# DKC113-62RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2024
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc113-62rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

---
## Positioning

DKC113-62RIB Brand Blend 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 | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 113 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1330 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2859 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | undefined |

## 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 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| 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

- **Northern Indiana** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2027 Idaho and Utah Product Guide** — agronomist: David Heimkes
- **Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Michigan and NW Ohio** — agronomist: Doug George
- **Northwest Iowa** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Central & North Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **Kentucky** — agronomist: James Ladd
- **Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2027 Central and Southwest KS** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **EASTERN OHIO SILAGE** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **Northwest Iowa DEKALB and Asgrow Seed Guide 2027** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- **New York and New England** — agronomist: Savanna Shelnutt
- **Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **Northeast & East Central Nebraska** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Northeast US** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **2027 Washington and Oregon Product Guide** — agronomist: David Heimkes
