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An area corn grower has been honored as a state winner in the 2011 National Corn Yield Contest, sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association.
Chris Bodenhausen of Muscotah placed first in the state in the A Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 239.869 bushels per acre.
The hybrid used in the winning field was DEKALB.
Bodenhausen was one of 411 state winners nationwide.
The 2011 contest had a record 8,431 entries from 46 states.
Of the state winners, 18 growers – three from each of eight classes – were named national winners, representing 12 states.
The average yield among national winners was 313.1 bushels per acre – greater than the 2011 U.S. average of 146.7 bushels per acre.
Ten entrants recorded yields of 300 bushels or more per acre.
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