CORN-YIELD WINNERS NAMED

Yields of more than 250 bushels an acre netted two Southeast Missouri farmers No. 1 positions in the 1994 National Corn Growers Association National Corn Yield Growers Contest in Missouri.

The highest yield reported was by Tim and Tom Davis of Perryville. The Davises harvested 251.50 bushels an acre, good for first place in the Class AA Non-Irrigated Division of the contest in Missouri.

Paul Lampher's 250.94 bushel-per-acre yield was good for first place in the Irrigated Division of the annual contest.

Lampher of Advance and the Davises used Pioneer brand hybrids and were two of the 301 state and national titles won with Pioneer hybrids out of the total 471 awards.

The winning entry submitted by the Davises was planted April 26 in a field that was flooded in 1993. The Pioneer hybrid 3245 was planted in 30-inch rows using a Kinze 2000 planter with a planter rate of 28,600 seeds an acre.

The Davises applied 217 pounds of nitrogen, 66 pounds of phosphorus and 66 pounds or potash per acre.

The winning entry was harvested Nov. 3 at 16.3 percent moisture.

Paul Lampher also planted Pioneer hybrid 3245 April 19, in a field that had raised soybeans in 1993. He used 30-inch rows and a Case-IH planter at the rate of 30,000 seeds an acre. Lampher applied 300 pounds of nitrogen, 60 pounds of phosphorus and 100 pounds of potash per acre. He also used 10 pounds of sulfur per acre.

Sprinkle irrigation was used to water the crop, which was harvested Aug. 30 at 23.8 percent moisture.

Other Southeast Missouri award winners, also using Pioneer hybrids:

Norman P. Reiss of Norman Reiss and Sons Farms of Perryville, 237.34 bushels per acre, for first in Class AA No-Till Non-Irrigated; Jennifer T. Hinkebein of Chaffee, 237.01 bushels per acre, for second in the Irrigated Division; Mike Reiminger of Chaffee, 235.58 bushels per acre, second in the Class AA No-Till Non-Irrigated Division; Rus Lampher of Advance, Paul Lampher's son, 228.81 bushels per acre, second in No-Till Irrigated Division; Joe Lumsden of Scott City, 182.19 bushels per acre, second in the Class AA Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated Division; and John and Andrew Gaines of Oran, 197.71 bushels per acre, third in the No-Till Irrigated Division.