By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Northfield, MA) Mary, Dan, and Wanda Llewelyn of Northfield won state placements in the 2021 National Corn Yield Contest.
Mary won first place in the Conventional Irrigated Class and had a yield of 214.8776 bushels per acre. The winning field was located in Vermont, where she planted a hybrid species called Channel 203-01STXRIB. Dan placed second in Conventional Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 193.5604 bushels per acre with the hybrid seed Pioneer P9608AMTM in his winning field in Massachusetts. Wanda also placed second but in the Strip‐Till, Minimum‐Till, Mulch‐Till, Ridge‐Till Non‐Irrigated Class. Her winning field was in Massachusetts where she planted Pioneer P9608AMTM which yielded 205.1376 bushels per acre.
The national contest is used to collect data for efficiency and sustainability in agricultural production. It began in 1965 with just 20 entries from three different states. In 2021, there were 7,213 entries from 47 states competing across nine classes. All of the winners were invited to the 2022 Commodity Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana earlier this month on March 10-12th.
The National Corn Growers Association said that the competing “members contributed valuable data that will help all growers overcome incredible obstacles as they continue to drive efficient and sustainable agricultural production.”
Find out more about the NCGA, the competition, and the data they’ve collected at www.ncga.com.