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2022 Corn, Silage and Soybean Yieldmaster Results

BY Dairyland Seed
THE RESULTS ARE IN!

 Dairyland Seed announced the National and State winners for its annual Corn, Soybean and Silage Yieldmaster Contests. 

  • The title of National Corn Yieldmaster was awarded to Dan Bush with a yield of 354.73 bu/acre with DS-5144Q™. 
  • Richard Wilkening was named the National Soybean Yieldmaster with a yield of 99.00 bu/acre with DSR-2424E™.
  • The 2022 National Silage Yieldmaster is Rolling Hills Dairy who yielded 41.15 tons per acre with HiDF-4545Q™.
Grain Corn

Zone

Place

Name

State

Brand

Bu/A.

           

National Corn Winner +
Illinois/Iowa 1st Place

Dan Bush

IL

DS-5144Q™

354.73

Illinois/Iowa

2nd Place

Dawn an Dusk Farms

IL

DS-5144Q™

292.40

Indiana

1st Place

Karl Eshelman

IN

DS-5323AM™

334.60

Indiana

2nd Place

David Lash

IN

DS-5250AM™

300.71

Michigan-Early

1st Place

DS Farms LLC

MI

DS-3550AM™

271.10

Michigan-Early

2nd Place

Brian Smith

MI

DS-3601AM™

241.48

Michigan-Late

1st Place

Chris Cryderman

MI

DS-4000AMXT™

266.87

Michigan-Late

2nd Place

Greg Thurow

MI

DS-4510Q™

263.30

Minnesota-Early

1st Place

John Nielsen

Nielsen Farms

MN

HiDF-3855Q™

281.17

Minnesota-Early

2nd Place

Scott Bormann

MN

DS-3727AM™

280.20

Minnesota-Late

1st Place

Performance Seed

MN

DS-5144Q™

278.62

Minnesota-Late

2nd Place

Mark Legare

MN

DS-4917AM™

271.42

North Dakota

1st Place

Weston Wald

ND

DS-2919AM™

233.30

North Dakota

2nd Place

Luke Anderson

ND

DS-3162Q™

227.00

South Dakota

1st Place

Devin Skiles
Skiles Family Farms

SD

DS-4510Q™

251.00

South Dakota

2nd Place

Bruce & Terry Egerstrom

SD

DS-3550AM™

235.20

Wisconsin-Early

1st Place

Stan Meinert

WI

DS-3727AM™

251.00

Wisconsin-Early

2nd Place

Shallow Sales

WI

DS-3519AM™

230.83

Wisconsin-Late

1st Place

George Brothers Farms Inc.

WI

DS-4510Q™

277.68

Wisconsin-Late

2nd Place

Bjugstad Farms

WI

DS-4917AM™

264.88

Soybeans

Zone/Place

Name

State

Brand

Bu/A.

           

National Soybean Winner +
1'st Place Illinois/Iowa

Richard Wilkening

IL

DSR-2424E™

99.00

Illinois/Iowa

2nd Place

Jeff Heiderscheit

IA

DSR-2562E™

98.20

Indiana

1st Place

Jamie Castor
Wide Open Spaces

IN

DSR-3499E™

79.00

Indiana

2nd Place

Rodney Bollenbacher

IN

DSR-3587E™

77.70

Michigan-Early

1st Place

Bradley Klee

MI

DSR-1820E™

67.30

Michigan-Early

2nd Place

Doss Farms Inc.

MI

DSR-2030E™

66.20

Michigan-Late

1st Place

Guziak Farms

MI

DSR-2562E™

86.10

Michigan-Late

2nd Place

Andy Ciborski

MI

DSR-2112E™

77.16

Minnesota-Early

1st Place

Burr Oak

MN

DSR-1450E™

82.00

Minnesota-Early

2nd Place

Nielsen Farms

MN

DSR-1290E™

81.64

Minnesota-Late

1st Place

Ken Bergler

MN

DSR-2188E™

77.40

Minnesota-Late

2nd Place

Peter Louwagie

MN

DSR-2188E™

67.90

North Dakota

1st Place

Luke Anderson

ND

DSR-1010E™

66.00

North Dakota

2nd Place

Arne Berge

ND

DSR-0220E™

65.10

South Dakota

1st Place

Devin Skiles
Skiles Family Farms

SD

DSR-2640E™

82.40

South Dakota

2nd Place

Eric Mueller

SD

DSR-1505E™

72.00

Wisconsin-Early

1st Place

Jeff Paltzer

WI

DSR-2030E™

77.72

Wisconsin-Late

1st Place

Wilk-Way Farms

WI

DSR-2562E™

96.98

Wisconsin-Late

2nd Place

Mike & Tim Mader

WI

DSR-2040E™

84.70

SILAGE

ZONE

PLACE

NAME

STATE

PRODUCT

T/A

IN

1st

Doug & Sally Wenger
D & S Farm

IN

DS-5279Q™

26.09

MN

1st

Hil-Ray Farms

MN

HiDF-5202Q™

37.72

ND

1st

Collin Laplant

ND

HiDF-3211RA™

34.16

ND

2nd

Keith Suchy

ND

HiDF-5202Q™

31.79

SD

1st

Wildrose Dairy

SD

DB-5211AMXT™

31.36

SD

2nd

Bill Mueller

SD

HiDF-3211RA™

30.99

WI

National Silage Winner + Wisconsin 1st Place

Rolling Hills Dairy

WI

HiDF-4545Q™

41.15

WI

2nd

Schank Riverview Dairy

WI

HiDF-4545Q™

34.72

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