Three NC+ Hybrids growers received top honors in the 2003 National Grain Sorghum Yield and Management Contest. 

Capturing second-place in the national No-Till Non-Irrigated Division were James and Dana Born of Ochiltree County, Texas.  Their entry of NC+ 6B50 averaged 127.58 bushels per acre, 89 bushels over the county average. 

Another national second-place winner was TD Farms of Baca County, Colorado.  Their entry of NC+ Y363 was second in the Conventional-Till Irrigated category with a yield of 158.39 bushels per acre, 91 bushels over the county average.

Among all irrigated categories, the special food-grade sorghum award winner was 3M Farms, Inc., of Seward County, Kansas.  Their field of NC+ 7W92 turned out a yield of 152.82 bushels per acre, topping the county average by 61 bushels per acre.

NC+ entries also garnered several of the top state awards in the sorghum yield contest:

Colorado

1^st Place, Conventional Till Irrigated—TD Farms, Baca County, NC+ Y363, 158.39 b/a

Kansas

Irrigated Food-Grade Sorghum Special Award Winner, Reduced-Till Irrigated—3M Farms, Seward County, NC+ 7W92, 152.82 b/a

Nebraska

2^nd Place, Reduced-Till Irrigated—Ebbers Farms, Inc., Jefferson County, NC+ 7R37E, 159.81 b/a

New Mexico

1^st Place, Mulch-Till Non-Irrigated—Rex Rush, Quay County, NC+ Y363, 31.55 b/a

Oklahoma

1st Place, Reduced-Till Irrigated—Scott Arthaud, Cimarron County, NC+ 5C35, 134.86 b/a
2^nd Place, Reduced-Till Irrigated—Mark Bay of Bay & Bay Farms, Ellis County, NC+ 5B89, 81 b/a
2^nd Place, Conventional-Till Non-Irrigated—Mark Bay of Bay & Bay Farms, Ellis County, NC+ 5C35, 73.06 b/a

Texas

1^st Place, No-Till Non-Irrigated—James and Dana Born, Ochiltree County, NC+ 6B50, 127.58 b/a
2^nd Place, No-Till Non-Irrigated—Weinheimer Farms, Carson County, NC+ Y363, 69.76 b/a 

National and state winners will be recognized at an awards banquet during the 2004 Sorghum Industry Conference February 15-17 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

NC+ Hybrids, based in Lincoln, Neb., is one of the largest independent seed companies in the United States.  Farmer-owned for 45 years, NC+ nationally markets corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, forage sorghum, sudangrass, alfalfa and sunflowers.  NC+ offers the latest seed technologies including YieldGard® Rootworm, YieldGard® Corn Borer, YieldGard® Plus, Roundup Ready® , CLEARFIELD® and Liberty Link® .