NC+ Hybrids grain sorghum producers won several national, state and county awards in the 2006 National Sorghum Yield and Management Contest, sponsored by the National Sorghum Producers.

National and state winners will be recognized Jan. 14-17 at the 2007 National Sorghum Producers and Southern Seed Association Joint Conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

"It's always good to see NC+ growers recognized for their hard work, production and management skills," says Doug Gloystein, NC+ general manager. "NC+ works hard to provide growers with access to industry-leading germplasm and agronomic traits that support their bottom line success."

NC+ national winners included Randy Cain Farms of Texico, N.M., first place in the conventional-till irrigated division with an NC+ 7R83 yield of 172 bushels an acre, and James and Dana Born of Booker, Tex., third place in the no-till non-irrigated division with their NC+ 5B89 yield of 132 bushels an acre.

Both NC+ entries also placed first in their respective state and county competitions.

Other NC+ State and County Winners

• Kenton Patzkowsky of Balko, Okla., first-place in the Oklahoma no-till non-irrigated competition with his NC+ 5C35 entry of 88 bushels an acre. Patzkowsky's entry also finished first in the Beaver County, Okla., no-till non-irrigated division.

• James and Dana Born of Booker, Tex., first-place in the Texas mulch-till non-irrigated competition with their NC+ 5B89 entry of 112 bushels an acre. The Born entry also finished first in the Ochiltree County, Tex., mulch-till non-irrigated division. 

• Wink Farms of Panhandle, Tex., second-place in the Texas mulch-till non-irrigated competition with the NC+ 7C22 entry of 110 bushels an acre. The Wink Farms' entry finished first in the Potter County, Tex., mulch-till non-irrigated division.

• CJ and Barbara Unruh Farm of Dalhart, Tex., second-place in the Texas conventional-till non-irrigated state competition with the NC+ Y363 entry of 87 bushels an acre. The CJ and Barbara Unruh Farm entry finished first in the Dallam County, Tex., conventional-till non-irrigated division.

• Courtright Farms of Beaver City, Neb., first-place in the no-till non-irrigated Furnas County, Neb., competition with the NC+ 6C21 entry of 93 bushels an acre.

With access to leading genetic and technology traits, NC+ Hybrids, Inc. independently markets the NC+ brand of seed corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, forage sorghum, sudangrass and alfalfa as an operating subsidiary of Channel Bio Corp. For more information, visit the NC+ web site at www.nc-plus.com.