By Callie Kolacny ~ The Hays Post

Three Kansas wheat farmers have each earned $1,000 by winning their respective regions in the 2011 Kansas Wheat Yield Contest.

– Tom Austin, of Minneapolis, harvested 104 bushels per acre, to claim the Central Region.

– James Kesler, of Sabetha, won the Eastern Region with a yield of 61 bushels per acre.

– In the Western Region, Chuck Downey, from St. Francis, also recorded 61 bushel per acre yield.

 
Winners will be presented checks and plaques at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinsonin September.