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OSU's Dr. Kim Anderson Celebrates His Role with The Junior Wheat Show and Cheers this Years Winners
Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:04:53 CDT
The Oklahoma Junior Wheat banquet wrapped up last night at Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City to celebrate the winners and hand out $16,000 in scholarships to top 4-H and FFA members who participated.
Congrats to the overall Champion of the 2020 show- Ryder Klaassen of Hydro Eakly FFA whose Doublestop CL Plus earned top honors and Logan Chance, daughter of Jordan Chance and Chassidy Bedwell, recently placed 1st overall in the 4-H division while showing her Smith's Gold variety at the 2020 Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show. Chance placed 4th in production and milling and 1st in the bake contest earning her the title of 1st place and 4-H champion overall. Chance is a member of the Okeene 4-H club in Blaine County.
Associate Farm Director, KC Sheperd was on-hand at the Wheat banquet and had the chance to talk to Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson. Anderson said he is so proud of the event, "You know you've got the top wheat producers in the state. Not only just the parents, but you've got the future top wheat producers in the state all here tonight in 4H and FFA membership."
Each participant had to plant five acres or more of any variety of hard red or white winter wheat, harvest it, keep records on it, and then the wheat is visually graded and ranked then those top 25 out of 4H, and the top 25 out of FFA go into a milling and baking contest. Anderson said the contestant are diligent on growing their wheat, "They keep records on which wheat produces best, which wheat looks the best, which wheat mills the best. So thats what they select and that is what they plant. They watch it and manage it for the seed, for the weeds, for the protein, for test weight. They look for producing a quality product. If Oklahoma wheat is going to stay in the world market its got to be a quality product, a product the millers want, and thats what these kids are learning to raise."
These young producers are already working on planting next years crop to get ready for the next contest. Congratulations to all the participants!
FFA Junior Wheat Show winners were:
1st place and Grand Champion Ryder Klaassen Doublestop CL Plus
2nd place Brant Strader Fairview FFA SY Monument
3rd place Rylee Glazier Lomega FFA Baker's Ann
4th place Parker Payne Thomas-Fay-Custer FFA Spirit Rider
5th place Bryer Roberts Okeene FFA Doublestop CL Plus
6th place Daxton Swaim Okeene FFA Doublestop CL Plus
7th place Zell Freeman Hobart FFA WB 4515
8th place Ryder Klaassen Hydro-Eakly FFA Smith's Gold
9th place Colby Kokojan Drummond FFA Doublestop CL Plus
10th place Brynn Roberts Okeene FFA Doublestop CL Plus
11th place Brant Strader Fairview FFA Doublestop CL Plus
12th place Ashlee Purvine Thomas-Fay-Custer FFA - Doublestop CL Plus
13th place Braden Snider Clinton FFA Doublestop CL Plus
14th place Jarin Shirley Alva FFA Doublestop CL Plus
15th place Jason Osborn Tuttle FFA Smith's Gold
16th place Rylee Glazier Lomega FFA Smith's Gold/Baker's Ann
17th place Braden Snider Clinton FFA Green Hammer
18th place Mark Black Apache FFA Doublestop CL Plus
19th place Alexa Schaufele Hobart FFA Bentley
20th place Charley Baker Arapaho-Butler FFA Ruby Lee
21st place Brand McKay Hydro-Eakly FFA WB 4269
22nd place Charley Baker Arapaho-Butler FFA Deliver
23rd place Rebecca Purvine Thomas-Fay-Custer FFA Smith's Gold
24th place Cathleen Hamil Cashion FFA Gallagher
25th place Jason Osborn Tuttle FFA Green Hammer
4-H Junior Wheat Show winners were:
1st place and Champion Logan Chance Okeene 4-H club Smith's Gold
2nd place Destry Swaim Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
3rd place Jayce Rose Schultz Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
4th place Breckon Murray Lomega 4-H club Baker's Ann
5th place Tyler Sawyer Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
6th place Saidee Wright Lomega 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
7th place Carson Payne Thomas-Fay-Custer 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
8th place Avery Fisher Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
9th place Griffin Payne Thomas-Fay-Custer 4-H club Green Hammer
10th place Creden Woods Hydro-Eakly 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
11th place Bryson Sawyer Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
12th place Jansen Shirley Alva 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
13th place Kiersten Warner Hydro-Eakly 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
14th place Brayson Roberts Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
15th place Grant Robison Okeene 4-H Doublestop CL Plus
16th place Morgan Meyer Oklahoma Bible Academy 4-H club Green Hammer
17th place Colten Dillingham Drummond 4-H club Ruby Lee
18th place Baylea Robison Okeene 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
19th place Colten Dillingham - Drummond 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
20th place Caton Cope Watonga 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
21st place Caleb Warner Hydro-Eakly 4-H club Doublestop CL Plus
22nd place Breckon Murray Lomega 4-H club Green Hammer
23rd place Baylea Robison Okeene 4-H club Smith's Gold
24th place Reagan Werner Loyal Doers 4-H club TAM 112
25th place Avery Fisher Okeene 4-H club Green Hammer
To hear KC Sheperd's complete Conversation with Dr. Kim Anderson, click or tap below
Photo caption: Steve Bedwell, grandfather; Karl Riffel, Okeene FFA Instructor; Keith Kisling, Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation; Chassidy Bedwell, parent; Tom Stephens, Vice-Chairman, Oklahoma Wheat Commission; JanLee Rowlett, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry; Dr. Thomas Coon, Vice President, Dean and Director of DASNR; Becky Bedwell, Blaine County 4-H Educator and Hunter Haxton, State 4-H President present Jordan Chance her champion awards for winning 1st place and overall champion in the 4-H Division in the 2020 State 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show. Photo credit: Todd Johnson, Oklahoma State University.
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