Brook Lawn Tops State In NCGA Contest
LANCASTER Brook Lawn
Farms won first place in the
Pennsylvania, irrigated division of
the 1986 National Corn Growers
Association yield contest. Roy and
James Erb earned the honor with
DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics hybrid
DK636, which yielded 128.33
bushels per acre.
The Erbs planted the field on
May 6, 1986, in 32-inch rows at a
rate of 27,000 seeds per acre. The
crop was harvested on Oct. 10, with
a moisture content of 25.9 percent.
DeKalb district representative Eugene Hoover (right)
congratulates James Erb of Brook Lawn Farms for posting
Pennsylvania’s top corn yield in the Irrigated division of
NCGA contest.
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In addition to field corn, James
and his father, Roy, produce 60
acres of sweet com, three acres of
strawberries and peas, 10 acres of
tree fruit and 1.5 acres of pump
kins for their retail roadside
market. Roy has been farming for
49 years and Jim for 15 years.
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Also earning state honors in
Pennsylvania was Kervin Zim
merman of Myerstown, who
placed second in the no-till, non
irrigated division with DeKalb-
Pfizer hybrid DK656 which yielded
171.05 bushels per acre.
The NCGA has sponsored the
yield contest for nearly 30 years.
This year’s 1,724 completed entries
represented 51 seed companies and
215 hybrids. “The main thrust is to
encourage development of new and
improved management techniques
and show the importance of using
solid cultural practices in U.S.
com production,” explains Larry
Rus, Public Relations Director for
NCGA.
NCGA is a 19-state commodity
organization involved in improving
the profitability of com production
through research, market
development and government
relations programs.
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