2024 NCGA National Corn Yield Contest
For our farmers, high yields are grown from even higher standards. The same holds true for DEKALB® brand. Rising above the best is what makes us both champions.
Champions are made here.
Ready to take the lead? You came to the right place.
Your path to success begins here. Entry is now open.
Never settling means always competing. It’s time to rise above the best and enter the 2024 NCGA National Corn Yield Contest. In addition to bragging rights, you could also win $10,000 and a trip to the 2025 Commodity Classic. The farmer entry deadline is Aug. 14, 2024, and the harvest data entry deadline is Nov. 30, 2024. Set the new standard of a champion.
Will you find yourself on this list of champions?
Here are our previous winners, where they come from and what products they grew.
| Name | National Rank | Field State | Class | Brand | Yield |
| Kevin Kalb | 1 | IN | B: Conventional Non-Irrigated** | DKC68-35RIB | 425.86 |
| Alex Harrell | 2 | GA | H: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Irrigated | DKC68-95 | 401.94 |
| Shawn Kalb | 1 | IN | D: No-Till Non-Irrigated** | DKC66-06RIB | 399.78 |
| Heath Cutrell | 1 | VA | A: Conventional Non-Irrigated | DKC68-35RIB | 396.12 |
| Temple Rhodes | 1 | MD | I: Conventional Irrigated | DKC63-91RIB | 375.68 |
| JR Newcomb | 2 | VA | I: Conventional Irrigated | DKC68-35RIB | 366.26 |
| Naaman Cullers | 3 | MO | I: Conventional Irrigated | DKC68-35RIB | 363.52 |
| Rhylan Kalb | 1 | IN | F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated** | DKC66-06RIB | 363.12 |
| Troy Uphoff | 2 | IL | B: Conventional Non-Irrigated** | DKC64-21RIB | 362.5 |
| Joshua Watson | 2 | TN | A: Conventional Non-Irrigated | DKC67-44RIB | 344.9 |
| Corey Farrens | 3 | OH | B: Conventional Non-Irrigated** | DKC63-91RIB | 340.47 |
| Kelly Padgett | 1 | KY | C: No-Till Non-Irrigated | DKC68-35RIB | 337.32 |
| Steve Van Bogaert | 2 | WI | D: No-Till Non-Irrigated** | DKC63-91RIB | 327.94 |
| James Justice | 2 | WV | C: No-Till Non-Irrigated | DKC62-08 | 324.90 |
| Trent Uphoff | 3 | IL | D: No-Till Non-Irrigated** | DKC65-84RIB | 324.84 |
| Don Jackson | 3 | OH | F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated** | DKC66-06RIB | 324.7 |
| Julia Rigdon | 3 | MD | C: No-Till Non-Irrigated | DKC59-82RIB | 324.55 |
| Jeff Koelzer | 3 | KS | E: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated | DKC68-35RIB | 322.37 |
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