A record breaking field day on a record breaking farm kicked off Monday night in Purdy, Missouri at the home of Kip and Michelle Cullers.

Kip is the man who put this tiny town in southwest Missouri on the map by being the world champion soybean yield grower two years in a row, not to mention numerous National Corn Yield Contest wins. This week he is giving over 2,000 growers a first hand look at how yields that were previously thought impossible are within reach for them.

BASF’s Headline fungicide is an important part of Kip’s management strategy for his crops and his wife Michelle had the clever idea of using some of their leftover containers as table centerpieces for the kickoff BBQ at their lovely home Monday evening. Pretty nifty, if you ask me.

The record breaking field day is co-sponsored by Pioneer and BASF, two companies that have been instrumental in helping Kip achieve his phenomenal yields. His world record soybean yield last year was 154.7 bushels per acre. Even more impressive was his average yield across the whole farm – at 74 bushels per acre it was almost double the Missouri state average. But, he is hoping to break both those records this year!

The Kip Culler’s Record Breaking Field Day photo album is up and ready for viewing here.