National Yield Contest Names Winners
ST LOUIS, Mo. Several
area com growers were hon
ored at a recent national yield
contest.
Clarence A. Keener Jr. of
Manheim, Pa. placed first in the
A nonirrigated class with a
yield of 237.36 bushels per
acre. Keener used a Pioneer
3335 hybrid.
Clifford Stoltzfus of
Cochranville, Pa. placed third
in the state in the A nonirrigated
class with a yield of 232.07
bushels per acre. Hybrid used
with Pioneer 3335.
Rhoda Mast of Morgantown,
Pa. placed first in the state in the
no-till irrigated class with a
yield of 194.12 bushels per acre
using Pioneer 3260.
Matthew Maximuck of Doy
lestown placed second in the
state in the no-till irrigated class
with a yield of 138.24 bushels
per acre using Dekalb DK623.
The local operation was one
of 482 state winners named in
nine classes in the 1996 contest.
About 3,700 growers from
throughout the nation’s corn
producing areas entered the
competition, up from a little
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Corn growers Clarence and Anna Keener of Man
helm were recognized recently as state winner In the
1996 National Corn Yield Contest, sponsored by the
NCGA. Lynn Chrlsp, left, a farmer from Nebraska and
chairman of the contest advisory committee, pre
sented the award during the Commodity Classic in
Tampa, Fla.
more than 3,300 entrants in test entrants was 188 bushels
1995. per atrc 61 bushels per acre
The average yield for all con-
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Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1997—Page 11
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin
Co.) Plans are nearly com
plete for the 1998 Pennsylvania
Com and Soybean Conference
to be held Feb. 13 at the Holi
day Inn at Grantville, just north
of Harrisburg on 1-81.
Mark your calendar and plan
tp attend.
Leading off this year’s prog
ram will be Dr. Robert Steele,
the new dean of the Penn State
College of Agricultural Sci
ences. Keynote speaker this
year will be Paul Knight, the
age of 127 bushels per acre. The
482 winners produced an aver
age yield of 203 bushels per
acre.
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“Those kinds of yields show
how amazing our crop is.” said
Wallie Hardie, National Com
Growers Association (NCGA)
president.
The National Com Yield
Contest (NCYC) was spon
sored by NCGA. The award
ceremony was held during the
recent Commodity Gassic in
Tampa, Fla.
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Pennsylvania State climatolo
gist who regularly appears on
“Weather World.” Paul will
discuss the weather in the past
season and trends in Pennsylva
nia’s climate, including the
potential for global wanning.
Marie Mattingly, agronomist
with Hoffman Seeds, will pro
vide an overview of the last
growing season for com and
soybeans. Other spekers will
address soybean breeding
issues and soybean market
development.
Dr. Lou Moore, from Penn
State economist, will also be on
hand to give his perspective on
market conditions for 1998.
The conference will also
include ag industry exhibitors,
5-Acre Com Club and Soybean
Yield Contest awards, and
reports from the Pennsylvania
Master Com Growers and the
Pennsylvania Soybean Board.
Certified crop adviser credits
will be available from the con
ference in pest management
and crop production. Pesticide
applicator credits will be avail
able as well.
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