North central crops shine at the Kansas State Fair!
Sandra L. Wick, Crop Production Agent
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| Emily and Kaden Roush, Lebanon, overall Grand Champion Soybean plant at the Kansas State Fair |
Post Rock Extension
District producers exhibit crops at the 2015 Kansas State Fair
North Central Kansas was very well represented at the 2015 Kansas State Fair in the open class agricultural exhibits, September 11-20, in Hutchinson. Eleven producers exhibited 60 entries of corn, honey, grain sorghum and soybeans. The exhibits were entered on the first day of the fair and were displayed throughout the 10 day event.
Two producers received Grand Champion or first place on their corn, grain sorghum and soybean entries under each of the specific classes.
Those producers
receiving Grand Champion or first place entries were:
Emily Roush – Grand Champion Soybean Plant (LG 3111) and 1st
place Corn (LG 5618)
Kelly Roush – 1st Place Milo (Heartland Genetics 45C)
The following is a complete listing of the other open class
agriculture entries and their placings: (Only the top 5 in each class were
recognized and ranked unless otherwise stated.)
Theron Haresnape
Corn – Pioneer 1151 – 4th
Soybean Plant – Mycogen 5N385 – 4th
Steve Kuhlmann
Milo – Dekalb 44-20 – 2nd
Wyatt Rhoades
Milo – Pioneer 85G46 – 2nd
Corn – Pioneer 1498 – 3rd
Emily Roush
Corn – Longest Ear – 3rd
Milo – Heartland Genetics 45C – 4th
Kaden Roush
Corn – LG 5618 – 3rd
Milo – Heartland Genetics 45C – 3rd
Kelly Roush
Corn – LG 5618 – 2nd
Milo – Longest Head – Heartland Genetics 45C – 4th
Sue Roush
Soybean Plant – LG 3111 – 2nd
Corn – LG 5618 – 5th
Larry Wilson
Milo – Dekalb -37-07 – 4th
Tim Wilson
Milo – Longest Head – Dekalb 51-01 – 2nd
Milo – Dekalb 37-07 – 5th
*******Other exhibitors
included Ross Ifland (Youth – Honey) and Brent Harzman, Downs, (soybean
plants).
