State Fair Certified Seed Champions Announced

Champion Utility Certified Seed. Minnesota State Fair, 2021.

Congratulations to the following MCIA members whose certified seed was awarded champion status at the 2021 Minnesota State Fair’s farm crops competition! Exhibited seed was field and laboratory inspected and passed and was judged on the basis of MCIA-approved seed laboratory tests.

Results were published by the Minnesota State Fair on September 7. The winners:

Barley: Robust
Russ Peterson, Grove City

Grass Seed: Fiesta perennial ryegrass
Norfarm Seed, Roseau

Oats: Deon
Jim Falk, Murdock

Soybean: MN1012SP
Andrew Falk, Murdock

Wheat: MN-Washburn
Larry Riopelle, Argyle

Complete results of the Farm Crops competition are available on the Minnesota State Fair website, here.


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