Corn Growers plant new format for annual plot tour

Changes include new location, virtual tours of test plot 

  • Above is a screenshot of a video on the Hamilton County Corn Growers Association Facebook page featuring an interview between corn growers past president Mike Bergen and Beck’s Hybrids seed advisor Luke Samuelson. This year, instead of a live plot tour, the association will feature interviews recorded at the test plot south of Aurora with representatives of each of the companies represented.
    Above is a screenshot of a video on the Hamilton County Corn Growers Association Facebook page featuring an interview between corn growers past president Mike Bergen and Beck’s Hybrids seed advisor Luke Samuelson. This year, instead of a live plot tour, the association will feature interviews recorded at the test plot south of Aurora with representatives of each of the companies represented.

    The annual seed corn plot tour sponsored by the Hamilton County Corn Growers Association will have a new name, a new location and a whole new format when it takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Traditionally the event has started with a tour of the organization’s seed corn test plot in a nearby farm field. However, this year the tour will be presented virtually and the social event, rebranded as a mem…