Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 1/28/19


Cox Brothers Farms of Union County won the 2018 North Carolina Wheat Yield contest with a yield of 121.9 bushels per acre. The family planted the variety USG 3316 and were also the winners in the Piedmont Region in the contest. Dr. Angela Post, North Carolina State University Extension small grain specialist, said nine entries achieved yields greater than 100 bushels per acre, joining the North Carolina 100 Bushel Club. Winners in every single region of the state topped 100 bushels per acre.

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