
We're looking for the best spring wheat in Ontario. Is your field up to the challenge?
Great Prizes
- Grand Prize - $1,500
- 1st Runner Up - $750
- 2nd Runner Up - $500
The Rules
- Contest open to all Ontario farmers (GFO directors, immediate families & staff 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 production practices are permitted
- Any variety designated as milling quality Spring Wheat 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 subracted 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
- All entrants are required to complete a short survey
- One entry per farm business
To Register
- Download and fill out a registration form
- Submit form and a registration fee of $10 to:
Grain Farmers of Ontario
Suite 201, 100 Stone Rd West
Guelph, ON
N1G 5L3
- Registration Deadline: June 30, 2011
Interested in how the 2010 competition turned out? Check out the management practices of the top spring wheat growers in the province.