MARKET WHEAT SHOW

Division 115 - Market Wheat Show

Premiums awarded for this division are 1st - $30, 2nd - $20, 3rd - $15, 4th - $12 and 5th - $10. Champion will receive $150 and Reserve Champion $125. Rosettes will also be awarded.

Kansas Wheat Representative - KSU: Norman Schlesener, Manhattan, KS, 785-776-8519

Co-Chair: Andrea Burns, Ford County, aburns@ksu.edu, 620-227-4542

Co-Chair: Katelyn Barthol, Marais Des,Cygnes Dist., kbarth25@ksu.edu, 913-294-4306

Market Wheat Show Committee Members: Justin Goodno, Barber Co.; Marty Gleason, Edwards Co.; Kurt Werth, Gray Co.; Wade Reh, Kiowa Co.; Kyle Grant, Pawnee Co.; Vicki Simonsen Pratt Co.; John Beckman, Scott Co.; Amanda Staub, Stafford Co.; Allen Baker, Wichita Co.; Bob Frisbie, member, Mark Ploger, member.

Counties without a County Fair Market Wheat Show: All exhibits in the Market Wheat Show shall consist of 5 pounds of wheat grown by the exhibitor in the current year and shall not be from a variety or research plot. All samples entered that have not gone through a County Fair Market Wheat Show and have not been graded by the Kansas Grain Inspection Service and must be pre-entered online by August 15. *Extension Agents must submit ALL entries online. The (5) five pound sample can be sent in any container. Please enclose an entry form with only Market Wheat on it, and no other crop entries. Please mark on outside of package "Market Wheat Show." These samples will be graded by the Kansas Grain Inspection Service and scored. All entries must be made by variety name. All entries must be combine run, as hand picking and/or screening is not allowed. Since all varieties in a class will be competing against each other, a producer may enter a maximum of (2) two different varieties per class, per farm unit and be paid premiums. The wheat exhibited will become the property of the Kansas State Fair. These entries will be eligible for the Sweepstakes Award. This classification is separate from the (20) twenty pound wheat exhibit.

Counties with a County Fair Market Wheat Show: All exhibits in the Market Wheat Show shall consist of (5) five pounds of wheat grown by the exhibitor in the current year and shall not be from a variety or research plot. The sample then is to be turned in to their county extension office for entry in the local county market wheat show. All Market Wheat Show samples that were entered in a County Fair Market Wheat Show and graded by the Kansas Grain Inspection Service and must be pre-entered online by August 15. *Extension Agents must submit ALL entries online. "The local County Extension Agent should deliver the samples to a Market Wheat Show Committee member by August 25, 2021, or bring the samples to the Kansas State Fair on August 25 at 10:00 am." Any entries after this time will not be eligible for the sweepstakes awards . Agents are to use the LIGHT BLUE data card for the 2021 show which are available from your local extension office. Entries not using this card will be disqualified. Entries must be made by variety name. All entries must be combine run, as handpicking and/or screening is not allowed. Since all varieties in a class will be competing against each other, a producer may enter a maximum of (2) two different varieties per class, per farm unit and be paid premiums. The wheat exhibited will become the property of the Kansas State Fair.

These entries will be eligible for the Sweepstakes Award if the exhibitor participated in their local county market wheat show.

The International Association of Operative Millers will sponsor a plaque to the agent with the most placing entries.

**Must name variety at time of entry

Class

1. All Hard White Wheat Varieties
2. All HRW Blends
3. All Other Private HRW Varieties or Hybrids
4. All WestBred / Monsanto / HRW Varieties
5. KSU HRW Varieties
6. Other Public HRW Varieties

Division 116 - Market Wheat Sweepstakes

Premiums awarded for this division are 1st - $25 each. Champion ribbons will be given to the winner in each class.

Entries to Sweepstakes classes must have participated in the local county Market Wheat Show if one was held. Counties with a Market Wheat Show are asked to forward their county champion information to their area representative - Andrea Burns, Ford County Extension Office, 100 Gunsmoke, Dodge City, KS 67801 "or" Katelyn Barthol, Marais Des,Cygnes Dist, 104 S. Brayman, Paola, KS 66071 by August 15th. Include: name, wheat variety and county.

Placings will be determined by the Market Wheat scores. Individual entries from counties with no Market Wheat Show must be pre-entered by August 15th. Agents are reminded that all wheat samples must be delivered to the Kansas State Fair by 10:00 am on August 25 to be considered for the Sweepstakes awards.

Class

1. Eastern Kansas County Winners: Includes all counties with Hwy 81 going through it and East
2. Western Kansas County Winners: Includes counties West of Highway 81