Cornhusking Contest

Sixty years ago there were 80 minute contests to determine who was the best person at picking corn by hand. Today the National Cornhusking Association sponsors a contest the third weekend in October to determine who is the best . There are nine classes that people can participate in.

 
1994 Minnesota National Cornhusking Contest
 

There are nine states that are members of the National Cornhusking Association, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska.
 

 
2008 National Corn Husking Contest

Roseville, Illinois, October 18th and 19th.


Glutton for Punishment is coming to your TV screens with the Corn Husking episode.

The corn husking episode on the TV show Glutton For Punishment , which is on the Food Network, will be broadcast March 12, 2008 at 10:00AM ET/PT. The host competes in the National Corn Husking Contest held at Dell Rapids, South Dakota.
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National Championship  2004 National Contest Results Oakley, Kansas in html format
National Rules 2004 National Contest Results from Oakley Kansas , pdf file
2000 National Contest Results 2005 National Contest Results Marshall, Missouri in HTML format
2001 National Contest Results  2005 National Contest Results Marshall, Missouri scanned
2002 National Contest Results 2006 National Contest Results Columbus, Nebraska
2003 National Contest Results 2007 National Contest Results. Dell Rapids, South Dakota
2003 National Contest Pictures 2007 National Contest Results. Dell Rapids, South Dakota

Historian Reports

 
State Contest Information
 
Illinois Cornhusking Web Sites  2007 Kansas State Contest 2007 Ohio State Contest
2008 Illinois State Contest 2007 Iowa State Contest 2007 South Dakota State Contest 
2007 Indiana State Contest 2007 Nebraska State Contest  2007 Minnesota State Contest
2007 Missouri State Contest    

Other Contest Information

2007 Atchison Fund Raising Corn Shucking Contest 2005 Illinois Cornhusking, 10 ears for Ethanol
 

Cornhusking Information

oldtimecornhusking.com


Books about the cornhusking contests.  Cornhusking information from the web. 
 
 
If you need more information E-mail Frank Hennenfent at: thumbhook@yahoo.com