BY Kansas Corn | January 29, 2021 The Kansas Corn Yield contest was created to recognize high-yielding corn farmers across the state and increase efficiency for greater sustainability and profitability. Sharing the data collected among Kansas farmers benchmarks the corn yields and provides information for improving management practices. (Courtesy Photo) MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas farmers who entered the Kansas Corn Yield Contest overcame adversity and used their management skills to produce high yields in 2020. Kansas farmers from across the state entered many excellent yields in the 2020 Kansas Corn Yield Contest. For the second consecutive year, Tyler Hands with Triangle H Farms based in Finney County, entered the top irrigated yield in the contest at 307 bushels per acre with Pioneer P1828AM on one of the farm’s fields located in Haskell County. Northeast Kansas farmer Victor Menold, Brown County, entered the top dryland yield at 301.59 bushels per acre with Becks 6414V2P.