Centre Farmer Jamie Jordan Takes Home First Place In The National Corn Growers Corn Yield Contest

Centre farmer Jamie Jordan earned first-place state yield awards in the 2018 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest. Jordan was recognized as one of the top-yielding corn producers in the nation with DEKALB® DKC62-08 Brand corn yielding an impressive 273.81 bushels per acre in the No-Till/Strip-Till Irrigated category.

“We are proud to partner with innovative farmers who have a passion for success and a focus on high performance,” said Pete Uitenbroek, U.S. DEKALB®, Asgrow and Deltapine Market Lead. “DEKALB continues to provide superior products with exclusive genetics, developed by our industry-leading breeding program, to help farmers across America maximize yield and profit potential.”

The NCGA contest, currently in its 53rd year, challenges farmers to achieve record-setting yields as part of its search for methods that will help farmers everywhere. It’s NCGA’s most popular program with this year’s event producing 7,258 entries.

Jordan was among DEKALB winners who were recently recognized at the 2019 Commodity Classic held Feb. 28 to March 2 in Orlando, Florida, with an awards banquet and private concert featuring country music duo Brothers Osborne.  

In the 2018 NCGA yield contest, DEKALB farmers captured 9 of the 18 national awards and 164 first, second and third place awards at the state level, with 32 yielding more than 300 bushels per acre.

To learn more about maximizing yield performance and see a full list of DEKALB winners, visit DEKALB.com/YieldWinner or contact your local DEKALB Asgrow dealer.

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