pottawatomie County; Yield 320.1 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC62-89RIB
2nd Place: Lucas Cochren, Jackson County; Yield 295.72 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
3rd Place: Donald Becker, Atchison County; Yield 286.11 bu./acre; Pioneer P1289AM™
Irrigated
1st Place: Alex Noll, Jefferson County; Yield 311.7 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC70-27RIB
2nd Place: Dean/Victor Menold, Brown County; Yield 276.68 bu./acre; Beck’s Hybrids 6256AM
3rd Place: David Olson, Brown County; Yield 270.06 bu./acre; Pioneer P1572AM™
EAST CENTRAL | DISTRICT 8
Dryland
1st Place: Brandon Litch, Osage County; Yield 272.97 bu./acre; Pioneer P1464AML™
2nd Place: Ryan Louia, Coffey County; Yield 266.76 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC64-35RIB
3rd Place: Michael Meats, Coffey County; Yield 257.44 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC64-35RIB
SOUTHEAST | DISTRICT 9
Dryland
1st Place: Geffert Farms, Inc. (Shawn Geffert), Allen County; Yield 228.69 bu./acre; Beck’s Hybrids 6414VT2P
2nd Place: Todd Kissinger, Cowley County; Yield 173.05 bu./acre; Pioneer P1548AM™
3rd Place: Dennis Hill, Butler County; Yield 158.14 bu./acre; Pioneer P1464AML™*
NORTH NORTHEAST | DISTRICT 10
Dryland
1st Place: Jason Taylor, Doniphan County; Yield 305.02 bu./acre; Taylor Seed Farms 8013
2nd Place: Robert Henry, Brown County; Yield 259.57 bu./acre; Pioneer P1572AM™
3rd Place: Alex Noll, Doniphan County; Yield 248.42 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC66-75RIB
Irrigated
1st Place: Aaron Johansen, Doniphan County; Yield 261.06 bu./acre; Pioneer P2042AML™
2nd Place: Traci Noll, Doniphan County; Yield 248.74 bu./acre; DEKALB DKC66-75RIB