Jamie Gorder, Wahpeton, had a 298.6258 bushel per acre entry in the 2012 Corn Yield contest. It won the non-irrigated division in the state and earned her second place in the nation in the non-irrigated division.

Mike Pikarski, Mooreton, also placed in the national contest. He had a 294.7947 in the no-till/strip-till non-irrigated division and placed third in the nation and first in the state contest

Here's a list of North Dakota state winners in the contest (rank, name, city, hybrid and yield in bushels per acre),

Non-Irrigated
1) Jamie Gorder, Wahpeton, Pioneer P0062XR. 298.6258
2) Mark Gorder, Wahpeton, Pioneer P0533AM1. 288.8655
3) Scott German, Oakes, Pioneer 36V53, 259.9571

It was a really good corn year in North Dakota. Two producers had 297 and 298 bu/a dryland entries in the annual yield contest.

No-Till/Strip- Till Non-Irrigated
1) Mike Pikarski, Mooreton, Pioneer P9917AM1, 294.7947
2) Pikarski Farms, Mooreton, Pioneer P0062XR, 291.9901
3) Donna Frauenberg, Lamoure, Dekalb DKC46-20, 256.7256

Irrigated
*, Sundale Farm, Milnor, Dekalb DKC50-66, 271.7006
1) Frauenberg Farms, LaMoure, Dekalb DKC46-20, 269.6372
2) Bobby Frauenberg, LaMoure, Dekalb DKC46-07, 265.4563
3) Brian Wettstein, Lidgerwood, Pioneer P0533AM1, 258.9378
*Multiple entries under one membership number are only allowed awards in one category. Sundale Farms was the winner of the No-Till/Strip Till Irrigated class, but entry is still noted.

No-till/Strip-till Irrigated
1) Sundale Farm, Milnor, Dekalb DKC48-12RIB, 272.4083
* Frauenberg Farms #1, LaMoure, Pioneer 36V53, 264.8729
*Bobby Frauenberg, LaMoure, Pioneer P9917AM1, 258.8333
2) Cody Frauenberg, LaMoure, Pioneer 38A57, 257.1696
3) Quandt Brothers, Oakes, Pioneer DKV50-77, 244.6839

*Multiple entries under one membership number are only allowed awards in one category. Frauenberg Farms #1 and Bobby Frauenberg were winners in the Irrigated class, but their entries are noted here.

Source, ND Corn Growers Association