“We’ve been doing high-yield plots for about 6 years now,” Mark Schleisman says. “Every year, we try something new and learn what we can do across all our acres. Some things work and some don’t.”

Charles City, Va., strip-tiller David Hula won his 14^th NCGA Yield Contest national title with a 572-bushel yield in the Strip-Till Irrigated category. Hula’s son, Craig, was second with a 538-bushel yield.