A Hill of Beans

Kip Cullers, left, celebrates his new world soybean production record with Dale Ludwig, CEO and executive director of the Missouri Soybean Association. Cullers, from Purdy, averaged 139.39 bushels per acre in his first year entering the MSA soybean yield contest. Cullers co-owns and operates K&K Farms, a diversified farm southeast of Joplin that grows hay, corn, soybeans, green beans and greens in addition to raising beef and poultry. [[In-content Ad]]