2019 Oregon Hay King contest Results
Oregon Hay King Winners Hall Of Fame
Best of Show
2019 – John Myers, Echo, 2nd Cut Retail Alfalfa
2018 – John Myers, Echo, Grass
2017 – Volle Ranch Madras, Grass
2016 – Gary McManus, Lakeview, 4th Cut Dairy Alfalfa
2015 – John Myers, Echo, 4th Cut Retail Alfalfa
Alfalfa
2019 – John Myers, Echo, Retail
2019 – Ella Pierson – Silver Lake, Dairy
2018 – John Myers, Echo, Dairy
2018 – John Myers, Echo, Retail
2017 – John Myers, Echo, Retail
2017 Gary McManus, Lakeview, Dairy
2016 – John Myers, Echo, Retail Alfalfa
2016 – Gary McManus, Dairy Alfalfa
2015 – John Myers, Echo, Retail Alfalfa
2015 – Dinsdale Farm, Silver Lake, Dairy
2014 – Baker Family Farm, Silver Lake, Dairy
2014 – Baker Family Farm, Silver Lake, Retail
2013 – David King, Malin, Dairy
2013 – Jubal Pierson,Silver Lake, Retail
2012 – David Reed, Klamath Falls;
2012 – Retail – David King, Malin
2011 – T&G Hay, Mitchell
2010 – Scott Pierson, Siver Lake
2009 – David King, Malin
2008 – David King, Malin
2007 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2006 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2005 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2004 – John Pierson, Ashland
2003 – Maria Cade, Fort Rock
2002 – Ken Cade, Fort Rock
2001 – Hemenway Farms, Madras
2000 – Bob Houts, Madras
1999 – Dun Milkin Ranch, Madras
1998 – John & Debbie Volle, Burns
Grass/Legume
2018 – John Myers, Echo
2017 – John Myers, Echo
2016 – John Myers, Echo
2015 – Not enough entries
2014 – Not enough entries
2013 – Not enough entries
2012 – David King, Malin
2011 – Not enough entries
2010 – David King, Malin
2009 – Leon Baker, Silver Lake
2008 – Leon Baker, Silver Lake
2007 – Darryl Anderson, Lakeview
2006 – Leon Baker, Silver Lake
2005 – David King, Malin
2004 – David Reed, Klamath Falls
2004 – Carlos Curry, Fort Rock/David King, Malin
2003 – Carlos Curry, Fort Rock
2002 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2001 – Bowers Ranches, Fort Rock
2000 – Hemenway Farms, Madras
1999 – Lake Ranch, Christmas Valley
1998 – Hemenway Farms, Madras
Grass
2019 – McGinnis Ranch, Tumalo (Bend)
2018 – McGinnis Ranch, Tumalo (Bend)
2017 _ Volle Ranch, Madras
2016 – Walker and Moss, Bend
2015 – Volle Ranch, Madras
2014 – McGinnis Ranch, Tumalo (Bend)
2013 – Volle Ranch, Madras
2012 – John Volle, Madras
2011 – John Volle, Madras
2010 – David King, Malin
2009 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2008 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2007 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2006 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2005 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2004 – Ken Cade, Fort Rock
2003 – John Pierson, Fort Rock
2002 – David Reed, Klamath Falls
2001 – Maria Cade, Fort Rock
2000 – Hemenway Farms, Madras
1999 – Hemenway Farms, Madras
1998 – Allen & Glena Struthers, Bend
Cereal
2019 – John Meyers, Echo
2018 – Pierson Hay, Silver Lake
2017 – John Myers, Echo
2015 – Pierson Hay, Silver Lake
2014 – McGinnis Ranch, Tumalo (Bend)
2013 – Not enough entries
2012 – Leon Baker, Silver Lake
2011 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2010 – No Entries
2009 – David King, Malin
2008 – David King, Malin
2007 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2006 – David King, Malin
2005 – David King, Malin
2004 – Ken Cade, Fort Rock
2003 – John Volle, Bonanza
2002 – John Volle, Bonanza
2001 – Scott Pierson, Silver Lake
2000 – Gary McManus, Lakeview
1999 – No entries
1998 – Dun Milkin Ranch, Madras
Timothy
2011 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2010 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2009 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2008 – McGinnis Ranch, Bend
2006 – Leroy Horton, Christmas Valley
2019 Oregon Hay King Contest
The Oregon Hay and Forage Association and the Oregon Forage & Grassland Council, in cooperation with Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, are joining together to sponsor the 2019 Oregon Hay King Contest. It will be held on Saturday, November 16th at the Yamhill Heritage Center, 11275 SW Durham Ln., McMinnville, OR. ( https://yamhillcountyhistory.org/yamhill-valley-heritage-center/ ) Bale Delivery is 7:30-8:45 am and judging starts at 9:00 am and will conclude at 4:00 pm or earlier. There will be complimentary donuts and coffee available, and lunch with be available. No charge for parking and admission at this Saturday event.
The 7 hay classes to be judged will include: 1. dairy alfalfa 2. retail alfalfa 3. grass 4. grass/legume mix 5. cereal 6. cereal/legume (pea or vetch) mix 7. Timothy
Entry forms, hay samples, and checks need be received by Friday, November 1st , to the Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC). On November 16, show up with your bale or bales, from the stack you core-sampled earlier, and watch the judges feel, smell and paw through everyone’s hay. It is a very educational day. The bales are judged and awarded points based on quality testing (RFQ score) and sensory evaluation.
The quality testing will be predicted by NIRS at the Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center. Hay quality parameters quantified will include crude protein, ADF, NDF, TDN, RFV, RFQ, ash, dNDF, NDFD and many more quality indicators. The RFQ analysis scores are combined with the sensory scores, to name a winner in each category. So enter one or more classes and be the next Hay King for a year.
Send hay core samples, entry form, and $30 per entry to Hay King Contest c/o Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center, 6941 Washburn Way, Klamath Falls, OR 97603-9365. Checks should be made out to “Oregon Hay and Forage Association”. All sizes of bales are eligible for competition.
Hay King Contest Rules
All contestants must enter a cored sample of their hay entry by the November 1st deadline. The cored sample can be sent directly to the contest Lab. Payment and the entry registration form must be turned in with the cored hay samples. Additionally, one bale, of each class of hay entered, must be in place at the contest location by 9:00 am, November 16th.Cored hay samples must be a representative sample of the entire lot of hay.
This means that:
+ Multiple cored sub-samples (20) must be taken to make up your sample, rather than an entire flake, or a portion of a flake.
+ The inside diameter of the coring device must be no less than 3/8 inches (if you don’t have a coring device, contact your Extension office). Note the type & size of sampling device on your entry form.
+ A minimum of 20 bales must be sampled at random from each lot of hay (a lot is hay from the same cutting, variety, field, stage of maturity, and harvested within the same day). A lot should not exceed 200 tons of hay, or be less than 30 tons.
+ When sampling, probe the bale near the center, at least 12 to 18 inches into the butt end of the bale. The probe should enter horizontally at a right angle to the surface of the end of the bale. Be sure the probe doesn’t slant up, down, or sideways.
+ Combine core samples for each class entry into a single sample by combining them into a sealed freezer bag. Samples submitted with less than a quart bag full of sample may be rejected. (This equates to a minimum of about 200 grams or ½ lb or greater of sample material, if sampled properly)
+ Do not ever try to subdivide the sample! It is impossible to subdivide the sample until it is ground. Even if you have too much, send the whole sample in.
+ If there is Not a minimum of 2 entries in a class of hay, the classes may not be judged, this will be at the OHFA board’s discretion. The submitter will be informed prior to the contest.
Web site for the Oregon Hay and Forage Association is: https://oregonhaygrowers.com/.
Mylen Bohle
2018 Oregon Hay King Contest
The Oregon Hay and Forage Association, in cooperation with OSU Extension Service, and OSU Ag Experiment Station, and Oregon Forage and Grassland Council hosting, sponsored the 2018 Hay King Contest held on November 17 at the Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis, Oregon. These are the results of the contest.
…congratulations to the winners!!!
Judges were Glenn Shewmaker, U. of Idaho Extension Forage Specialist, and Steve Norberg, WSU Regional Extension Forage Specialist. Retail alfalfa was scored 60% sensory and 40% quality (RFQ); Dairy alfalfa was scored 40% sensory and 60% quality (RFQ); Grass and Grass/Alfalfa was scored 60% sensory and 40% quality (RFQ); and Cereal was scored 50% sensory and 50%qulaity (RFQ). Mylen Bohle [/vc_column_text]