Winners announced for First Annual Producers Forage Bowl

Midwest growers take home prizes for BMR corn silage, corn silage, haylage and small grains.

We are excited to announce the winners of the First Annual Producers Forage Bowl, held in conjunction with our Planting for Production Forage Producers Field Seminar last month in Stoughton, Wis. More than 100 forage samples were entered for analysis in the contest.

“The Producers Forage Bowl offered area growers the opportunity to have their forages analyzed  and learn tips for increased future yields,” says Cassandra Strommen, Vice President Marketing Development for Landmark Services Cooperative. “Growers were able to take the analysis results and judges’ comments back to their operations to incorporate into their plans for the next growing season.”

Samples in the Producer Forage Bowl were analyzed in the laboratory by Rock River Lab in Watertown, Wis. with scoring criteria comprised of the lab analysis coupled with judges’ points awarded for look, feel and smell. Judges praised producers for the quality and consistency of the entries, citing resilience after the drought of last year’s growing season. 

Top entries in each category are as follows:

BMR Corn Silage: 1. Statz Brothers Dairy, Sun Prairie, Wis.; 2. Crave Brothers Dairy, Waterloo, Wis.; 3. Vince Anderson II, Whitewater, Wis.

Congratulations to Statz Brothers Dairy for winning 1st place in the BMR Corn Silage category!

Corn Silage: 1. Koehl Farms, Darien, Wis.; 2. Huebner Dairy Farm, Columbus, Wis.; 3. Kutz Dairy, LLC, Jefferson, Wis.

Congratulations to Koehl Farms for winning the Corn Silage category of the Forage Bowl!

Haylage: 1. Junction View, Richland Center, Wis.; 2. JC Kow Farms, LLC., Whitewater, Wis.; 3. Chris Davis, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.

 

Congratulations to Junction View Dairy for winning the haylage category!

Small Grain: 1. Davis Farms, LLC, Sharon, Wis.; 2. Bill and Randall Anderson; 3. Reedale Farm, Milton, Wis.

Congratulations to Davis Farms, LLC for winning the small grains category!

The contest was free to enter and all participants received the laboratory analysis results of their entered samples. Winners in each of the four categories also received a logo’d jacket with the top three entries in each category receiving product from, Croplan, Landmark Forage Solutions and YieldEDGE.

The Producer Forage Bowl was sponsored by Landmark Services Cooperative, Mycogen Seeds and Rock River Labs.