FAQ

Yes, you can enter as many categories as you are eligible for. You can only be recognized as a National Winner in One category.

You can enter as many entries as you like in the 5-acre “traditional” contest. Remember, you will enter by variety in this contest and must have at least 5 contiguous acres of the newly-purchased seed in each variety you enter (small test plots with less than 5 acres do not qualify).

In the new Pilot Digital Yield Category (open only for dryland in certain states) you may enter up to 3 fields.

Yields will be evaluated in this order: Yield from 5-acre contest, high yield will be evaluated first (irrigated before dryland), followed by the 5 acre % over county (dryland only), and finally the new Digital Yield Pilot category (dryland then % over county).

Yes, if your state has an association that is affiliated with NAWG, you must be a member in good standing. If your state does not have an association, you must be a member of NAWG.

States with Recognized State Wheat Growers Associations or Checkoff Organizations

Pay your $100/year dues by using Pay Pal at the time of entry or mail us a check to

NAWG Membership
25 Massachusetts Ave NW Suite 500B
Washington, DC 20001

No, your supervisor will not need to register on the website but they must meet the qualifications and you will enter their complete contact information so that we can contact them if verification is needed. NWF reserves the right to contact any Harvest Supervisor to validate compliance with contest rules. NWF also reserves the right, with advance notification, to observe any harvest.

No, no rechecks are required. You will submit your highest yield from at least 1.5 acres of the 5 acre piece you entered.

Yes, please contact the contest if your yield is over 250 bu/ac.

Our contest encourages you to strive for both high yield and high quality. The National Winning entries wheat samples will be milled and baked and evaluated for quality. We are learning from the data we collect, and we know that with proper variety, management and environment high yield can also be high quality. National winners whose wheat is evaluated Top Quality by a panel of experts will be recognized and awarded a *cash award in addition to the travel, lodging, and registration to Commodity Classic. All Contestants must retain a 10 lb sample of grain for shipment and quality testing if they are a National Yield Winner.

Soft white wheat will be baked into a sponge cake, soft red into a sugar cookie and hard red into a bread loaf. Analysis will be conducted using industry recognized cereal science test methods. Durum and other classes to be decided, they will be analyzed and made into an industry standard product for judging. Additional quality parameters may be tested. Quality Results are shared with our partners and media so that awareness can be generated that high yield wheat can also be high quality.

*Quality Awards will only be given if the wheat is deemed industry-desired quality by the panel of expert wheat evaluators.

Only if you share your log in information with this trusted advisor. The contest will not have access to your username or password and if it is forgotten you will have to reset it following the prompts to recover or reset your information on the site.