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No Till Yield Contest Winners Named in Monroe County
The Monroe County Land Conservation Department announced the no till corn yield winners at the annual conservation awards banquet in late January led by first place Ron Ebert with 191.1 bushels per acre. Ebert earned a $250 gift certificate, planted NK PX-39, 110 day corn, and used specific fertilizer and weed control methods. Second went to Gary Weber with 185.5 bushels per acre, earning $200, while Leonard Schaitel took third at 181.5 bushels per acre and Everett Chambers fourth at 176.8. Fifth belonged to Bob Wappler with 170.4. Nineteen farmers competed, with yields from 111.5 to 191.1 and about 4,000 acres of no till corn planted in the county.
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Monroe County Land Conservation Department
LCD
Howard Falkner
Ron Ebert
Rt. 4
Sparta
Ebert
Leonard Schaitel
Rt. 1
Wisconsin Corn Grower’s
Monroe County
Everett Chambers
Rt. 2
Bob Wappler
Rt. 3
Tomah
Falkner