National Corn Growers Association
Announces Corn Yield Contest Winners
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Francis
Childs has done it again. The
Manchester, lowa, farmer pro
duced 357.3 bushels per acre to
reclaim first place in the 2000
National Com Yield Contest
(NCYC).
The popular National Com
Growers Association (NCGA)
contest drew more than 3,500
farmers from throughout the
nation.
While they earned him the
top prize in the 2000 NCYC,
Childs’ yields were down signifi
cantly from his 1999 record
yield of 393.7 bushels per acre
citing a hailstorm that reduced
his plant population and low
ered his overall yield.
Weather once again played a
significant role in yields ranging
from the winning 357.3 bushels
to the lowest national yield of
216.7 bushels per acre.
“It’s interesting to note that
the majority of the winners were
east of the Mississippi River,”
said NCGA President Lee Klein
of Battle Creek, Neb. “Growers
in eastern states who endured
devastating droughts in previ
ous years finally enjoyed better
than-ideal growing conditions
this year.”
He noted that hot and dry
conditions pulled yields down in
Nebraska and Kansas while a
store that passed through the
central Corn Belt before harvest
damaged crops in key corn
growing states like lowa and
Illinois.
“However, despite this kind
of adversity, our growers once
again showed their true skills
and knowledge when it comes to
production agriculture,” Klein
said.
Winners of this year’s N,CY£
will be recognized at the 2001
Commodity Classic, the annual
combined convention and trade
show of the NCGA and the
American Soybean Association
Feb. 25-27 in San Antonio,
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Texas. Along with national rec
ognition, winners receive prizes
from participating seed and
crop protection companies.
Contest participants also im
prove their operations by getting
a unique opportunity to com
pare their own proven com pro
duction capabilities with
farmers in their states and
across the country. The NCYC’s
goal is to educate farmers on im
proving their methods of pro
duction to increase profitability
while addressing environmental
concerns.
A complete list of winners will
be posted on the NCGA web site
www.ncga.com.
Following are class descrip
tions: Class AA States: This
combines com growers from Illi
nois, Indiana, lowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin;
Class A States: The 41 continen
tal U.S. states, not included in
the list of AA states.
Following is a list of winners.
ANON-IRRIGATED
CLASS
James Justice, Beckley, Virginia, West
Virginia, Pioneer, 3245, 265.139 bushels
per acre.
Bobby Woodall, Decherd, Tennessee,
Tennessee, Pioneer, 31G98,254.8 bushels
per acre.
David Peterson, Loretto, Kentucky, Ken
tucky, Pioneer, 33J56,252.214 bushels per
acre.
AANON-IRRIGATED
CLASS
Francis Childs, Manchester, lowa, lowa,
Pioneer, 34824,357,306 bushels per acre.
Scott Hoerr, Quincy, Missoun, Illinois,
Pioneer, 32J49,262.929 bushels per acre.
Kathy little, Hebron, Indiana, Indiana,
Pioneer, 34824,251.878 bushels per acre.
ANOTILL/STRIP
TILLNON-IRRIGATED
CLASS
David Hula, Charles City, Virginia, Vir
ginia, Pioneer, 33Y11.308.585 bushels per
acre.
Jay Justice, Beckley, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Pioneer, 3245, 272.412 bushels per
acre. i
Tim Bishop, Queenstown, Maryland,
Maryland, Campbell, 6958 T, 254.407
bushels per acre.
AA NO TILL/STRAP
TILL NON-IRRIGATEO
CLASS
Anna Hoerr, Quincy, Missoun, Illinois, Pi
oneer, 32J49,277.839 bushels per acre.
Rick Unger, Greenfield, Ohio, Ohio, Pio
neer, 33Y18,269.632 bushels per acre.
Robert Little, Hebron, Indiana, Indiana,
Pioneer, 33J24,255.063 bushels per acre.
NOTILL/STRIP
TILL IRRIGATED CLASS
Kenneth Beaver, Sterling, Nebraska Ne
braska, Pioneer, 33P67, 289.551 bushels
per acre.
Mark Millard, Hermiston, Washington,
Oregon, Pioneer, 33P66, 278.488 bushels
per acre.
Kevin Cobb, Davisboro, Georgia,
Georgia, Pioneer, 3163, 271.038 bushels
per acre.
A RIDGE TILL
NON-IRRIGATED CLASS
James Wise, M.D.. Weleetka, Oklahoma.
UNIVERSITY PARK
(Centre Co.) Patreese
Ingram, assistant professor of
agricultural and extension edu
cation in Penn State’s College of
Agricultural Sciences, received
the USDA Cooperative State
Research, Education and Exten
sion Service’s “National Annual
Award for Diversity” for her ex
ceptional leadership in diversity
education.
“This award recognizes the
cultural sensitivity and appreci
ation for diversity in Dr In
gram’s programming, as we’l as
the large number and variety of
people she’s reached,” said Tod
Alter, associate vice president
for outreach and director of
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion. “She has provided extraor
dinary leadership and made an
uncommonly significant contri
bution towards the achievement
of diversity in extension pro
gramming.”
“This is a very special honor
and the highest national award
that is given within the land
grant system for diversity,” said
Marilyn Corbin, Penn State Co
operative Extension’s state pro-
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Oklahoma, Pioneer, 35N0S, 226.067 bush
els per acre.
Santmo Santini, Stowartsville. New
Jersey, New Jersey, DeKalb, DKSB9RR,
222.748 bushels per acre.
John Hilderbrand, Tallulah, Louisiana,
Louisiana, Pioneer, 31R88,216.69 bushels
per acre.
AARIDOETILL
NON-IRRIOATED CLASS
Porter Farms, Mercer, lowa, Missoun,
Pioneer, 32P76,257.744 bushels per acre.
Darrell Klein, Liberty, Indiana, Indiana,
Pioneer, 33J24,238.488 bushels per acre.
Gary Neal Porter, Mercer, lowa, Miss
ouri, Pioneer, 32P76, 223.233 bushels per
acre.
gram leader for children, youth,
and families. “We are most
proud and pleased that Dr.
Ingiam has earned it.”
By the year 2056, people of
color including African
Americans, Hispanics, Asian
and Pacific Islanders, and
American Indians, Eskimos and
Aleuts are expected to be the
majority population in the
United States. As our society be
comes more diverse, Ingram ex
plains, it’s important that we
learn to appreciate and under
stand our differences and to
work effectively with people
who are unlike ourselves.
“We may not see diversity in
our immediate community,” she
said, “but our children will ex
perience it.”
Ingram’s programs are de
signed to increase people’s
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RIDGE TILL
IRRIGATED CLASS
Chris Beaver, Sterling, Nebraska, Ne
braska, Pioneer, 32M38, 303.1798 bushels
per acre.
William and Lora Sharkey, Hermiston,
Oregon, Oregon, Pioneer, 33850, 275.926
bushels per acre.
Mike Meads, Hermiston, Oregon,
Oregon, Pioneer, 33R87, 261.437 bushels
per acre.
IRRIGATED
CLASS
Leila Beaver, Sterling, Nebraska, Ne
braska, Pioneer, 33851, 305.974 bushels
per acre.
Clarklmd Farms, Tulare, California, Cali
fornia, Pioneer, 32J55,291.547 bushels per
acre.
Alvin Hams & Sons, Inc., Pasco, Wash
ington, Washington, Pioneer, 34W67,
289.81 bushels per acre.
awareness and appreciation of
differences, as well as their abil
ity to communicate and relate
effectively with diverse popula
tions. These differences may in
clude age, class, ethnicity,
gender, physical and mental
ability, race, sexual orientation,
and spiritual practice. Her pro
grams have impacted many
people in the state. She also has
reached people in other states
through her Website (http://A
gExtEd.cas.psu.edu/FCS/pi/
pimenu.html), publications, ar
ticles in national journals, and
presentations at national confer
ences and meetings.
The National Diversity
Award is sponsored by the Sub-
Committee on Extension Diver
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the Personnel and Organization
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