Page 14—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1996
Yield Contest Winners Announced
For Nation’s Top Crop
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Despite
a tumultuous growing season
resulting in a smaller U.S. com
harvests, winners of the Na
tional Com Growers Associa
tion (NCGA) 1995 National
Com Yield Contest brought in
some significant-sized crops.
Com yield entries tabulated
from the 27 fanners who took
first, second, and third place in
nine separate classes of the
popular NCGA contest ranged
from 185 to 314 bushels per
acre.
“The men and women who
participated in this contest pro
duced some impressive crops
despite a great deal of adversity
caused by a wet spring, stif
fling-hot late summer and an
early frost,” stud NCGA Presi
dent Bill Northey. “We face
uncertainty due to weather day
in and day out. Currently we
face additional uncertainty
because a new farm program
remains unresolved in Wash
ington. We urge Congress and
President Clinton to establish
one with complete flexibility,
an adequate safety net, and to
put it in place soon,” the lowa
farmer said.
The goal of the NCGA Na
tional Com Yield Contest is to
encourage com growers to de
velop new, efficient production
techniques that improve com
profitability. The highest aver
age yields came from growers
who used no-till practices.
More than 3,300 com grow
ers took part in the contest,
about 200 more than in 1994.
The NCGA announced the
following national winners:
A States: The 41 continental
U.S. States not shown in the
list of AA states
AA States: Dlinois, Indiana,
Kowa. Minnesota, Missouri,
Ohio and Wisconsin
A Non-Irrigated
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1. J.M. Souza Farms, Inc.,
Lodi, CA 150 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3162
2. Brad Rogers, Buchanan,
IN 242 bu./acre - Northrup
King PX 9540 r
3. Doug Mitchell, Corinth,
MS 231 bu./acre - Pioneer
3163
Yield Contest Winners An
nounced for Nation’s Top Crop
2-2-2-2-2
AA Non-Irrigated
1. Melvin Johston, Smith
land, LA 227 bu./acre -
Pioneer 33951 R
2. Robert Hadden, Jackson
ville, IL 231.6 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3335
3. Jerry Cox, Chaffee, MO
221.4 bu./acre - Northrup
King N 7590
A No-Till Non-Irrigated
1. Sunnybrook Farms, Inc.,
Richfield, NC—23O bu./acrc -
Pioneer 3163
2. Leon Rogers, Buchanan,
TN 228 buVacre - Northrup
King N 7590
3. Elwin Tanner, Union
City, TN 224 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3245
AA No-Till Non-Irrigated
1. Scott A. Sease, Laura, OH
209 bu./acre - Dekalb
DK642
2. Hugh W. Rodman, Rad
nor, OH 208.6 bu./acrc - As
grow RX699
3. Theodore J. Weydert, Ma
ple Paik, IL 208.5 bu./acre -
ICI 8481 IT
No-Till Irrigated
1. Bruce Ford Farms, Her
miston, OR 314 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3417
2. David O. Finger, Kenne
wick, WA 265 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3162
3. Diane & Mike Hawman,
Hermiston, OR 255 bu./acre
- Pioneer 3394
A Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated
1. Barbara Oswalt, Planters-
Sfy '>
ville, MS 209 bu7acre -
Pioneer 3163
2. Kenneth Oswalt. Planters
ville, MS 194 buVacrc -
Norttarup King NBO2O
3. Stuart Howard, Jackson
ville, NC 185 buVacre -
Pioneer 3163
AA Ridge-Till Non-Irri
gated
1. Eldon Gohn, Rochester,
IN 205 bu./acre - Pioneer
3489
2. Tim Carter, Princeton, IA
193 bu./acre - Dekalb
DK6O4
3. Mike Wolfe, Baltimore,
OH 190 bu./acre - Pioneer
3293
Ridge-Till Irrigated
1. Kenneth Beaver, Jr., Ster
ling, NE 269 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3162
2. Alan A. Danser, Cran
bury, NJ 252 bu./acre -
Pioneer 3245
3. Charles W. Abbe, Dal
hart, TX—247 bu./acre - NC+
7117
Irrigated
1. Hawman Farms, Inc.,
Henniston. OR 305 buVacre
- Pioneer 3489
2. Jeffrey A. Strebin, Pasco.
WA 287 bu./acre - Pioneer
3417
3. Riverview Ranches,
Chowchilla, CA - 277 bu./acre
- Pioneer 3162
The NCGA plans to honor
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each national winner along
with 489 state winners at this
year’s Commodity Classic,
February 25-27 in Phoenix,
AZ. “U.S. com growers de
serve recognition because we
continue to lead the nation and
the world in crop production.”
the NCGA leader said.
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