Des Moines, Iowa
December 17, 2007
DuPont today congratulated David Hula and the other 19
growers who won national titles using
Pioneer® brand hybrids in
the 2007 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Corn Yield
contest. Farmers planting Pioneer brand hybrids won 75 percent
of the 27 national spots in the annual contest. The winners were
announced earlier today.
Hula, of Charles City, VA, attained the highest overall yield of
385.58 bushels per acre with Pioneer brand 33M57. He won in the
national no-till/strip-till irrigated category.
In the national contest, eight of the growers planting Pioneer
brand hybrids placed first, second or third with yields greater
than 300 bushels per acre.
Farmers growing Pioneer hybrids finished in first place in six
national classes. Among second-place winners, those growing
Pioneer hybrids won seven categories and, among third-place
winners, growers planting Pioneer hybrids won seven of nine
categories.
"Each year, we continue to see growers planting Pioneer corn
hybrids succeed in the NCGA Corn Yield contest and we're
thrilled that these growers choose Pioneer products for these
winning yields," said Paul Schickler, DuPont vice president and
general manager and Pioneer president. "We're especially
impressed with the high yields our customers have with Pioneer
corn products this year. That says a lot about the value Pioneer
hybrids bring to the bottom line of growers in North America.
"In 2008, our customers will be challenged to generate still
higher yields to meet the growing demand for corn for ethanol
and other traditional markets," Schickler said. "We're very
confident that they will meet that need, especially with the
high-yielding choices of Pioneer corn hybrids available with the
latest technologies to match the production demands of each
acre."
The NCGA Corn Yield contest is an annual national competition
among corn growers with the goal of producing the highest
yields. Growers compete in nine corn production classes,
including non-irrigated (A and AA),
no-till/strip-till non-irrigated (A and AA), no-till/strip-till
irrigated, ridge-till non-irrigated (A and AA), ridge-till
irrigated and irrigated classes.
For a list of national winners, yield totals and hybrids
numbers, go to
http://www.pioneer.com/ncga.
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