Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 1/28/19


Herbert E. Moore of Robeson County achieved top honors in the 2018 North Carolina Corn Yield contest with a yield of 290.96 bushels per acre in the irrigated division. Moore and other yield contest winners were recognized at the 30th North Carolina Commodities Conference in Durham. The statewide champion in the dryland division was Stuart Askew of Gates County with a yield of 274.55 bushels per acre. This was also the highest dryland no-till entry and Askew received the dryland no-till award as well.

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