FARMINGTON — Brenda York of Farmington recently won first place in the A Non-Irrigated Division of the 2015 National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Yield Contest in Maine.

York won with Pioneer brand hybrid 38N86, which yielded 238.7193 bushels per acre.

Linwood York of Farmington recently won first place in the A No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated Division. York also won with Pioneer brand hybrid 38N86, which yielded 212.3355 bushels per acre.

In 2015, recurrent yield contest winner David Hula of Charles City, Va., took his fields to a whole new level by breaking the world record of 532.0271 bushels per acre using Pioneer P1197AM brand corn on his contest plot.

The Yorks earned two of the 218 state titles won by growers planting Pioneer hybrids. The NCGA awarded 407 state titles in this year’s contest. Growers planting Pioneer hybrids dominated the contest and won 54 percent of all state awards presented.

The NCGA Corn Yield Contest is an annual U.S. national competition among corn growers with the goal of capitalizing on the high genetic yield potential of today’s corn hybrids. Growers compete in six corn production classes, including Non-Irrigated, A and AA; No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated, A and AA; and Irrigated and No-Till/Strip-Till Irrigated classes.