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Several Perkins County farmers donated their winnings from a farming competition to the Grant Lions Club. Ted Tietjen presents the check to Trent Patrick of the Grant Lions Club. Other participating farmers include (l-r): Troy Kemling, Shawn Turner, Curt Richmond, Bruce Young, Ron Hagan and Rick Salsman. Not pictured: Bill Richmond, Jim Kemling and Brent Gloy.
PC farmers win farming competition
The University of Nebraska Lincoln Testing Ag Performance Solutions (UNL-TAPS) hosts farm management competitions that evaluate production and economic decisions made by competing “farms”.
The Perkins County Group won the highest irrigated corn yield with 288.5 bu/ac, and finished second as the most profitable. This was the group’s first year to participate and included Shawn Turner, Bill Richmond, Curt Richmond, Jim Kemling, Troy Kemling, Brent Gloy, Rick Salsman, Bruce Young, Ron Hagan and Ted Tietjen.
In 2017, the competition was held under a variable rate sprinkler irrigation system; whereas, in 2018, two competitions, corn and sorghum production were held, both under a variable rate sprinkler irrigation system at the West Central Research and Extension Center (WCREC) in North Platte.
The competitions allow producers to make a series of management decisions that are implemented on the irrigation systems. For example, contestants made decisions on crop insurance selection, planting density and hybrid selection, marketing strategy, irrigation scheduling and quantity, and fertilizer timing, amount, and method.
The contestants submit their decisions as well as obtain information relevant to their plots through a password-protected login. A “demonstration-farm” is created to show how the forms work and what information is provided to the participants.
Donation
The Perkins County Group was awarded $496.40 for winning the highest yield, which they chose to donate to the Grant Lions Club to help repair the picnic shelter at the park.