# DKC113-62 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSP (SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc113-62-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC113-62 Brand is a Silage Proven product that has shown compelling silage yield potential and quality with solid agronomics for coast-to-coast adaptation. This product will be moo’ving off the shelf.

## Strengths & management

- Very good silage yield potential in combination with favorable quality milk per ton scores
- High starch potential with very strong NDFD 30 hr digestibility
- Relaxed canopy structure that fills the row
- Solid root strength and stalk strength with good late season standability
- Has shown strong greensnap tolerance and excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance for western placement

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSP |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 113 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1330 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2859 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01096496 |

## Plant Description

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 16 |

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| EMERGENCE | 2 |
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 2 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
| GREENSNAP | 3 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 2 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 2 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| COMMON RUST | 3 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| EYE SPOT | 3 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 2 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 3 |

## Herbicide

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |

## Silage Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 2 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 2 |
| % OF STARCH | 1 |
| IVSD7HR | 1 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 1 |
| MILK PER TON | 1 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 1 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley
- **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks
