Table 1. Winners of the 2016 National Corn Growers Association corn yield contest.
Contest | Name | City | Brand Hybrid | Yield (bu/A) |
AA Non-Irrigated | Jeff Mezera | Bagley | Dekalb DKC60-69 | 288.7 |
AA No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated | Luke Mezera | Bagley | Dekalb DKC62-78 | 312.2 |
No-Till/Strip-Till Irrigated | Mark Bacon | Hancock | Dekalb DKC 53-56RIB | 277.2 |
Irrigated | Jeff Laskowski | Plover | Pioneer P0533AM1 | 289.0 |
Nationally, the highest yielding corn field was grown by Randy Dowdy of Valdosta, GA. He used AgriGold A6499STX/RIB to yield 521.4 bu/A. The highest recorded corn yield in the world was recorded in 2015 by David Hula of Charles City, VA, who grew 532.0 bu/A using Pioneer P1197AM. In Wisconsin, the highest recorded corn yield was grown in 2012 by Jeff Laskowski of Plover who grew Pioneer P0533AM1 that yielded 327.1 bu/A.
For more information on the results of this NCGA program, see http://www.ncga.com/for-farmers/national-corn-yield-contest.
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