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Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 1/23/19
Yadkin County farmer Kevin Matthews broke the 100-bushel-per-acre yield barrier for the second year in a row in 2018, earning him first place in the North Carolina soybean yield contest for the second straight year with a yield of 104.5 bushels per acre. In winning the 2017 yield contest, Matthews, owner of Matthews Family Farm, became the first North Carolina soybean farmer to make a yield of more than 100 bushels per acre in the soybean yield contest with a yield of 107.4 bushels per acre, which bested the old contest record by 14.1 bushels per acre.
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