BASF-sponsored National Wheat Yield Contest announces 2017 winners

Wheat growers use innovative practices to produce winning yields

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, November 14, 2017 – Winners of the BASF-sponsored National Wheat Yield Contest were recently announced and recognized for producing top yields. BASF is a founding sponsor of the National Wheat Foundation contest, now in its second year, which highlights remarkable yields from wheat growers across the country.

For the second year in a row, Philip Gross of Warden, Washington, was named the National High Yield Winner with a final yield of 184 bu/A – 247.7 percent higher than the county average. Another high-yielding grower was Nathan Rea of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, who achieved 162 bu/A – 149.2 percent higher than the county average.

Overall, participants achieved yields 30 – 405 percent higher than their respective county averages, helping to push innovation, advance seed varieties and promote the future of wheat growing.

“BASF is committed to helping wheat growers get the most out of every acre with assistance from our field experts and access to our expansive product solutions,” said Scott Kay, Vice President, BASF U.S. Crop Protection. “We celebrate the hard work of each winner and recognize the successful practices and techniques they used to help advance our industry.”

The contest offers growers the opportunity to compete with their peers across the United States and to learn innovative techniques to improve wheat productivity on their farms. It features two primary competition categories: winter wheat and spring wheat, and two subcategories: dryland and irrigated. This year, more than 285 entries were received.

About BASF’s Crop Protection division

With a rapidly growing population, the world is increasingly dependent on our ability to develop and maintain sustainable agriculture and healthy environments. BASF’s Crop Protection division works with farmers, agricultural professionals, pest management experts and others to help make this possible. With their cooperation, BASF is able to sustain an active R&D pipeline, an innovative portfolio of products and services, and teams of experts in the lab and in the field to support customers in making their businesses succeed. In 2016, BASF’s Crop Protection division generated sales of €5.6 billion. For more information, please visit us at www.agriculture.basf.com or on any of our social media channels.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $16.2 billion in 2016. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 114,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of about €58 billion in 2016. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.

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