# DKC107-11RIB BRAND BLEND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Dekalb - **Crop:** Silage - **Traits:** SSPRIB (SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend) - **Release year:** 2026 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc107-11rib-silage - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning DKC107-11RIB Brand Blend product features a broad acre product with strong yield potential, an attractive plant appearance, late-season intactness, and staygreen characteristics. ## Strengths & management - Broad acre product with strong yield performance potential - Attractive plant appearance and late season intactness and staygreen - Excellent disease tolerance package profile including Goss’s Wilt and Tar Spot tolerance - Strong drought stress tolerance - Recommend medium populations to manage root strength ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 107 | | GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1325 | | GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2700 | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | SILAGE PROVEN | No | | NEW PRODUCT | NO | | VARIETY | 01104449 | ## Plant Description | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | COB COLOR | Red | | KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow | | KERNEL ROW | 16 | ## Growth | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | EMERGENCE | 2 | | SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 | | ROOT STRENGTH | 3 | | STALK STRENGTH | 2 | | DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 | | GREENSNAP | 2 | | PLANT HEIGHT | Tall | | EAR PLACEMENT | Med High | ## Harvest | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | STAYGREEN | 3 | | HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 | | DRYDOWN | 3 | | TEST WEIGHT | 3 | ## Diseases | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 | | SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 | | GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 | | SOUTHERN RUST | 5 | | ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 3 | | GOSS'S WILT | 3 | ## Herbicide | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | C | | SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A | | ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A | ## Silage Characteristics | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | NDFD 30 HR | 4 | | % OF STARCH | 2 | | SILAGE YIELD | 2 | | MILK PER TON | 3 | | MILK PER ACRE | 3 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **Northwest Iowa** — agronomist: Jim McDermott