The National Wheat Yield Contest announced the 2022 winners. Rylee Reynolds of Twin Falls County, Idaho, set a contest yield record of 231.37 bushels an acre. That tops the previous record of 211 bushels per acre set in 2019. Rylee and his dad Gary both placed as national winners in the winter wheat irrigated category.
In other results, the Pacific Northwest had some excellent yields this year as all four Bin Buster Award winners are from that region of the country. The contest encourages wheat growers to strive for high yield, quality, and profit while trying out new and innovative strategies for managing their wheat crop. The National Wheat Foundation, which puts on the contest, says there was exceptional participation from all over the nation’s top wheat-growing states. State winners are announced in 27 states, and six of those winners had never won at the national level before this year.
The national winners for 2022 are:
WINTER WHEAT-DRYLAND
Bin Buster Gene Warren WA
1st Derek Berger OR
2nd Kurt Druffel WA
3rd Darren Grumbine PA
5th Nick Suwyn MI
1st-% Over County Doug & Janelle Fitterer ND
2nd-% Over County Zach Balahtsis OK
3rd-% Over County Dylan Lindsey OK
4th-% Over County Chris Carlson ND
5th-% Over County Brett Oelke KS
WINTER WHEAT-IRRIGATED
Bin Buster Rylee Reynolds ID
1st Joel Zwainz WA
2nd Gary Reynolds ID
SPRING WHEAT-DRYLAND
Bin Buster Bruce Ruddenklau OR
1st Trevor Stout ID
2nd Matthew Krueger MN
3rd Jon Wert ND
1st-% Over County Jordan Christman ND
2nd-% Over County Austin Kautzman ND
3rd-% Over County Greg Messer ND
SPRING WHEAT-IRRIGATED
Bin Buster Derek Friehe WA
1st Dallin Wilcox ID
2nd Wes Vandyke OR
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