Top Sorghum Producers Are From Kit Carson County!
BURLINGTON, CO – Kit Carson County is the home of two state sorghum yield contest winners, with one of them placing nationally. Justin Livingston (Livingston Farms LLC) placed 3rd in the United States with a dryland sorghum yield of 137.21 bushels per acre. This entry also placed first in Colorado’s yield contest. Tim Stahlecker (Triple S Farms) placed 3rd in Colorado’s contest with a dryland sorghum yield of 108.54 bushels per acre. National placings stop at the top 3.
To view all the winners in the 2019 National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest – CLICK HERE
Submitted to Barn Media by:
CSU Golden Plains Area Extension, Ron Meyer, Area Extension Agent (Agronomy),
(719) 346-5571 x 305, ron.meyer@colostate.edu
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