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qconline.com SPARTA, Wis. – When Mike Wegner tries a new variety or hybrid he watches it like a hawk. That means he plants it right along his farmstead’s driveway." In 2019 he liked what he saw. The soybean variety produced a good crop – yielding 75.63 bushels per acre, earning him first place in Division 2 of the Wisconsin Soybean Association and Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board’s Soybean Yield Contest. It was the first time the Sparta-area grower had ever entered the contest. Mike Wegner and his father, Dean Wegner, farm about 1,900 acres. They own about 400 acres and lease another 1,500 acres. They and Mike Wegner’s stepson, Nick Wolf, provide custom-farming services on another 2,000 acres within a 15-mile radius of Sparta. The Wegners have their own drying and storage facilities. They can dry as much as 1,000 bushels per hour and store as much as 175,000 bushels. Excess grain is stored at a local cooperative and in rented bins."

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