Wheat yield contest winner scores big with new beardless variety
Candace Krebs
Special to Ag Journal
Two-time national wheat yield contest winner C.R. Freeman, owner of Premium Beef and Grain, swings for the fences without compromising grain quality.
The southwestern Oklahoma farmer won second in a nationwide dryland yield contest this year, the result of good land, good management and a versatile new wheat variety that thrives at diversity just like successful farmers do.
“I love farming wheat but it’s just one tool in our tool belt,” said Freeman, whose diversified enterprise consists of crops and beef cattle that are sold through the Whole Foods Market grocery chain.