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Des Moines, Iowa
December 14, 2001
Pioneer growers win first place
in all contest categories, while one grower tops 400 bushels
Growers producing Pioneer(R)
brand corn hybrids won 26 of 27 categories in the 2001
National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA) Corn Yield Contest, including one grower who broke the
400-bushel per acre mark for the first time in contest history.
Farmers growing Pioneer hybrids finished in first-place in all
nine classes. Among second-place winners, those growing Pioneer
hybrids won all nine categories and, among third-place winners,
growers producing Pioneer hybrids won eight of nine categories.
The highest yield within the contest was Francis Childs of
Manchester, Iowa, who planted Pioneer(R) brand 34M95 with a
yield of 408.22 bushels per acre. Winning in the national AA
non-irrigated class, the hybrid contained the YieldGard* gene,
providing resistance to European corn borer. Childs has made
NCGA contest history as the first grower to win with a yield
above the 400 bushel-an-acre hurdle.
"We're pleased to see the tremendous results that growers
achieved in the NCGA contest this year," says Bill Fleet,
Pioneer regional director for North American sales. "And we
congratulate Iowa grower Francis Childs, who continues to show
that diligence and careful production planning can result in
getting the most value from each acre of land."
The NCGA Corn Yield Contest is an annual national competition
among corn producers with the goal of producing the highest
yields. Growers compete within a broad range of nine corn
production classes, including conventional, no-till/strip-till
non-irrigated, no-till/strip-till irrigated, ridge-till
non-irrigated, ridge-till irrigated and irrigated classes.
For more information about Pioneer(R) brand corn hybrids
produced by contest winners and the broad range of top-producing
Pioneer products, growers should contact their local Pioneer
sales representative. More details about individual winners will
be found on the Pioneer Hi-Bred website at
http://www.pioneer.com
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont, 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, crop protection solutions, and quality
crop systems to customers in nearly 70 countries. DuPont is a
science company, delivering science-based solutions in food and
nutrition, health care, apparel, home and construction,
electronics and transportation that make a difference in
people's lives.
* Registered trademark of,
and used under license from, Monsanto Company.
Company news release
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