DuPont Congratulates Albracht for Highest Overall Yield in 2008 Corn Growers Contest
today congratulated
who won national titles using Pioneer(R) brand hybrids in the 2008 National
Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Corn Yield contest. Farmers planting
Pioneer(R) brand hybrids won 70 percent of the 24 national spots in the annual
contest.
Albracht attained the highest overall yield of 368.27 bushels per acre
with Pioneer(R) brand 31N30 (HXX/LL/RR2). He won in the national irrigated
category.
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the right hybrid on the right acre and practice savvy management skills,” said
manager. “Just as in the past, he and others have turned to Pioneer to
maximize their yields. We are honored to be able to contribute our science and
service to their success.”
In the national contest, eight of the growers planting Pioneer brand
hybrids placed first, second or third with yields greater than 300 bushels per
acre. “These growers are proving that 300-bushel yields are a reality today,
and not something we have to wait for decades to achieve,” Schickler said.
The NCGA Corn Yield contest is an annual national competition among corn
growers with the goal of producing the highest yields. Growers compete in
eight corn production classes, including non-irrigated (A and AA),
no-till/strip-till non-irrigated (A and AA), no-till/strip-till irrigated,
ridge-till non-irrigated, ridge-till irrigated and irrigated classes.
For a list of national winners, yield totals and hybrids numbers, go to
http://www.pioneer.com/ncga.
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