# DKC64-44RIB BRAND BLEND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Dekalb
- **Crop:** Silage
- **Traits:** SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- **Release year:** 2021
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc64-44rib-silage
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

DKC64-44RIB Brand Blend is a 114 RM product targeted specifically for the silage market that has shown very good performance in silage yield potential and quality compared to current DEKALB® offerings.  Broadly adapted for use in most silage markets.

## Strengths & management

- Has shown good emergence and seedling vigor
- Hybrid can provide very good silage milk yield
- Product has shown very good grain yields if entire field is not going to be chopped for silage
- Can provide good stalk and root strength
- Semi-flex ear type, has shown good response to increased planting populations
- Very good starch and NDFd scores for silage quality
- Has demonstrated a longer grain fill period and good staygreen that may enable an extended silage cutting window

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SSRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 114 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1350 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2840 |
| PLANTING RATE | Medium |
| SILAGE PROVEN | Yes |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01081264 |

## Plant Description

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

## Growth

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 3 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 4 |
| GREENSNAP | 4 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |

## Harvest

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

## Diseases

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 6 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |

## 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 | 1 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Reid Gill
- **Duplicate 2023 Northeast Seed Resource G** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
- **2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA** — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
- **2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **MidAtlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2025 SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Luke Miller
- **2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jim McDermott
- **2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide** — agronomist: Jason Harmon
- **2025 CA Silage Seed Guide** — agronomist: Barb Kutzner
- **2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations** — agronomist: Jim Donnelly
- **2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE** — agronomist: Abby Ficker
- **2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Josh Erwin
- **Western Missouri** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE** — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
- **2026 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
- **Northwest Missouri Silage** — agronomist: Jody Foutch
- **Wisconsin 2025** — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
- **2024 Mid-Atlantic Silage** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
- **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh