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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 ten 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.

2010 National Corn Husking Contest

Glutton for Punishment is coming to your TV screens with the Corn Husking episode.
The host competes in the 2007 National Corn Husking Contest held at Dell Rapids, South Dakota.

The show is schedualed for Feb 23, 2010 4:30 AM ET/PT on the Food Network USA.

Also airing Season One & Two: Food Network USA, UKTV Food, Discovery Travel & Living Asia (Central & South Asia, China),
and Fine Living. The show is also scheduled to air in Russia and Spain.
For more information go to:
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When Farmers Were Heroes, a documentary on the corn husking contests from the 1920’s to present.

   
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
2008 National Contest Results. Roseville, Illinois
2009 National Contest Results, Indiana

Historian Reports

 
State Contest Information
 
Illinois Cornhusking Web Site  2009 Kansas State Contest 2009 Ohio State Contest
2009 Illinois State Contest 2009 Iowa State Contest 2009 South Dakota State Contest 
2009 Indiana State Contest 2009 Nebraska State Contest  2009 Minnesota State Contest
2009 Missouri State Contest    

Other Contest Information

2009 Atchison Fund Raising Corn Shucking Contest 2005 Illinois Cornhusking, Ten ears of corn for Ethanol
 

Cornhusking Information

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