2017 National Wheat Yield Contest Overall Winner

Garnering the trophy for the National High Yield honors for the second year in a row was Phillip Gross, of the Warden Hutterian Brethren, Warden, Washington. Gross topped the Irrigated Winter Wheat category with his entry of Limagrain Jet in the Irrigated Winter Wheat category. This plot yielded 184.29 bushels per acre, or 247.72 percent above the average for Adams County. Presenting Goss his award are NWF President Phil McLain, left, and National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule, right. (Journal photo by Jennifer M. Latzke.)