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3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
3/1/02
Contact:
Mitch Hoyer, 4-H Youth Development, (515) 294-1531, mhoyer@iastate.edu
Tracy S. Petersen, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515)
294-9915
Dodds, Meier Report Top Yields in 4-H Crop Production Contest
AMES, Iowa -- 4-H Members from Lee and Black Hawk Counties took top honors in the 2001 4-H Corn and Soybean Crop Production Contest.
Jesse Dodds, son of Bob and Mary Dodds of Montrose, reported the highest verified yield in the corn division of 226.93 bushels per acre. Wesley Meier, son of Nick and Nancy Meier of LaPorte City, reported the highest verified yield in the soybean division of 57.6 bushels per acre.
Dodds and Meier received $150 scholarships from the FS Crops Division of GROWMARK, Inc. in Bloomington, Ill. The company supports youth development as a donor to the Iowa 4-H Foundation. Scholarship selection is based on complete and accurate record keeping.
GROWMARK also awarded eight area recipients $150 scholarships for their participation in the project. In addition to Dodds and Meier, those recipients and their verified yield reports are Mark Mills, son of Richard and Laurie Mills of Dallas County, 148.05 bushels per acre of corn; Douglas Bruene, son of Jeff and Cherye Bruene of Tama County, 39.9 bushels per acre of soybeans; Ben Lyon, son of Stuart and Debbie Lyon of Tama County, 186.25 bushels per acre of corn; Amanda Porath, daughter of Larry and Karen Porath of Palo Alto County, 175.11 bushels per acre of corn; Tom Foell, son of Bill and Laura Foell of Sac County, 50.76 bushels per acre of soybeans and 136.94 bushels per acre of corn; and Travis James, son of Doug and Joyce James of Adams County, 144.63 bushels per acre of corn.
Kristal Colvin, daughter of Tom and Sonja Colvin of Story County, and Chris Nelson, daughter of Daryl and Janna Nelson of Adair County, also participated in the scholarship program.
4-H'ers enrolled in the 4-H crop project select an area from a field of five acres or more. Participants are not required to operate the machinery or own the cropland. They complete harvest and project records and report yields by approved methods. Crop production scholarship winners are selected by evaluating total projects and records submitted, not just yields.
The Iowa Corn Promotion Board in West Des Moines awards county medals to top 4-H crop project members.
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