SELDEN — Jeff Wessel of Selden recently won state second place in the irrigated no-till division of the 2017 National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest. Wessel won with Pioneer hybrid 85G03, which yielded 116.15 bushels per acre.

DuPont Pioneer dominated the contest and won 76 percent of the 108 first-place state awards presented. Pioneer brand sorghum hybrid growers also won 18 of 24 national titles awarded in 2017.

First-, second- and third-place national honors were awarded in each of eight divisions, including dryland conventional-till, dryland double crop, dryland no-till, dryland reduced till, irrigated conventional-till, irrigated double crop, irrigated no-till and irrigated reduced-till.

“We are proud of Jeff Wessel’s performance using Pioneer brand sorghum hybrids in the 2017 NSP yield contest. Our high yield potential products have industry-leading agronomic traits and, when combined with strong management practices, demonstrate impressive productivity on their farm,” said Liesel Flansburg, DuPont Pioneer sorghum marketing manager. “We continue to increase our investment in sorghum research to develop products with the best yield potential and strong defensive traits like sugarcane aphid tolerance in a variety of growing environments and maturities.”

A detailed listing of individual winners can be found HERE.