Des Moines, Iowa, USA
December 19, 2017

DuPont Pioneer congratulates growers who placed in 18 of the 24 national categories in the 2017 National Sorghum Producers (NSP) Yield and Management Contest with Pioneer® brand sorghum hybrids. Growers who planted Pioneer brand sorghum hybrids won 6 of 10 first-place, national category finishes. 

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, irrigated reduced-till.

In addition, Pioneer won 82 of 108 state titles, representing 76 percent of all first-place state category placements.

“We are proud of these growers and the performance of 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, show sorghum growers what’s possible on their farm,” said Liesel Flansburg, DuPont Pioneer sorghum marketing manager. “We continue to expand our investment in sorghum research to bring the industry products with the best yield potential, defensive traits like sugarcane aphid tolerance and agronomic characteristics they need regardless of growing environment.”

A detailed listing of individual winners can be found at www.pioneer.com/nsp/.

For more information about the broad range of top-producing Pioneer brand sorghum products, growers should contact their local Pioneer sales professional.

Website: http://www.pioneer.com

Published: December 20, 2017