Fayette County farmer wins Illinois winter wheat yield contest

Fayette County farmer wins Illinois winter wheat yield contest

The winner of the Illinois Wheat Association’s 2023 winter wheat yield contest says a dry June helped the crop.

Danny Rubin farms in Fayette and Marion counties and tells Brownfield it starts with a good seed bed and fertility plan, but the weather can be a wild card. 

“Being a nice fall for wheat, we got good stands and the winter was good on it. And then the dry May and June was good for it also.