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Dec 4, 2006 5:17 PM, Compiled by Kate Royer

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  • Outstanding yields throughout central Corn Belt
  • Great ear flex at moderate plant populations
  • Plant at moderate to high populations to maximize profit potential
  • Very good choice for no-till and continuous corn systems
A6633BtRW — 113-Day RM


  • Strong agronomic package and top-end yield potential
  • Can be used in most cropping systems and adapts to various soils and environments
  • Outstanding late-season plant health and intactness make it an excellent choice for no-till or reduced tillage systems
A6522 — 113-Day RM


  • Outstanding late-season plant health and intactness, adapted to all soil types and production practices
  • Excellent for no-till or reduced tillage systems
  • Outstanding yield potential with a strong agronomic package
A6596HX — 114-Day RM


  • Good drydown for its maturity, good late-season plant intactness
  • Strong emergence and vigor package with an outstanding health package
ASGROW
RX785RR2/YGPL — 113-Day RM


  • Very good emergence and seedling growth
  • Excellent yield performance over a wide range of conditions
  • Excellent staygreen and very good harvest appearance, stalk and root strength
BECK'S
5816CBRR — 113-Day RM (YGCB/RR)


  • Incredible yield punch, robust hybrid
  • Tremendous “16” for better soils
7916CBRR — 116-Day RM (YGCB/RR)


  • Combination of “16” and “97” families
  • Tremendous plant health
  • Excellent yield punch
7997RR — 116-Day RM (RR)


  • Outstanding harvest appearance
  • Excellent standability and health
  • Steady performer
BURRUS
Burrus 689T — 113-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Exciting triple stack hybrid
  • Tremendously high yields across all geographies
  • Excellent agronomics and maintains its health through harvest season
Burrus 685S — 113-Day RM (YGCB/RR2)


  • Top-end yields across all soil types
  • Excellent grain characteristics
  • A+ agronomic package
Burrus 810R — 116-Day RM (RR2)


  • A full season hybrid that works well north
  • Very good health package with beautiful fall appearance, superb yield potential
  • Push populations to maximize performance
CROPLAN GENETICS
6998HX/LL — 113-Day RM (HX Bt/LL)


  • Outstanding heat and drought tolerance with excellent stalks, roots, late-season plant health
  • Exceptional disease tolerance, including GLS, NCLB, SCLB
  • Fixed-ear type requires higher plant populations
7050RB — 113-Day RM (RR with MON810 Bt)


  • Southern/Tropical genetic type with exceptional disease package, late-season intactness
  • Heat and drought tolerant, with strong adaptation to the eastern Corn Belt
  • Exceptional plant health, slows drydown
  • Semi-flex ear, requiring higher populations
7505RR — 115-Day RM (RR)


  • Best if planted in the eastern Corn Belt and the Midsouth
  • New Tropical/Northern male with exceptional plant health and staygreen
  • Flowers early; exceptional plant health slows drydown
  • Semi-flex ear requiring higher populations
8950RB — 121-Day RM (RR with MON810 Bt)


  • Excellent roots, outstanding drought tolerance
  • Very strong heat tolerance for the Deep South
  • Large flex ear for a wide range of populations
  • Tall plant height drives exceptional silage tonnage
CROW'S
5263T — 113-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)


  • Very high yield potential
  • Very good disease tolerance scores
  • Prefers better soils at higher populations
  • Good staygreen and intactness into the fall
  • Very good stalks and roots
5132S — 113-Day RM (RR2/YGCB)


  • Very good yield potential and roots with excellent test weight
  • Very good gray leaf spot tolerance
  • Good choice for corn on corn, especially good in the irrigated west.
  • Prefers medium to medium-high populations
5302S — 114-Day RM (RR2/YGCB)


  • Medium plant and ear height
  • Excellent yield potential, plant health, disease package, stress tolerance
  • Widely adapted to many growing environments
8T215 — 116-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)


  • Processor Preferred-High Extractable Starch
  • Extremely high yield potential, very responsive to management inputs
  • Very consistent girthy ear with excellent flex
  • Tall, robust plant for both grain and silage
  • Maintains very good staygreen in the fall

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