 |
2010 Yield Challenge
2010 Yield ChallengeHere's your chance to become a part of an event that will make a difference in your soybean crop yields for many years to come! Our 2010 Yield Challenge has been designed to help make you - a soybean grower in Illinois - the global leader in soybean yields.
To become part of the 2010 Yield Challenge competition, sign up online or download our entry form and mail it in! The challenge is made up of teams, however if you don't have a team, don't worry... we'll find one for you! Simply fill out the entry form with your information and we'll be in touch.
|
Which Registration Form do I need?
Grower Interest Form: For growers who simply want to sign-up to be on a team but are not part of a team yet.
Student Sign-up Form: For students, advisors and team captains who simply want to sign-up to have a Student Team or be on a student team.
Sign-up/Sponsor a Team Form: For Teams and Sponsors of "grower" or "student" teams who need to sign-up the team captain and pay the entry fee for the team. If you wish to be invoiced, please click here and submit the invoicing sign-up form.
Once you complete one of these forms, the Illinois Soybean Association will email you a user name and password so you can register all team members in the database and begin to enter plot data.
Please email Jim Nelson for assistance on how to add your plot information or add team members.
|
|
The Yield Challenge combines the talents of growers, students and agri-businesses to:
- test soybean production skills
- compete for higher yields
- boost soybean yields!
As part of the Challenge, you will receive:
- FREE soil testing for nutrients and soybean cyst nematode count
- FREE protein and oil analyses of samples taken from harvested plots
- PLUS the soybean production strategies and valuable data collected from the Challenge will be available to utilize for the next growing season
What District Are You In? (see map at right) Illinois has nine Yield Challenge districts, "winners" will be identified in each district. Teams of growers (five to 10 growers per team) will work together to implement innovative methods to produce higher yields. Although teams may have sponsors, non-sponsored teams also can participate. So what are you waiting for?
Winners Get Cash Awards and Other Prizes!
|
|
 |