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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2002
Contact: Fred Stemme, MCGA, at (800) 827-4181
or Gary Bradley, NCGA, at (314) 412-1838

MISSOURI CORN GROWERS ANNOUNCE
2002 CORN YIELD CONTEST WINNERS

The Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) is pleased to announce the Missouri winners of the 2002 National Corn Yield Contest. MCGA and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) sponsor the National Corn Yield Contest in Missouri. According to the NCGA, 3,286 farmers from across the nation and 177 farmers from Missouri took part in the 2002 contest. The resulting top yields from farmers who placed first, second and third places in the respective categories of the National Corn Yield Contest ranged from 442 to 215 bushels per acre.

The Missouri winners according to class and agronomic practice follow. (Legend for winners: Class and Placing, Winner and/or Farm Name, Winner and/or Field City, Hybrid Brand and Number, Yield in Bushels per Acre.)

National Class Winners from Missouri:

1st Place AA Ridge-Till, Non-Irrigated Class: Gary Porter, Mercer, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 243 bushels/acre
2nd Place AA Ridge-Till, Non-Irrigated Class: Cox Farms, Delta, MO, Pioneer 3G98, 239 bushels/acre
3rd Place AA Ridge-Till, Non-Irrigated Class: Matthew Cox, Scott City, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 233 bushels/acre

Missouri Class Winners:

Non-Irrigated Class
1. Todd Binder, Table Rock, NE, Pioneer 33R77, 235 bushels /acre
2. Roy Ritchhart, Ritchhart Farms, Carrollton, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 234 bushels /acre
3. William Placke, Placke Farms, Carrollton, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 233 bushels/acre

No-Till, Non-Irrigated Class
1. Ashley Hoerr, Quincy, IL, CROW'S 4833 B, 236 bushels /acre
2. Jason Kurtz, Kurtz Farms Inc, Forest City, MO, Pioneer 34B24, 217 bushels/acre
3. Robert Ray, Unionville, MO, Agventure 782, 214 bushels /acre

No-Till, Irrigated Class
1. Glenda Hinkebein, Chaffee, MO, DEKALB DK647BtY, 246 bushels /acre
2. Charles Cobb, Cobb Farms, Montgomery City, MO, Syngenta NX6900, 217 bushels /acre
3. Rus Lanpher, Advance, MO, Pioneer 32W86, 202 bushels /acre

Ridge-Till, Non-Irrigated Class
1. Gary Neal Porter, Porter Farms, Mercer, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 243 bushels /acre
2. Cox Farms, Delta, MO, Pioneer 31G98, 239 bushels /acre
3. Matthew Cox, Scott City, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 233 bushels /acre

Ridge-Till, Irrigated Class
1. Jerry Cox, J and J Farms, Delta, MO, Pioneer 33P67, 249 bushels /acre
2. Ashley Hinkebein, Chaffee, MO, Pioneer 31G98, 220 bushels /acre
3. Nancy Reiminger, Reiminger Farms, Chaffee, MO, Great Lakes 6301Bt, 180 bushels/acre

Irrigated Class
1. Matthew Cox, J & M Farms, Scott City, MO, Pioneer 33R77, 261 bushels/acre
2. Paul Lanpher, Lanpher Farms, Advance, MO, Pioneer 33R93, 250 bushels/acre
3. Charles Hinkebein, Chaffee, MO, DEKALB DKC69-70, 241 bushels /acre

Missouri winners in the National Corn Yield Contest will be recognized by MCGA at the Show-Me Ag Classic on February 5-6, 2003 in Columbia, MO. Winners will also be recognized at the 2003 Commodity Classic, the annual combined convention and trade show of NCGA and the American Soybean Association, in late February. For more information on the National Corn Yield Contest, visit the NCGA Website.

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Š2001 Missouri Corn Growers Association
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