New corn yield record set
A grower has set a new world corn yield record of 542 bushels per acre.
The National Corn Growers Association announced this week that David Hula, a resident of Charles City, Virginia, set the record using Pioneer P1197AM brand corn, breaking his 2015 record of 532 bushels per acre.
Hula previously set record-breaking yields in 2013 with Pioneer P2088YHR.