The Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) Yield Contest is a near decade old battle of the brands recognizing the state’s soybean producers and their successful crop – many reaching triple digits. Each year, growers from across Missouri submit their best numbers for the annual competition to showcase the power of the soybean industry. Several growers from the KMMO listening area were recognized.

The state winner for non-irrigated, conventional tillage beans went to Mike Daniels of Daniels’ Custom Farm in Hale. Daniels raised 122.74 bushels per acres of soybeans.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Missouri’s soybean harvest averaged approximately 48 bushels per acre. In Missouri, there were a record number of 6.1 million soybean acres planted and 6.05 harvested, leading to nearly 300 million bushels.

Winners will be recognized at Winter District Soybean Meetings this month and next, with statewide winners being honored during the MSA annual meeting in Jefferson City, taking place January 23. The dates of the meetings are listed below:
-District 1: Mound City on January 31,
-District 2: Wheeling on February 1,
-District 3: Mexico on February 8,
-District 4: Harrisonville on January 26,
-District 5: Malta Bend on January 11,
-District 6: Lincoln County on March 2,
-District 7: East Prairie on February 16.

Details from the MSA’s 2022 Yield Contest will be posted online and announced in further detail in the Missouri Soybean Farmer in February.