Des Moines, Iowa
December 20, 2007
DuPont today congratulated growers planting
Pioneer® brand sorghum
hybrids who recently won 12 of the 15 national categories in the
2007 National Sorghum Producers' (NSP) Yield and Management
contest. Ten of these growers won with Pioneer® brand sorghum
hybrid 84G62.
Farmers growing Pioneer® sorghum hybrids finished first place in
all five national contest segments. First-, second- and
third-place national honors were awarded in each segment.
In addition, growers winning both "bin-buster" 2007
championships also planted Pioneer® sorghum hybrids. They were
Ki Gamble, Kiowa County, Kan., with 202.96 bushels per acre in
the irrigated class and Jon Robinson from Union County, Ken.,
with 177.31 bushels per acre in the non-irrigated class. NSP
contest winners are awarded based on their ability to exceed
established USDA yield average for the county where the contest
field is grown; the "bin-buster" awards are given to the actual
highest yield gained in irrigated and non-irrigated categories.
The NSP Yield and Management contest is an annual competition
among sorghum producers with the goal of producing the highest
yields. Growers compete within a broad range of sorghum
production classes, including conventional-till irrigated,
conventional-till non-irrigated, mulch-till non-irrigated,
no-till non-irrigated and reduced-till irrigated.
In addition to national placings, growers planting Pioneer®
sorghum hybrids also captured a majority of the state awards.
Among state winners, growers planting Pioneer® sorghum hybrids
won 77 percent of all category placements.
"We're pleased to see the outstanding results growers achieved
in the NSP contest this year," said Paul Schickler, DuPont vice
president and general manager and Pioneer president. "The
attentive management practices of these growers, along with
strong performing products, led to their success. Having the
majority of the top-yielding hybrids in this contest shows the
advantages Pioneer products bring to the financial bottom line
of sorghum producers."
National and state winners will be recognized at an awards
ceremony at the Sorghum Sector Breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 12,
during the 2008 National Sorghum Producers and U.S. Grains
Council Conference, Feb. 11-12, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency, San
Antonio, Texas.
For more information about the broad range of top-producing
Pioneer products, growers should contact their local Pioneer
sales professional.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading
source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers
and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des
Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics
in nearly 70 countries.
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