2023 Contest Results

Congratulations to the winning teams in the 2023 Willie ant the Beanstalk Contest

Division 1 (9th-12th grade) Full Division 1 results

Award

Team Name (Organization)

Contestant Names

Adviser

Best Documentation

Soybean Cowgals (Hillsboro AG ED Horticulture Class)

1 Keitra Edwards

2 Kenzie Meisinger

3 Cassidy Bernhardt

Sonya Roberts

Most Biomass

Bean Machine (Solomon FFA)

1 Ashley Mead

2 Aubrey Cooper

3 Cadence Flemming

Dale Davidson

Tallest Plant

Olathe North 4 (Olathe North FFA)

1. Ainsley Halvorson

Greg Krenke

Largest Leaf

The Bean Team (Olpe High School)

1 Ava Tyson

2 Ella Wilson

3 Madelynn Knuth

Staci Garriott

Most Trifoliates

Bean Machine (Solomon FFA)

1 Ashley Mead

2 Aubrey Cooper

3 Cadence Flemming

Dale Davidson

GRAND CHAMPION

Bean Busters (Solomon FFA)

1 Isacc Wood

2 Britt Sellers

3 Alana Wood

Dale Davidson

 

Division 2 (K-8th grade) Full Division 2 results

Award

Team Name

Contestant Names

Organization and Adviser

Best Documentation

That's a Good Question (AMS Silver Team)

1 Joy Baker

2 Benton Alt

3 Jonah Wanklyn

Dennis Eickhoff

Most Biomass

WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony)

1 William Pitts

2 Danny Ugo

3 Eli Witt

Joshua Runyan

Tallest Plant

WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony)

1 William Pitts

2 Danny Ugo

3 Eli Witt

Joshua Runyan

Largest Leaf

Team Tatum (Cowley County 4-H)

1 Jasper Tatum

2 Harleigh Tatum

Sarah LaGrone

Most Trifoliates

Team Tatum (Cowley County 4-H)

1 Jasper Tatum

2 Harleigh Tatum

Sarah LaGrone

GRAND CHAMPION

WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony)

1 William Pitts

2 Danny Ugo

3 Eli Witt

Joshua Runyan

2023 Contest Summary

  • 262 Teams, with 712 contestants completed
  • 200 Teams finished the contest, with 53 teams completing remote judgin

2023 Acknowledgements

  • Thank you to the Kansas Soybean Commission, for providing the funding for the contest, including all the T-Shirts and awards!
  • Thank you to all the advisers who helped the students grow soybeans and learn about plant growth and developement.
  • Thank you to my students Rebecca Roth and Emily Kovar and my research assistant Sarah Raugewitz for their work in running the contest (making videos, managing social media, grading documentation, judging plants, sorting t-shirts...the list goes on).

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