Heavy Hittin' Hybrids
Dec 4, 2006 5:17 PM, Compiled by Kate Royer
- High-yielding with strong stalks and roots and exceptional drydown
- Outstanding drought resistance
- Excels in the central and western Corn Belt
- Tremendously diverse soil adaptation capability
- High yield potential, outstanding drought and disease resistance, strong corn on corn choice
- Large, girthy ears of high test weight grain
- Tremendous soil versatility
- Tall, showy hybrid with exceptional disease resistance, excellent for corn on corn
- Superb staygreen, excellent stalk and root strength
- Excellent grain quality due to high test weight
- Very high yield potential
- Excellent response to high management
- Outstanding disease and drought resistance
- Medium-tall plant with high test weight
- Outstanding yield potential
- Very good stalk and root strength
- Good overall disease package
- Outstanding yield potential
- Very good stalk and root strength
- Very good test weight and grain appearance
- Good overall disease package
- Excellent yield potential for the maturity
- Very good overall disease package including gray leaf spot tolerance
- Very good emergence and excellent seedling growth allow for early planting
- Excellent stalk strength and very good roots
- Very good emergence and seedling growth
- Very good root strength
- Good overall disease package
- Very good Goss's wilt tolerance for the western Corn Belt
- Very high grain or forage yield
- Very good test weight and grain quality
- Superior fiber digestibility
- Excellent emergence and early vigor
- Medium-statured hybrid with girthy ears
- Top-end yield potential, very fast drydown
- Very good emergence and seedling vigor
- Tall-statured hybrid with excellent top-end yield potential, emergence and seedling vigor
- Good stalks and roots
- Deep kernels on a long, semi-flex ear
- Outstanding yield performance
- Excellent late-season plant intactness
- Consistent, girthy ears
- Excellent stalk strength
- Excellent top-end yield potential
- Very good disease package, including grey leaf spot tolerance
- Good grain quality and test weight
- Solid agronomic package
- Very good stalks and roots
- Excellent late-season standability
- Short stature plant type with medium-low ear placement
- New YieldGard VT technology
- Very good Goss's wilt tolerance for the western Corn Belt
- Very good test weight and works well across various soil type, good choice for corn on corn
- Dual-purpose corn and Processor Preferred as Highly Extractable (HES) grain
- Excellent top-end yield potential
- Semi flex ear on a medium plant
- Very good stalks and roots
- Very showy corn up to pollination
- Attractive hybrid with excellent fall integrity
- Outstanding yield potential and consistency
- Excellent drydown
- Adaptability to a variety of soil conditions
- Attractive hybrid, outstanding yield potential
- Excellent drydown and fall integrity
- Consistent performance across a wide variety of soil conditions
- Consistently high-yielding hybrid with large, girthy ears, excellent staygreen
- Very good stalk and root strength
- Excellent staygreen
- Excellent eye appeal, very good health
- Responds well to high management
- Solid agronomic package in a racehorse-style hybrid
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