Winners of NCGA Corn Yield Contest Announced
USAgNet - 12/20/2024
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Yield Contest. Participants delivered outstanding yields, once again showcasing the ingenuity and resilience that define U.S. agriculture.
In its 60th year, the Yield Contest saw nearly 7,800 entries from farmers in 45 states. Entrants across the 10 production categories had verified yields averaging 284 bushels per acre. The highest yield for the year came out of Charles City, Virginia - 490.6276
bushels per acre in Class H (strip-till irrigated) for David Hula.
Looking back to its modest beginnings in 1965, NCGA's Yield Contest launched with just 20 entries across four states--Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. The winning corn yield that inaugural year was 218.9 bushels per acre. By 1968, the Yield Contest grew
to 412 entries spanning 34 states. Growth and progress continued to follow. Contest winners produced an average 246.69 bushels per acre in 1987 with more than 2,500 growers from 45 states.
"The Yield Contest continues to set the standard across the ag industry," said Illinois grower and NCGA President Kenneth Hartman, Jr. "This contest not only challenges farmers to showcase their expertise and innovation in growing successful corn crops, but it
also generates invaluable agronomic data that drives continuous improvement and future success across agriculture."
The 27 national, 535 state and 3 Class J winners will be honored by NCGA at Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, March 2 - March 4, 2025.
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