Heath Cutrell of Virginia is the overall winner of the National Corn Growers Association yield contest with yield exceeding 394 bushels per acre. This was in the conventional, non-irrigated category. For the state winners, Kevin Bauer of Hastings wins the Minnesota contest with a yield of 324 bushels per acre. Bauer was in the convention, irrigated category with a Pioneer hybrid. Berlin, North Dakota farmer Bruce Huber had the top state yield. It was just under 300 bushels per acre with a Dekalb hybrid. In South Dakota, David Waldner of Clark planted a Pioneer hybrid and yielded 309 bushels per acre in a conventional, non-irrigated production system.
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