# AG43XF5 BRAND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Asgrow - **Crop:** Soybeans - **Maturity group:** 4.3 - **Traits:** XF/SR (XtendFlex/SR) - **Release year:** 2025 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/soybeans/asgrow/asgrow-ag43xf5-soybeans - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning Asgrow® AG43XF5 brand is a early MG 4 XtendFlex® soybean that has SR herbicide tolerance, good FELS tolerance, and Southern Stem Canker tolerance with a medium height soybean. ## Strengths & management - Consistent yield potential. - Good PRR tolerance and Rps1c gene. - Good emergence, and standability on a medium plant height soybean. ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SOUTHERN ROOT KNOT (M. INCOGNITA) | S | | SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE | MR3 | | PRR RESISTANCE | Rps1c | | PRR FIELD TOLERANCE | 4 | | SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME | 5 | | FROGEYE LEAF SPOT | 3 | | SOUTHERN STEM CANKER | 2 | ## Sensitivity | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | CHLORIDE SENSITIVITY | Inc | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | MATURITY GROUP | 4 | | VARIETY CODE | 1109010 | ## Plant Description | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH HABIT | Indeterminate | | HILUM COLOR | BL | | OIL CONTENT | 21.2 | | POD WALL COLOR | BR | | PROTEIN CONTENT | 39.8 | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 4.3 | | HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAIT | XF/SR | | CANOPY | M | | FLOWER COLOR | Purple | | PUBESCENCE COLOR | LT | | PLANT HEIGHT CATEGORY | M | ## Production | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | EMERGENCE | 2 | | STANDABILITY | 3 | | NO-TILL ADAPTABILITY | 2 | | IRON CHLOROSIS | 6 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **North Delta 2026** — agronomist: Josh Rupard - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **West Central Illinois 2026** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione - **2025 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson - **Eastern NC & Southeast VA** — agronomist: Zachary Webb - **2025-26 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef - **2026 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd - **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson - **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay - **MidAtlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay - **2025 Northern Ohio DEKALB & Asgrow Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller - **Eastern Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Joe Harris - **2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher - **2025 Southeast Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Terry Mente - **2024-25 Central Kansas** — agronomist: Jeff Schaef - **2026 CAROLINAS PIEDMONT** — agronomist: Jim Kiser - **2025 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd - **2025 Southern Ohio DeKalb and Asgrow** — agronomist: Brian Dressback - **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley - **Eastern Missouri 2026** — agronomist: Joe Harris - **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **West Central Illinois 2025** — agronomist: Lance Tarochione - **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **2025 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell - **Carolina's** — agronomist: Jim Kiser - **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **2026 DEKALB/ASGROW SOUTHWEST IN GUIDE** — agronomist: Jordan Arndell