At Advanced Agrilytics, we believe success is built through thousands of decisions made throughout the season—not just a single moment at harvest.
That’s why we’re proud to introduce the Advanced Agrilytics Impact Awards, an annual recognition program celebrating growers who achieve exceptional outcomes through precision management, consistency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
These awards recognize the measurable impact growers are creating across their operations while highlighting the long-term value of combining data-driven agronomy, advanced technology, and strong partnerships.
What Are the Advanced Agrilytics Impact Awards?
The Advanced Agrilytics Impact Awards honor top-performing farming operations across our customer base based on verified whole-farm performance data.
Unlike traditional yield contests that focus on a single field or season, the Impact Awards recognize performance across entire operations and evaluate results over multiple years to identify growers who consistently deliver exceptional outcomes.
Award winners were selected using verified end-of-season data and analyzed within comparable growing regions to ensure fair and meaningful comparisons.
Award Categories
The Advanced Agrilytics Impact Awards recognize excellence in the following categories:
Top Yield
Recognizing operations that achieved the highest average corn and soybean yields across their entire farming operation.
Best Yield Consistency
Celebrating growers who consistently deliver strong performance year after year, demonstrating resilience and disciplined management across changing conditions.
Most Improved Yield
Honoring operations that achieved significant yield improvement over time through continuous refinement and optimization.
Best Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) Score
Recognizing growers who maximize crop performance while efficiently managing nitrogen resources.
Best Carbon Intensity (CI) Score
Celebrating operations demonstrating outstanding sustainability performance through lower carbon intensity outcomes.
Each category includes one overall enterprise-wide winner as well as top regional winners across:
- Illinois
- Iowa/Missouri
- Indiana/Kentucky
- Ohio/Michigan
Congratulations to Our 2025 Impact Award Winners
The following growers have demonstrated exceptional commitment to precision decision-making and operational excellence.
Top Yield – Corn
Enterprise Winner
- Lay Farms, Illinois
Regional Winners
- Iowa/Missouri: Holland Acres
- Indiana/Kentucky: Fussner Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Kemp Farms
Top Yield – Soybeans
Regional Winners
- Iowa/Missouri: Gent Farms
- Illinois: Wade Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Lust Farms Partnership
Best Yield Consistency – Corn
Enterprise Winner
- Fussner Farms, Indiana
Regional Winners
- Illinois: Schick Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Neer Farms
Best Yield Consistency – Soybeans
Enterprise Winner
- Tomson Farms, Inc., Indiana
Regional Winners
- Illinois: Haas Family Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Lust Farms Partnership
Most Improved Yield – Corn
Regional Winners
- Illinois: R&S Ingram Farms
- Iowa/Missouri: Brooke Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Owens Family Farms
Most Improved Yield – Soybeans
Enterprise Winner
- Pendleton Ag, Indiana
Regional Winners
- Illinois: Lay Farms
- Iowa/Missouri: Gent Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Jon & Jim Davis Farms
Best Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) Score
Enterprise Winner
- Marolf Family Farms, Iowa
Regional Winners
- Illinois: Babb Farms
- Indiana/Kentucky: Fussner Farms
- Ohio/Michigan: Troxell Farms
Best Carbon Intensity (CI) Score
Enterprise Winner
- Eisterhold Family Farms, Indiana
Regional Winners
- Illinois: Terra Link
- Iowa/Missouri: Dan Glandorf
- Ohio/Michigan: Troxell Farms
Celebrating Impact
The Impact Awards are about more than rankings and recognition. They represent the measurable outcomes that can be achieved through disciplined agronomic management, informed decision-making, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Every season presents new challenges and opportunities. The growers recognized through this program have demonstrated what is possible when data, experience, and execution come together across an entire operation.
We congratulate all of our inaugural Impact Award winners and thank every Advanced Agrilytics customer for their partnership, trust, and dedication to improving performance year after year.
We look forward to continuing to celebrate the impact our growers make for years to come.