Record Corn Yield Contest Entries

Once again, corn growers increased the number of entries in the National Corn Yield Contest and even though there were no record-setting yields, they were still as much as double the average.

This year was the 45th year for the contest sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association and the number of entries totaled nearly 7,000 – up 3.5 percent from last year.

All 24 winners in eight production categories had verified yields averaging more than 300 bushels per acre, compared to the projected national average of 162.9 bushels per acre. Winning yields topped out at 346.0156 bushels per acre, which is lower than last year, but still pretty darn good considering the weird weather we’ve had!

I would be curious to know what the winning yields were the first years of the contest, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere on-line. Maybe some NCGA person could find those numbers and let us know. I would think it couldn’t have been more than maybe 150 bushels at the most, since average yields about that time were under 100 bushels per acre.

National winners will be honored during the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim.