# DKC115-81RIB 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-dkc115-81rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC115-81RIB Brand Blend is a broadly adapted silage product that has demonstrated excellent silage tonnage and quality potential. This 115 RM product is a medium tall robust plant type with a solid agronomic and disease tolerance package.

## Strengths & management

- Very strong silage yield, milk per ton, and milk per acre potential
- Has shown very strong starch levels and NDFd 30 hr scores for silage quality
- Medium tall plant height with very good staygreen that may extend the silage chopping window
- Solid root and stalk strength
- Strong greensnap tolerance and disease tolerance package for broad placement
- Excellent emergence and seedling vigor enabling wide planting window
- SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides protection against corn rootworm with 3 modes of action

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSPRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 115 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1350 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2800 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01096505 |

## 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 | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| GREENSNAP | 2 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Med High |

## Harvest

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 2 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| 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 | 2 |
| IVSD7HR | 2 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 2 |
| MILK PER TON | 2 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **MidAtlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller
- **2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas** — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
- **2025 CA Silage Seed Guide** — agronomist: Barb Kutzner
- **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **2026 Desert Southwest Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Mast
- **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2026 WTX, OK & NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **2026 Eastern Ohio Dekalb Silage Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill
- **2026 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **Southwest Silage Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Mast
- **Northwest Missouri Silage** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2026 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations** — agronomist: Jim Donnelly
- **2025 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2025 Northern  Ohio Dekalb Silage Guide** — agronomist: Brad Miller
- **2024 Mid-Atlantic Silage** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **DRINNERT 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Dustin Rinnert
- **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and  W. Nebraska** — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
- **2026 Washington, Oregon,  SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide** — agronomist: John Skalsky
- **2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **2025 Washington, Oregon,  SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
- **Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026** — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
- **2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Dave Heimkes