State Corn Yield Contest Winners

The winners of the 2016 National Corn Growers Association corn yield contest were announced recently. The highest yield recorded in Wisconsin during 2016 was by Luke Mezera of Bagley who grew Dekalb DKC62-78 which yielded 312.2 bu/A. Winners of the four contests that Wisconsin corn growers are eligible for are shown in Table 1.


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.

State Crop Hybrid/Variety Trials: A Wealth of Information

Seed is one of the best ways to transfer technology to the farm-gate. Every year universities across the country conduct crop hybrid/variety evaluation programs. The purpose of these programs is to provide unbiased performance comparisons of crop varieties and hybrids available commercially to farmers. These trials are important because slight increases in yield can translate into huge economic impacts for farmers. For example, a one bushel increase by U.S. corn farmers across 90 million acres increases farm income $180 to $450 million depending upon corn price ($2 to $5 per bushel). Recent corn yields have been increasing at the rate of 2 bushels per acre year.

Click below to get the latest crop hybrid/variety results.

State	Corn	Soybean	Wheat	All
Colorado	2016	---	2016	2016
Iowa	2016	2016	---	2016
Illinois	2016	2016	2016	2016
Indiana	2016	2016	---	2016
Kansas	2016	2016	2016	2016
Kentucky	2016	2016	2016	2016
Michigan	2016	2016	2016	2016
Minnesota	2016	2016	2016	2016
Missouri	2016	2016	2016	2016
Nebraska	2016	2016	2016	2016
North Dakota	2016	2016	2016	2016
Ohio	2016	2016	2016	---
Pennsylvania	2016	2016	2016	---
South Dakota	2016	2016	2016	2016
Wisconsin	2016	2016	2016	---

2016 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials

2016 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
Grain - Silage - Specialty - Organic

Every year, the University of Wisconsin Extension-Madison and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences conduct a corn evaluation program, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association. The purpose of this program is to provide unbiased performance comparisons of hybrid seed corn available in Wisconsin. These trials evaluate corn hybrids for both grain and silage production performance. In 2016, grain and silage performance trials were planted at fourteen locations.

Situation: A one bushel increase by Wisconsin corn farmers increases farm income $8 to $32 million dollars depending upon corn price.

Objective: To provide unbiased performance comparisons of hybrid seed corn available in Wisconsin.

These results are a ''Consumer Report'' for commercial corn hybrids. The trials evaluate grain, silage, and systems including organic, transgenic and refuge systems.