Two local corn growers have been honored by the National Corn Growers Association for their efforts in the 2017 National Corn Yield Contest, according to a press release from the NCGA.
J. Howard Hobbs of Elkmont placed second in the state in the A Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 236.6382 bushels per acre. Jessie H. Hobbs of Elkmont also placed second in the state in the A No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 251.5775 bushels per acre. Both winning fields were in Alabama.T he contest included 7,269 entries from 46 states. Only 426 were named state winners, including J. Howard and Jessie.
"Our nation's corn farmers stepped up to the plate and hit a home run yet again in 2017," NCGA President Kevin Skunes said.
The average yield among national winners was more than 386 bushels per acre. Five of the national winners recorded yields of 400 bushels or more per acre, with one achieving a new world record of 542.274 bushels per acre.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Alabama averaged a yield of 167 bushels of corn per acre in 2017. Limestone County was the third-highest producer in Alabama, with more than 3.8 million bushels of corn and an average yield of 198.9 bushels per acre in 2017.
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