Albert Lea Seed House 2017 Conventional Seed Guide | Page 39
VIKING CONVENTIONAL HYBRIDS
42-08
108-Day
C.R.M.
7
DRYDOWN
9
EMERGENCE
HIGHEST-YIELDING HYBRID:
2014 & 2015 ADVANCEMENT TRIALS
FALL STALK STRENGTH
• Outstanding yield potential
• Excellent emergence
• Semi-flex ear with the ability to yield at variable populations
• Good overall plant health and staygreen
• Very tall hybrid with potential for dual-purpose
CORN-ON-CORN
49-09
DRYDOWN
7
EMERGENCE
7
7
8
ROOT STRENGTH
7
Best Planting Population: 26 – 36,000
Available as a “Pure” hybrid for
non-GMO contracts (see page 4).
109-Day
C.R.M.
OUTSTANDING YIELD POTENTIAL
STRONG STALKS AND ROOTS
• Great combination of yield potential and agronomics
• Medium-height hybrid with excellent stalk and root strength
• Great fall intactness allows for wide harvest window
• Good all-around plant health
• Good drought tolerance
• Best yield performance at higher populations
• Widely adapted across the central Corn Belt
FALL STALK STRENGTH
8
ROOT STRENGTH
8
CORN-ON-CORN
7
Best Planting Population: 30 – 36,000
55 Locations—2015
230
225
220
226 Bu/Acre
19.8%
Moisture
217 Bu/Acre
215
210
New
53-10GS
110-Day
C.R.M.
19.1%
Moisture
49-09N
P0533AM1
7
88
DRYDOWN
EMERGENCE
GRAIN OR SILAGE DUAL-PURPOSE
OUTSTANDING MILK/ACRE PRODUCTION
8
FALL STALK STRENGTH
7
ROOT STRENGTH
• The first “GS” (grain/silage) hybrid we have launched (not a leafy, BMR or
CORN-ON-CORN
7
floury hybrid)
Best Planting Population: 28 – 34,000
• Very high grain yield potential combined with very good tonnage and silage quality
• Healthy hybrid with above-average tolerance to both NCLB and Goss’s wilt
• Excellent tonnage and quality for silage
• Tall hybrid with semi-flex ear and average grain quality
• Widely adapted to different soil types and environments, can push north as a
silage hybrid
• For best performance, keep off drought-prone
2015 SILAGE DATA ON 53-10GS
soils
Hybrid
DM Tons/Acre
53-10GS
%DM
Crude Protein
8.32 34.5% 8.17%
% Sugar
% Starch
Ton/Acre
1.53 42.9 23.8
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