2023 NCGA National Corn Yield Contest Results
Talk about a winnings streak: No seed has produced more national winners than DEKALB brand over the past three years.
Champions are made here.
Ready to take the lead? You came to the right place.
Meet our champions.
Here they are: the most accomplished farmers of the year. Congratulations to every one of them — they’ve furthered our winning streak, with no other seed brand producing more national winners than DEKALB brand. In fact, 50 of the 81 national winners in the past three years are DEKALB farmers – that’s including a whopping 17 of the 27 national first-place winners.
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 |
2022 NATIONAL WINNERSexpand_more
Name | National Rank | Field State | Class | Brand | Yield |
Heath A. Cutrell | 1 | VA | A | DKC66-18RIB | 394.0485 |
Drew Haines | 1 | MD | C | DKC68-69RIB | 384.8359 |
Cory Atley | 1 | OH | B | DKC63-91RIB | 366.3266 |
Carl Atley | 2 | OH | B | DKC63-91 | 365.5673 |
Kevin Kalb | 1 | IN | F | DKC65-99RIB | 360.1445 |
Nikia B Kalb | 1 | IN | D | DKC67-94RIB | 355.7383 |
Shawn Kalb | 2 | IN | D | DKC70-27RIB | 350.0314 |
Rhylan Kalb | 3 | IN | D | DKC65-99RIB | 350.0301 |
Temple Rhodes | 3 | MD | H | DKC63-91RIB | 344.9377 |
Emmersen Kalb | 3 | IN | B | DKC67-94RIB | 340.0538 |
Andrea Rigdon | 1 | MD | E | DKC63-91 | 324.9897 |
John Alexander Rigdon | 2 | MD | AE | DKC59-82RIB | 324.7322 |
Chad Rigdon | 2 | MD | G | DKC62-70 | 324.0123 |
Chris Miltenberger | 3 | WV | E | DKC70-27RIB | 323.9324 |
Joshua Will Watson | 2 | TN | A | DKC67-44RIB | 319.3608 |
Marvin and Glenn Wiles | 3 | NE | C | DKC64-65RIB | 313.0475 |
Sam Santini | 3 | NJ | A | DKC67-94RIB | 312.5506 |
2022 STATE WINNERSexpand_more
Name | State Rank | Field State | Class | County | Brand | Yield |
Drew Haines | 1 | MD | C | Frederick | DKC68-69RIB | 384.8359 |
Cory Atley | 1 | OH | B | Greene | DKC63-91RIB | 366.3266 |
Carl Atley | 2 | OH | B | Greene | DKC63-91 | 365.5673 |
Andrea Rigdon | 1 | MD | E | Harford | DKC63-91 | 324.9897 |
Chad Rigdon | 1 | MD | G | Harford | DKC62-70 | 324.0123 |
Chris Miltenberger | 1 | WV | E | Mineral | DKC70-27RIB | 323.9324 |
Bryan Crites | 1 | CO | I | Pueblo | DKC63-91RIB | 319.0843 |
Don Jackson | 1 | OH | F | Preble | DKC63-91RIB | 315.6142 |
Dale J Ockels | 1 | DE | I | Sussex | DKC62-53RIB | 315.1766 |
Braden Lee Short | 1 | IL | B | White | DKC66-18RIB | 315.1086 |
Ben Williams | 1 | VA | C | Augusta | DKC65-20RIB | 311.695 |
Alan Borton | 2 | OH | F | Clinton | DKC70-27RIB | 308.3881 |
Gary C Ockels | 1 | DE | G | Sussex | DKC61-41RIB | 306.38 |
Brian Tull | 3 | MD | H | Sussex | DKC63-91RIB | 304.2231 |
Ben Jackson | 2 | GA | H | Johnson | DKC62-06 | 302.0818 |
Daniel Erickson | 2 | MN | B | Freeborn | DKC63-90RIB | 301.5154 |
David Gross | 1 | WA | H | Spokane | DKC42-05RIB | 300.3081 |
Colton Wischmeier | 3 | IN | G | Jackson | DKC67-94RIB | 300.1977 |
Bruce K Huber | 1 | ND | A | Lamoure | DKC45-66RIB | 299.8435 |
Betty Huber | 2 | ND | E | Lamoure | DKC44-98RIB | 298.8983 |
Alexis Nogosek | 3 | ND | E | Lamoure | DKC44-98RIB | 298.0232 |
Brian L Warpup | 3 | IN | F | Huntington | DKC64-64RIB | 296.4299 |
Alex Noll | 1 | KS | I | Jefferson | DKC70-27RIB | 295.3065 |
Ethan Straney | 1 | KY | C | Hardin | DKC69-99RIB | 294.8644 |
Chris Sobeck | 1 | MN | D | Winona | DKC60-80RIB | 293.8061 |
Erin K Reed | 2 | TN | I | Lincoln | DKC67-44 | 293.3058 |
Brandon Salladay | 2 | MO | D | Boone | DKC65-95RIB | 292.881 |
Brad Schmidt | 2 | MO | F | Saint Charles | DKC67-94RIB | 291.2158 |
Cody Frauenberg | 1 | ND | G | Lamoure | DKC47-27RIB | 289.1263 |
Daniel H Garrick | 1 | SC | G | Orangeburg | DKC63-91 | 288.5946 |
Brandy Winter | 2 | IA | I | Calhoun | DKC64-64RIB | 287.9828 |
Gary M Sobeck | 3 | MN | F | Winona | DKC60-80RIB | 284.553 |
Boe Clausen | 2 | WA | I | Grant | DKC54-40RIB | 283.8375 |
Elwin Tanner | 3 | TN | I | Obion | DKC70-27RIB | 283.5456 |
Bobby Frauenberg | 2 | ND | I | Lamoure | DKC39-55RIB | 282.3039 |
Ethan Tanner | 1 | TN | H | Obion | DKC70-27RIB | 282.0131 |
Dan Fohrman | 2 | MN | D | Olmsted | DKC51-25RIB | 280.5187 |
Deanna Sobeck | 1 | MN | H | Winona | DKC59-82RIB | 277.9805 |
Chase & Allan Harris | 1 | NC | I | Greene | DKC68-69RIB | 277.2802 |
Brad D Rill | 2 | MD | C | Carroll | DKC70-27RIB | 273.9881 |
Delbert Armstrong | 1 | NC | E | Beaufort | DKC68-95 | 273.5452 |
Chris Smith | 2 | NC | E | Beaufort | DKC68-95 | 273.2261 |
Adron Belk | 1 | MS | I | Leflore | DKC70-27 | 272.3834 |
Betsy Belk | 1 | MS | H | Leflore | DKC70-27 | 271.1354 |
Evan M Landis | 2 | MI | G | Saint Joseph | DKC63-91RIB | 269.7127 |
Charles Grantham | 2 | NC | G | Wake | DKC62-70 | 265.1801 |
Angela M Dee | 3 | AL | G | Pickens | DKC68-69 | 263.7049 |
Adam Long | 1 | WV | G | Shenandoah | DKC70-27RIB | 262.8982 |
Gerald Steffensmeier | 1 | NE | A | Colfax | DKC59-82RIB | 261.4357 |
Gary Swede | 2 | NY | E | Genesee | DKC50-87RIB | 259.5303 |
Bailey W Wolpert | 3 | WV | C | Putnam | DKC70-27RIB | 256.8495 |
Christopher Dietrich | 2 | FL | G | Jackson | DKC62-08 | 250.6952 |
Gloria Gaspard | 2 | LA | E | Pointe Coupee | DKC65-99 | 238.7872 |
Adam Dyer | 2 | AL | C | Marshall | DKC64-35 | 203.4053 |
Caroline Pinto | 1 | VT | H | Rutland | DKC44-97RIB | 168.183 |