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2025 Yield Hero Winners

Grower Name	Crop	Hybrid	Yield
Chelsea Tomlinson	Canola	P1540L	69.7 bu/ac
Derek Graham	Canola	P1540L	65.9 bu/ac
Wes Dundas	Canola	P1540L	71.9 bu/ac
Hilltop Chicken Farm	Canola	P1530G	71.7 bu/ac
Wildrose Colony Farming Co.	Canola	P1540L	81.5 bu/ac
Dallas Howe	Canola	P515G	45.1 bu/ac
Wesley Mitrenga	Canola	P1530G	69.4 bu/ac
Holden Border Farms Ltd.	Canola	P1540L	58.7 bu/ac
Star Over Bar Ranch	Canola	P1540L	58.4 bu/ac
Jose Trucking Ltd.	Canola	P520L	69.4 bu/ac
Eric Rustad	Canola	P1540L	50.5 bu/ac
Garth Burns	Canola	P520L	59.8 bu/ac
Oakland Colony Farms Ltd.	Canola	P1540L	56.3 bu/ac
Nott Farms	Canola	P1530G	61.9 bu/ac
Scott Pantel	Corn	P78150PCE	134.8 bu/ac
RTS Farms	Corn	P87040V	211.4 bu/ac
Bluedon Farms	Canola	P1540L	75.6 bu/ac
Shaw's Ranch Inc.	Canola	P1530G	40.7 bu/ac
Bergman Bros	Canola	P1540L	68.9 bu/ac
Lok Farms Ltd	Top Canola W.C	P1540L	85.2 bu/ac
Jarred Toews	Top Corn W.C	P87040PCE	254.4 bu/ac
RJ Friesen Farms Ltd.	Top Soybeans W.C	P007Z82E	67.8 bu/ac

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Previous Yield Hero Winners

Grower Name	Crop	Hybrid	Yield
Chelsea Tomlinson	Canola	P1540L	69.7 bu/ac
Derek Graham	Canola	P1540L	65.9 bu/ac
Wes Dundas	Canola	P1540L	71.9 bu/ac
Hilltop Chicken Farm	Canola	P1530G	71.7 bu/ac
Wildrose Colony Farming Co.	Canola	P1540L	81.5 bu/ac
Dallas Howe	Canola	P515G	45.1 bu/ac
Wesley Mitrenga	Canola	P1530G	69.4 bu/ac
Holden Border Farms Ltd.	Canola	P1540L	58.7 bu/ac
Star Over Bar Ranch	Canola	P1540L	58.4 bu/ac
Jose Trucking Ltd.	Canola	P520L	69.4 bu/ac
Eric Rustad	Canola	P1540L	50.5 bu/ac
Garth Burns	Canola	P520L	59.8 bu/ac
Oakland Colony Farms Ltd.	Canola	P1540L	56.3 bu/ac
Nott Farms	Canola	P1530G	61.9 bu/ac
Scott Pantel	Corn	P78150PCE	134.8 bu/ac
RTS Farms	Corn	P87040V	211.4 bu/ac
Bluedon Farms	Canola	P1540L	75.6 bu/ac
Shaw's Ranch Inc.	Canola	P1530G	40.7 bu/ac
Bergman Bros	Canola	P1540L	68.9 bu/ac
Lok Farms Ltd	Top Canola W.C	P1540L	85.2 bu/ac
Jarred Toews	Top Corn W.C	P87040PCE	254.4 bu/ac
RJ Friesen Farms Ltd.	Top Soybeans W.C	P007Z82E	67.8 bu/ac

Grower Name	Crop	Hybrid	Yield
Plugged Run Farms	Canola	45CS40	67.5 bu/ac
Donald Roberts	Canola	P510G	68.2 bu/ac
Dallan Keichinger	Canola	P612L	65.7 bu/ac
Dau Farms (Dallas Dau)	Canola	P519L	53.5 bu/ac
Justin Schwab	Canola	P511G	47.5 bu/ac
Kohut Farms	Canola	P612L	54 bu/ac
202 AgVentures	Canola	P519L	57 bu/ac
Blaise Zrudlo	Canola	P612L	54.5 bu/ac
Derek Blerot (Triple B farms Ltd.)	Canola	P520L	48.5 bu/ac
Sucor Farms Ltd.	Canola	P510G	38.6 bu/ac
Stuart Southgate	Canola	45H42	54.9 bu/ac
Jeff Kohle	Canola	P516L	62.1 bu/ac
Shannon Lake Farms	Canola	P516L	55.6 bu/ac
Danny Chescu	Canola	P515G	73 bu/ac
Dianna Fraser	Canola	P505MSL	50.8 bu/ac
Jake Heppner	Corn	P82288AM	229.4 bu/ac
Tourond Farms Ltd.	Corn	P7822AM	205.0 bu/ac
Kaupp Family Farms	Canola	P520L	33.7 bu/ac
BIRG Grain Farm	Canola	P520L	48 bu/ac
Causeway Farms	Canola	P520L	40.4 bu/ac
SS Farms + Crosswind Acres	Canola	P520L	45.6 bu/ac
Vanzessen Dairy Inc.	Canola	P520L	44.2 bu/ac
Wes Wieler	Canola	P617SL	52.4 bu/ac
Four Oak Farms	Corn	P87040AM	203.7 bu/ac

Grower Name	Province	Crop	Hybrid	Yield(bu/ac)
AK Blanchette Farms	AB	Canola	45CS40	87.6 bu/ac
Henri Dargis	AB	Canola	P505MSL	78.4 bu/ac
Triangle Lazy T Cattle Co Ltd	AB	Canola	P511G	78.2 bu/ac
Old Gate Farms Ltd	AB	Canola	P505MSL	86.6 bu/ac
Jan Willem Lok	AB	Canola	P612L	89.9 bu/ac
H2K Farms Ltd.	AB	Canola	45M35	49.9 bu/ac
L & R Farms Ltd	SK	Canola	45M35	61.1 bu/ac
Ryan Tomcala	SK	Canola	P612L	81 bu/ac
Ken Petracek	SK	Canola	P505MSL	64.1 bu/ac
Camjo Farms Ltd	SK	Canola	P505MSL	75.6 bu/ac
Vernon Pushee	SK	Canola	44H44	71.7 bu/ac
Todd Arsenie	SK	Canola	45CM39	81.6 bu/ac
Cadrain Farms	SK	Canola	45CM39	88.9 bu/ac
Colby James	MB	Canola	45CM39	77.6 bu/ac
HBCR Valley Farming CO. LTD.	AB	Canola	P506ML	85.4 bu/ac
Bar J Game	SK	Canola	P511G	79 bu/ac
Blazenko Farms	MB	Canola	P506MSL	78.1 bu/ac
Russ Guenther	MB	Grain Corn	P7455R	239.8 bu/ac
Wilkinridge Stock Farm Ltd.	MB	Grain Corn	P8588AM	246.6 bu/ac
Cottonwood Holsteins Ltd	MB	Grain Corn	P58859AM	248.7 bu/ac
Toews Valley Farms Ltd	MB	Grain Corn	P87040AM	244.5 bu/ac
Marijn Vermeer	AB	Silage Corn	P7211AM	29.98 tons/ac
CRV Ranch	SK	Silage Corn	P72068AM	20.03 tons/ac
Laingspring Farm	MB	Silage Corn	P90630AM	33.12 tons/ac
S+D Solonenko	SK	Soybeans	P003A97X	52.6 bu/ac
Norquay Colony	MB	Soybeans	P006A37X	75.2 bu/ac
Groenenboom Holdings Inc		Seed/CP	P515G	76.7 bu/ac
Mitchell Hudy	SK	Seed/CP	P510G	71.7 bu/ac
Allan Knight	MB	Seed/CP	P508CL	64.7

Grower Name	Town	Province	Crop	Hybrid	Yield(bu/ac)
HBCR Valley Farming CO. LTD.	Crooked Creek	Alberta	Canola	P509L	80.5
Ricard, George & Ambroise	Sturgeon County	Alberta	Canola	P509L	72.5
Triangle Lazy T Cattle Co Ltd	Marwayne	Alberta	Canola	44H44	74.3
Old Gate Farms Ltd	Olds	Alberta	Canola	P505MSL	65.6
T & V Farms Inc.	Lacombe	Alberta	Canola	45CM39	78.3
Stelter; Murray	Edmonton	Alberta	Canola	45CM39	76.7
Prairie Rock Farms Ltd.	Okotoks	Alberta	Canola	45M35	47.1
L +R Farms	Regina	Saskatchewan	Canola	45M35	72.5
S & D Solonenko Farms Ltd.	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	Canola	45CM39	74.4
Graem Minke	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	Canola	P505MSL	72.1
Petracek; Ken	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan	Canola	P509L	66.1
Ternan Farms LTD	Denzil	Saskatchewan	Canola	P506ML	73.0
Tetreault; Jerome	Leoville	Saskatchewan	Canola	P505MSL	80.1
Youzwa; Terry	Nipawin	Saskatchewan	Canola	P508MCL	72.6
Sten; Shawn	Stump Lake	Saskatchewan	Canola	P501L	84.3
Monarch Colony	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	Canola	P501L	71.2
Marsh River Farms	Morris	Manitoba	Canola	P508MCL	64.3
Dickson Farms	Killarney	Manitoba	Corn	P7211AM	228.3
Enns Cattle Co	Schanzenfeld	Manitoba	Corn	P8588AM	220.6
Hespler Farms Ltd	Stanley	Manitoba	Corn	P8537AM	218.3
Woodlands Colony		Manitoba	Corn	P7211AM	220.0
Sunnyside Colony	Oakville	Manitoba	Soybean	P006A37X	82.6
Vermeer's Dairy Ltd		Alberta	Corn Silage	39F44	29.71 (tons/ac)
Kolla Land and Cattle Inc.	Cudworth	Saskatchewan	Corn Silage	P7211AM	18.4 (tons/ac)
Benner Holsteins Ltd.	Steinbach	Manitoba	Corn Silage	P8859AM	25.8 (tons/ac)
O'Donnell Land & Cattle Partnership	Rosalind	Alberta	Seed/CP	P612L	63
Kuypers Farm Ltd	Paradise Hill	Saskatchewan	Seed/CP	P505MSL	69.3
Prolific Crops Inc.	Morris	Manitoba	Seed/CP	P607CL	48.1

Grower Name	Town	Province	Crop	Hybrid	Yield(bu/ac)
Tea Creek Farms LTD	Charlie Lake	BC	Canola	P506ML	66.1
Trenchuk &Sons Ltd.	Smoky Lake	AB	Canola	P506ML	73.2
JOJ Cattle Co Ltd	Marwayne	AB	Canola	P506ML	56.8
Zealand Farm Ltd	Panoka	AB	Canola	45CM39	72.1
KT Leischner Farms	Innisfail	AB	Canola	P501L	72.5
Dyce Cattle Company Inc.	Willow Creek	AB	Canola	45M35	52.8
Woidyla Farms	Indian Head	SK	Canola	P506ML	51
Hudy; Mitchell	Melville	SK	Canola	46H75	58.2
Mike's Welding & Ag Ltd.	Carlyle	SK	Canola	45CM39	53.3
Krauss; Aaron	Mazenod	SK	Canola	P509L	26
Cadrain Farms Inc.	Leask	SK	Canola	45CM39	66.5
Schafer; Ed	Makwa	SK	Canola	45CM39	63.2
Arsenie; Todd	Melfort	SK	Canola	45CM39	56.4
SS Landco Ltd	Stump Lake	SK	Canola	P501L	50.6
Little Rainbow Ranch Ltd	Moosomin	MB	Canola	P506ML	77.5
Oakland Colony Farms Ltd.	Carroll	MB	Corn	P7417AM	190.8
Woodgrain Enterprises Inc.	Ridgeville	MB	Corn	P8588AM	234.2
Hidden Valley Colony	Austin	MB	Corn	P7417AM	217.3
Terry Hines	Marwayne	AB	Silage Corn	P7202AM	21.3 ton/ac
Tetreault; Vince	Spiritwood	SK	Silage Corn	P7005AM	14.75 ton/ac
Klassen; Sheldon	Steinbach	MB	Silage Corn	P8736AM	23.65 ton/ac
Rick & Val Katerenchuk	Sturgeon County	AB	Canola	P506ML	73.4
Tetrj Farms	Leoville	SK	Canola	P501L	61.504
JDJ Farms	Roblin	MB	Canola	45CM39	70.2
Sunnyside Colony Farms	Newton Siding	MB	Soybeans	P006A37X	72.8
Toews Valley Farm Ltd	Winkler	MB	Corn	P8588AM	205.8
Solonenko Farms	Yorkton	SK	Soybeans	P001A48X	58
Ob Holdings Ltd	Marwayne	AB	Canola	P506ML	45.3
Kurt Brown	Rossburn	MB	Canola	P508MCL	56
Minke; Graem	Yorkton	SK	Canola	P506ML	50.5

Grower Name	Town	Province	Product	Yield(bu/ac)	Crop
GV Colony Farms Ltd	Grande Prairie	AB	P501L	78.2	Canola
West Legal Farms Ltd	Sturgeon County	AB	P501L	93	Canola
McLaughlin Agri-Ventures	Mannville	AB	P501L	69.6	Canola
Lewis Farms Ltd.	Spruce Grove	AB	45CM39	109.6	Canola
Crossview Farms Ltd.	Crossfield	AB	P506ML	67	Canola
Prairie Rock Farms Ltd.	Okotoks	AB	45M35	66	Canola
S & D Devereaux	Milestone	SK	P501L	80	Canola
S & D Solonenko Farms Ltd	Yorkton	SK	45CM39	73.6	Canola
James and Caleb Donald	Kelvington	SK	45CM39	92.0	Canola
Sun Tan Farm Ltd	Grand Coulee	SK	45CM39	65.3	Canola
Cadrain Farms Inc.	Leask	SK	45CM39	77.7	Canola
Tim Amendt	Spiritwood	SK	45CS40	64.6	Canola
Youzwa Farms Inc	Nipawin	SK	P502CL	70.6	Canola
Brian Nykiforuk	Borden	SK	45CM39	65.7	Canola
Lee Flannery	McAuley	MB	P501L	79.1	Canola
Curtis & Michelle Harrish	Calmar	AB	45CM39	91.6	Canola
Skopyk Enterprises	Radisson	SK	P502CL	67.4	Canola
Little Rainbow Ranch	Moosomin	SK	45H42	77.4	Canola
Pritchard Brothers Ltd	Treherne	MB	P7527AM	168.2	Corn - Grain
Toews Valley Farm Ltd	Winkler	MB	P8588AM	216.6	Corn - Grain
Maxwell Colony Farms	Cartier	MB	P7211AM	190.3	Corn - Grain
Foothills Farms	Winkler	MB	P8588AM	212	Corn - Grain
Mellowdale Dairy Ltd	Barrhead	AB	P7213R	30.98	Corn - Silage
Rick Freeman Farms Ltd	Weyburn	SK	P7455R	11.25	Corn - Silage
Roswitha Holsteins Ltd	Steinbach	MB	P9233Q	26.76	Corn - Silage
Brantwood Colony Farms	Portage la Prairie	MB	P007A08X	61.9	Soybean

Sustainable Grower of the Year: Crossview Farms

Innovative Grower of the Year: Mellowdale Dairy Ltd.

Yield Hero 2022 winners taking in an alligator boat tour in Florida.

Yield Hero 2022 winners taking in an alligator boat tour in Florida.

The 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando.

The 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando.

Yield Hero 2019 winners celebrating in San Antonio.

Yield Hero 2019 winners celebrating in San Antonio.

Corn yield world record holder Dave Hula taking the stage at the Yield Hero 2022 Gala.

Corn yield world record holder Dave Hula taking the stage at the Yield Hero 2022 Gala.

Yield Hero winners being presented with their trophy.

Yield Hero winners being presented with their trophy.

Corteva Canada Vice President Jeremy Dirks giving a speech at a Yield Hero event.

Corteva Canada Vice President Jeremy Dirks giving a speech at a Yield Hero event.