Page 14-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 1995
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—An area
com grower, Cheryl Maxi
muck of Doylestown, Pa., is a
winner in the 1994 Nationl
Com Yield Contest (NCYC),
sponsored by the National
Com Growers Association
(NCGA).
The local operation placed
first in the state in the “No-Till
Irrigated Pass” with a yield of
209.7471 bushels per acre. The
hybrid used in the winning
field was DeKalb DK623.
.. The contest included 471
winners from throughout the
nation’s corn-growing areas.
The average yield for all con
test entrants was a record 192
bushels per acre, compared to
the overall U.S. average of
138.6 bushels per acre. The
contest average was up signif
icantly from the 1993 contest
average of 159 bushels per
acre, reflecting more positive
growing conditions in 1994.
Six yields at more than 300
bushels per acre were
produced.
Qualified supervisors were
present at harvest to verify
accuracy of the yield, which,
according to contest roles,
must be taken from a yield of at
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More than 3,100 farmers
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be extremely proud of produc
ing a record-breaking com
crop of more than 10 billion
bushels this year. It demon
strated again that we are the
most efficient com producers
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of supplying all of our current
markets, expanding foreign
markets, and developing new
industrial uses.”
Not only are contest entrants
producing high yields, but they
arc doing it very efficiently,
according to Ganwish. All
entrants applied an average of
only 0.94 pounds of commer
cial nitrogen per bushel of
yield, while the agronomic
requirement is 1.1 pound per
bushel.
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Contest winners were hon
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designed trophies at NCGA’s
1995 Com Classic this year in
Nashville, Term.
The "1995 Com Yield
Guide,” which outlines the
agronomic information of all
471 state and national NCYC
winners, was featured in the
March issue of Farm Journal
magazine. The guide is pub
lished by NCGA and spon
sored by American Cyanamid
Company, Deere & Company,
and Northrup King Company.
Entry forms and rules for the
1995 contest arc available by
contacting NCGA at 1000
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Louis, MO 63141, (314)
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Area corn growers Cheiyl and Mathew Maximuck
of Doylestown were recognized recently as a state
winner in the 1994 National Corn Yield Contest, spon
sored by the National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA). Daryl Reid, right, a farmer from Macomb, Hi.,
and chairman of the NCGA Field Services Committee,
presented the award at the NCGA Corn Classic In
Nashville.
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