Heavy Hittin' Hybrids

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

DAIRYLAND
Stealth-7615 — 113-Day RM (YGCB/RR)


  • Extraordinary yield potential with girthy ears of grain, very good for almost every soil type
  • Solid performance in a corn on corn
DEKALB
DKC63-39 — 113-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)


  • Outstanding yield potential
  • Excellent emergence and very good seedling growth allow for early planting
  • Very good roots and stalks
  • Very good disease package including gray leaf spot tolerance
DKC64-23 — 114-Day RM (RR2/YGRW)


  • Very good stalks and roots allow for flexible harvest scheduling
  • Excellent drought tolerance, very good test weight
  • Excellent staygreen and harvest appearance
DKC64-76 — 114-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)


  • Excellent top-end yield potential for the irrigated producer, very good test weight
  • Very good emergence and seedling growth
DKC67-23 — 117-Day FM (RR2/YGCB)


  • Very good emergence and seedling growth
  • Consistent performance across soil types and tillage practices
  • Solid overall disease package and very good staygreen and stalk strength
FIELDER'S CHOICE
7837S — 114-Day RM (YGCB/RR2)


  • Outstanding performance in 2005 FCD trials
  • Very good stress tolerance
  • Very good standability
  • Very fast drydown
7880WPR — 117-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Tall, robust plant, excellent ear flex
  • Excellent staygreen and late-season intactness
  • Population flexibility
7807CL — 113-Day RM (CL)


  • Impressive yield performance
  • Excellent stress tolerance
  • Very good staygreen and fall plant intactness
  • Very good standability
FONTANELLE
8K339 — 112-114-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Top yielder in Fontanelle's Dominator Series
  • Keep east of I-35
  • Excellent emergence
  • Keeps its plant integrity well into the fall
8K389 — 113-115-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Very good emergence, good fall drydown
  • Best performance on highly productive soils
  • Processor Preferred as Highly Extractable (HES) grain
8K266 — 112-114-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Best of the best for yield
  • Good choice for corn on corn
  • Excellent late-season plant intactness
  • Very good disease package
7K733 — 111-113-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)


  • Excellent seedling vigor
  • Very nice grain quality with a smooth cap
  • Versatile corn, Processor Preferred as Highly Extractable grain
FS
FS 63A45 — 113-Day RM (RR/HX1)


  • Improved version of FS 6684 Bt
  • Top-end yield potential
  • Very good agronomic package
FS 7367 RR/YGPL — 116-Day RM


  • Outstanding yield potential, responds best to high management soils and high population
  • Excellent staygreen and high yields
  • Excellent ear flex will allow for lower populations on less productive soils
  • Tall, robust, dual-purpose hybrid
FS 6738 HX1 — 113-Day RM


  • Superior plant health
  • Exceptional late-season integrity
  • Excellent top-end yield potential, grain quality and test weight
FS 6778 RR/YGPL — 113-Day RM


  • RR/YGPL version of the food-grade accepted hybrid FS 6556
  • Excellent test weight, grain quality and disease resistance
  • Outstanding yield potential and consistency
GARST
8379RR — 113-Day RM (RR)


  • Tall, robust, dual-purpose hybrid with a full canopy and solid agronomics
  • Responds well in high management settings with stability for lower managed settings
  • Excellent choice for continuous corn acres, highly productive soils and delayed harvest
8353CB/LL — 114-Day RM (G-STAC/CB/LL)


  • Tall, robust hybrid producing full canopy with outstanding top-end yield potential
  • Strong leaf disease packaged for central and eastern Corn Belt
  • Flexible ear for population adaptability
  • Excellent choice for highly productive soils
8313CB/LL — 114-Day RM (G-STAC/CB/LL)


  • Racehorse yield potential
  • Excels in high management, irrigated acres of the West and Southwest
  • Tall, robust hybrid producing a full canopy with a strong leaf disease package
  • Excellent choice for highly productive soils
8248RR — 117-Day RM (RR)


  • Excellent top-end yield potential
  • Broadly adapted from east to west with good southern movement
  • Full canopy, robust plant style supported by excellent late-season health and agronomics
  • Dual-purpose hybrid with field management flexibility

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