The National Corn Growers Association is welcoming growers to enter its 55th annual National Yield Contest. The contest began in 1965 with 20 entries from four states and has grown to more than 7,200 entries from 46 states last year. Speaking from the tractor while planting his 2019 crop, Virginia farmer and owner of multiple yield records, David Hula, says the yield contest is a learning process that improves your crop…

After years of entering and winning the contest, Hula says he continues to participate because the  lessons learned by achieving a record crop can be carried over to the rest of the farm…

He says high-yields start with seed selection and the planter…

Hula says his goal this year is to reach or improve his personal best yields…

He says by participating, growers will learn more about how to grow a high-yielding crop and learn from other farmers…

A grower must have an NCGA Membership number to have an entry in the contest which can only be obtained from NCGA. You can find both entry and harvest rules at NCGA.com. The entry period opened Monday and will close June 30th.