Roger Hilliard, president of the Juneau/Adams/Marquette Corn Growers, recently honored top-yielding corn growers in the 2011 County corn yield contest including (from left) first place winner Zeb Zuehls, who recorded 235 bushels per acre; Joanne Dalton, third place winner with 226 bu/acre and Scott Parr, second place winner with a 232 bu/acre corn yield. (Photo submitted)

Marquette County corn grower records
highest yield in tri-county area

Palmyra, Wisconsin – December,27, 2011 – High yields registered by members of the Juneau/Adams/Marquette (JAM) corn growers are proof that Wisconsin corn growers enjoyed a favorable growing season in 2011.

In a yield contest sponsored by the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association (WCGA), Montello Corn Grower Zeb Zuehls recorded the highest tri-county yield with 235 bushels per acre, earning top honors and a $500 cash prize. Second prize of $250 went to Scott Parr of Grand Marsh with 232 bushels per acre and the $100 third prize was won by Joanne Dalton of Pardeeville with a 226 bushel per acre corn yield.

The WCGA state yield contest offered cash prizes to growers of first, second and third highest reported yields in four county corn grower organization as well as in an additional state catagory. Entry in the state corn yield contests was free, but was limited to current members of WCGA. Yields were verified at harvest by either a county agent or a professional agricultural consultant and confirmed by using either a weigh wagon or truck scale.

The highest overall state yield recorded in the 2011 WCGA contest was 302 bushels per acre by Grant County corn grower Eugene Steiger, who also took first place in the AA No-till/Strip Till division of this year’s and last year’s NCGA corn yield contest.

The WCGA represents the interest of state corn growers in the growing and managing of corn grown both for on-farm feeding and commercial sale. WCGA works with other organizations in areas of mutual concern, including sustainability, biotech issues, resistance management, farmland valuation, conservation, and the environment. WCGA brings together corn growers to provide information and education at regional corn conferences and the annual Wisconsin Corn/Soy EXPO. As part of the National Corn Growers Association, WCGA represents corn grower interests nationally and internationally and also sponsors the national corn yield contest.

For more information on Wisconsin Corn Growers Association visit the web site www.wicorn.org or contact Executive Director Bob Oleson by phone at 262-495-2232 or via E-mail at Wicorn@centurytel.com . You also can follow Wisconsin Corn Growers Association on Facebook, YouTube and via twitter at WIcornpro.