UPDATE: Deadline for the Spring Wheat Challenge has been extended to July 31, 2010.

After a challenging couple years, it’s time to bring the excitement back to Spring Wheat! Ontario farmers are some of the best wheat growers in the world. With great management practices and a little luck, we expect to see some great quality and high yields coming out of this year’s Spring Wheat crop. Enter the inaugural Spring Wheat Challenge and see how your field stacks up. This friendly competition will allow farmers to try their hand at some great prizes and learn a little about best management practices in the process. The challenge will conclude with an Awards Ceremony featuring great speakers and a panel discussion with the winners.

Great Prizes!

• Grand Prize – $1,500
• 1st Runner Up - $750
• 2nd Runner Up - $500

Rules

• Contest open to all Ontario farmers (GFO Directors, staff and immediate families are restricted from the competition)
• Field size must be a minimum of 10 acres and the harvested plot must be a minimum of 1.5 acres of the same field.
• All legal spring wheat production practices will be permitted
• Any variety designated as milling quality Hard Red Spring can be used; must be certified seed
• Winning entries must be of Milling Quality (Grade 1,2, or 3)
• Crop must be weighed in the field using a weigh wagon or, if facilities exist, the crop may be weighed in a regular wagon as long as the weight of the wagon itself is subtracted from the total
• A representative sample from the harvested plot must be graded by a certified grader (someone who has completed the CGC Grain Grading Course)
• An independent party must witness all acts of weighing and grading and sign off on the completed Harvest Information Form
• Growers will be required to fill out a survey form stating production practices of the competition field, location of field and general weather data to participate.

To Register

Download your registration form here.

Deadline to register is July 31, 2010

Fill it out and send it to GFO along with the $10 entry fee:

Grain Farmers of Ontario
100 Stone Rd. W, Suite 201
Guelph, ON
N1G 5L3

If you have further questions, please call GFO at 1-800-265-0550.