SHULLSBURG, Wis. – Producing a corn yield of 322 bushels per acre, grain farmer Tim Appell of Shullsburg won awards in the 2019 National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest. He took second place nationally in the conventional non-irrigated category. His yield ranked first place in the same category in Wisconsin.
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Shullsburg grower takes yield honors
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Wendy and Tim Appell, center, are flanked by their crop-input advisers Jason Potter, left, and Pat Herbst. Both men work for Insight FS, a division of Growmark.
The field in orange recently received an application of phosphorus and potassium. Both Appel and his Insight FS advisers can monitor field operations via their mobile phones.
Appell Grain stores grain for other growers in addition to its own production.
Pat Herbst, foreground, and Tim Appell share a few laughs at Appell Grain near Shullsburg, Wisconsin. Herbst's father and Appell's grandfather were friends. The tradition continues.
Appell Grain has the capacity to store about 1 million bushels of corn.
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