Des Moines, Iowa
December 15, 2008
Growers planting Pioneer® brand
sorghum hybrids recently won 14 of the 15 national categories in
the 2008 National Sorghum Producers' (NSP) Yield and Management
Contest. Ten of these growers won with Pioneer sorghum hybrid
84G62.
Farmers growing Pioneer sorghum hybrids finished first place in
four of the five national contest segments. First-, second- and
third-place national honors were awarded in each of the
segments.
In addition to national placings, growers planting Pioneer
sorghum hybrids captured 83 percent of all state category
placements.
Also, growers winning both grain "bin-buster" 2008 championships
also planted Pioneer sorghum hybrids. They were Chris Bass,
Bailey County, Texas with 201.76 bushels per acre in the
irrigated class and Brad Stephen from Daviess County, Ky., with
180.48 bushels per acre in the non-irrigated class. NSP contest
winners are awarded based on their ability to exceed established
USDA yield averages 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.
"We're pleased to see the outstanding results growers achieved
in the NSP contest this year with Pioneer sorghum hybrids," says
Jeff Dilbeck, Pioneer senior marketing manager, Lincoln, Neb.
"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 winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony at the
National Sorghum Producers Yield and Management Contest Awards
Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 27, during the 2009 Commodity Classic,
Feb. 24-28, 2009, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention
Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Details about individual winners can be found on the Pioneer Web
site at
http://www.pioneer.com/nsp. For more information about the
broad range of top-producing Pioneer products, growers should
contact their local Pioneer sales professional.
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