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3.0 KiB

DKC62-70RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC62-70RIB Brand Blend is an eye-catching robust 112 RM hybrid that has shown outstanding performance potential; broadly adapted across yield environments with excellent Southern movement. Strong standability, test weight, and late season harvest appearance are additional features of this product.

Strengths & management

  • Attractive product with outstanding high yield potential across yield zones
  • Very strong root and stalk strength
  • Has shown a good overall disease tolerance package highlighted with very good Southern Rust and Southern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance
  • Hybrid has shown good drought stress for tough conditions
  • Excellent fall intactness and harvest appearance
  • Hybrid has exhibited excellent grain quality and test weight; high food grade potential
  • Has shown very good Anthracnose Stalk Rot tolerance
  • Can provide very good husk on a semi-flex ear type
  • Has shown to be a slower drydown product
  • Planting population versatility, highly adaptable across most soil types

Management

Characteristic Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT VT2PRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 112
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1340
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2825
PLANTING RATE Medium
SILAGE PROVEN No
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01086651

Plant Description

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

Growth

Characteristic Value
EMERGENCE 3
SEEDLING GROWTH 3
ROOT STRENGTH 2
STALK STRENGTH 3
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 3
GREENSNAP 3
PLANT HEIGHT Med Tall
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 3
DRYDOWN 3
TEST WEIGHT 2

Diseases

Characteristic Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 5
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT 3
GRAY LEAF SPOT 4
SOUTHERN RUST 3
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 3
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 3
NDFD 30 HR 4
% OF STARCH 4
IVSD7HR 3
SILAGE YIELD 3
MILK PER TON 3
MILK PER ACRE 3

Regional seed-guide listings

  • MidAtlantic — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
  • 2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • 2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
  • 2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • 2026 South Central/Southwest KS Guide — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • 2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes