NATCHEZ — Mark Perrin of Natchez recently won first place in the A non-irrigated division of the 2015 National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest in Mississippi.

Perrin won with Pioneer(r) brand hybrid P2089YHR, which yielded 252.9744 bushels per acre.

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), irrigated and no-till/strip-till irrigated classes.

Perrin earned one of the 218 state titles won by growers planting Pioneer hybrids.