WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS
We’re returning NC+ to the West. Who we are. Where we’ve come from. What we stand for. As part of that action, we’re re-introducing the NC+ system for numbering corn hybrids. We’ve gone into the archives. We’ve spoken with past NC+ product managers and salesmen. The result is the number system NC+ was built on. To be clear: the existing, consistent-performing hybrids and varieties you know will not change. But from this point forward, we’re going back to the roots of NC+.
Here are the maturity ranges for our new hybrid numbering system:
1001-1999: RM 93 and below
2000-2999: RM 94-97
3000-3999: RM 98-101
4000-4999: RM 102-105
5000-5999: RM 106-109
6000-6999: RM 110-113
7000-7999: RM 114-117
8000-8999: RM 118 and above
A hybrid that excels in moderate to above average yield environments with a strong argonomy set. Thrives in maturity zone and south of zone well as an earlier option, supported by excellent stalk quality and heat and drought tolerance. Takes a few more GDU to bring this hybrid out of the ground and may want to avoid planting first. Has a medium-tall plant structure in a broad, showy hybrid with deep, rich color. The girthy ear type provides ample flex to plant at moderate seeding rates. Has the size, health and stay green to serve as dual purpose, silage / grain.
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Undeniable yield leader in the new VT4Pro trait platform. Outstanding performance regardless of traits with a broad area of adaptation. Medium-tall plant with very good roots and excellent stalks. Superior green snap and drought tolerance allow for Western movement. Moves North and South of zone with excellent heat tolerance. Average Tar Spot and Southern Rust tolerances. Very good stay green and late season intactness make for a solid dual-purpose hybrid. Best stand establishment noted by delayed planting due to average seedling vigor.
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We know it has the agronomics, but the yield punch is incredible. Very high and consistent yields in its element of southern Iowa and south half of Illinois. A compact plant that has a broad stance with canopy and deep, rich color. Is simply a sugar factory. A girthy, yet semi-determined ear will excel with higher seeding rates. The overall stress tolerance, particularly the ability to withstand heat and longer periods without rainfall make a strong, yet high-performing hybrid for the central corn belt and mid-south.
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A hybrid for those rough and tumble acres with high variability. A defensive to all purpose placement with a complete agronomic package. Excels and separates in low end to moderate yield environments to comfortably “plant it and forget it”. Has the plant size to take steeper slopes and high plateaus as well as good yield punch in the first and second bottoms. Root, stalk, greensnap tolerance and drought defense lead the way. A strong choice for difficult growing conditions.
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A SmartStax® Pro option with outstanding yield potential out of the gate. Prefer placement on more productive soils with a higher level of management. 13-50 has a flexy, blocky ear type, with tightly packed kernels on a small cob and high kernel count contributes to yield. With the ear flex, we suggest moderate to average seeding rates. Lower risk of greensnap and solid stalks all season long. Excellent grain quality and test weight. Caution in areas with history of heavy Goss Wilt.
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Excels in high yield, variable rate planting environments. Medium tall plant with very good staygreen and silage tonnage. 13-60 has a large girthy ear with softer kernel texture on a pink cob. Strong response to fungicide even with a good disease package. Very consistent performance across years in Iowa and Illinois as a full season hybrid. PowerCore® Enlist® adds the ability to apply Liberty® herbicide to this product.
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Top yield potential across average to high yield environments. Solid performance as a full season hybrid that moves south. Nice fall staygreen with long flex ears and large kernels on smaller cob diameter. 14-20 has great western movement with low greensnap risk and Goss Wilt tolerance. Strong response to fungicide even with a good disease package. Very good silage tonnage with longer harvest window. PowerCore® Enlist® adds the ability to apply Liberty® herbicide to this product.
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Nice combination of yield potential and agronomic traits, that yield in challenged to high yield fields. Long flex ears with deep kernels filled to the tip, enhances the yield. 14-36 responds well to lower seeding rates and plant densities. Overall agronomy characteristics are led by root and stalk strength, early season vigor, late season intactness and staygreen. Plant size is medium-tall with a lower ear placement, accentuating the stalk quality. PowerCore® Enlist® adds the ability to apply Liberty® herbicide to this product.
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Nice combination of yield potential and agronomic traits that can perform across a wide range of geography and management levels. High kernel counts from flex in ear length and girth, plus the ability to completely fill the ear, brings out the top-end yield punch. 14-36 responds well to lower seeding rates and overall plant densities, no reason to crowd it. Total agronomy characteristics are led by the root and stalk strength, early season vigor, late season intactness and stay-green. Medium-tall plant type with lower ear placement accentuates the stalk quality and lowers risk of green snap.
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NEW BEANS THAT MAY RING A BELL
We’re taking soybeans back to a familiar place as well. We’re re-introducing the NC+ system for numbering soybean varieties. The existing, consistent-performing varieties you know will not change. But from this point forward, new varieties will feature the trait initial after the maturity number. It's all part of an effort to return to the NC+ you remember.
F2252 made substantial gains in Sudden Death Sydrome, Iron Deficiency Chlorosis and Sclerotinia White Mold field tolerance. Defensive traits are resistance for Soybean Cyst Nematodes, Stem Canker and phytophthora (Rps 1c). This Medium-Tall variety offers very good standability with an excellent branching tendency. Drought tested and proven during three years of field trials. A deep green and healthy canopy throughout the growing season. F2252 has an upright branching characteristic with very good standability at harvest.
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24F52 is a variety that is loaded with highly desirable defensive traits; Rps 1c (7.5 field tolerance), BSR, SCN and Stem Canker resistance. Medium-bush/medium-tall plant type. Excellent stress tolerance on a distinctive Light-Tawny plant. Excellent top-end yield potential.
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F2752S is an XtendFlex® with the Excluder Gene for high salt content soils and STS® tolerance, also. This variety brings enhanced standability, phytophthora field tolerance and adds genetic resistance to Brown Stem Rot. A full package of resistant disease traits for Soybean Cyst Nematodes, phytophthora (Rps 1c), Brown Stem Rot and Stem Canker; adds yield stability across the entire Group II Zone. Outstanding performance in low yield environments, and responds with yield to high fertility and irrigation.
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Improved yield and IDC tolerance. A very versatile variety that adapts to irrigation and dryland situations. 29F52 has very good emergence, phytophthora and IDC field tolerance, but caution is advised when the pH exceeds 7.4. Medium-tall plant height with an impressive branching tendency. It has resistance to Phytophthora Root Rot, Soybean Cyst Nematodes and Stem Canker providing excellent adaptability going into NE and MO.
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F3252 is a Medium-Tall variety with excellent Charcoal Root Rot and stress tolerance. Strong multi-year performance has made this an ‘on-farm favorite’ with consistency. Expect quick emergence, excellent seedling vigor and standability. This Medium-Bush plant type should be planted at low to moderate populations. Resistance to BSR, SCN, Stem Canker and Phytophthora Root Rot. F3252 is a high yielding and very durable variety that adapts to all soils, as well as, fertility levels.
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36F52S delivers high yield potential with a strong score in chloride sensitivity due to its Excluder Gene. It is resistant to Stem Canker, Brown Stem Rot, SCN and Phytophthora Root Rot (Rps 1c). This variety should not be used on high pH soils where chlorotic yellowing and stunting are production challenges. 36F52S exhibits exceptional stress tolerance. STS® tolerance for herbicide carryover, tough and durable!
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38F51 is a Medium-Tall plant type with excellent lateral branching and adaptabilty into high yielding situations, especially irrigation and the very good soils of northeast Kansas. It responds well to narrow and wide row environments due to its Medium-Bush plant type. Avoid high pH soils and watch for Metribuzin and PPO carryover from a previous corn crop. It has very good tolerance to Sudden Death Syndrome with resistance to Stem Canker, SCN and phytophthora.
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Attractive Tawny/Brown plant at harvest. The Medium-Bush architecture provides ample locations for pods after its fast emergence and quick canopy establish a firm foundation. It has excellent disease tolerance scores for Frogeye Leaf Spot, SDS and Phytophthora Root Rot. F4051 has genetic resistance for Soybean Cyst Nematodes, Cercospora, Stem Canker and Phytophthora Root Rot. Green Stem and shatter scores are excellent.
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F4151S provides STS® tolerance with the XtendFlex® trait. A very versatile variety that has the Excluder Gene for use on high salt content soils. Solid defensive traits including genetic resistance to Stem Canker, Phytophthora Root Rot and Soybean Cyst Nematodes. F4151S is an attractive Tawny variety with substantial branching that increases yield potential. Additionally, very good SDS tolerance and standabilty are expected. The Medium-Tall plant is very well suited for double cropping. Avoid 1st crop irrigation.
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First crop or double crop, 44F18S is a must have group 4 soybean. Broadly adapted variety that combines the STS trait with the Chloride excluder gene. Medium-tall variety with excellent standability. Attractive Light Tawny/ Brown soybean that stands in the field until the cows come home. Rps1c Phytophthora Root Rot gene with excellent field tolerance. Top-notch Sudden Death Syndrome and Southern Stem Canker tolerances mean broad adaptation. Superior Frogeye Leaf Spot tolerance adds to 44F18Ss dominating package.
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44F52S is a new Mid-Group IV variety that can be used across a wide footprint in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The Medium-Tall plant height will allow this soybean to be a good, solid choice for regular season or doublecrop situations. It possesses the Excluder Gene for use in salty soils, limiting chloride sensitivity. It has very nice eye appeal throughout the growing season. 44F52S carries resistance to PRR (Rps 1a) with excellent field tolerance for season long assurance.
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Sulfonylurea tolerance for double-crop use! This is a tall variety with excellent emergence, Charcoal Rot and stress tolerance. F4551S has the Rps 1c gene for Phytophthora Root Rot with very good field tolerance. Additional genetic resistance for Soybean Cyst Nematodes, Stem Canker and Mixed-Excluder Genes provide yield stability. Very good Sudden Death Syndrome scores. A stable, consistent variety with excellent performance! A favorite and VERY consistent variety throughout the MG4 growing region.
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Exceptional stress tolerance variety with broad adaptation. It has the Excluder Gene for chloride or salt sensitivity. It has good standability, a Medium-Tall plant type and very high yield potential. 48F54S has very strong emergence and a solid phytophthora package. An excellent choice for no-till situations across MO, KS and OK.
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NC 59R01 is our earliest grain hybrid offering. This early red hybrid brings Sugarcane Aphid tolerance along with a solid agronomic package. Great performance in low to high yield environments. A shorter statured hybrid that has exceptional stalks and roots for excellent standability until the combines hit the field.
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Best adapted for the tough to average acres in the plains. Solid agronomics with Sugar Cane Aphid tolerance advantage over 60C01.
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NC 62B01 is a medium-early hybrid that is well adapted to the wide range of environments that can occur across the Great Plains. A very consistent hybrid with very good yield performance in low and high yield environments. It is a uniform hybrid across the field and has excellent Sugar Cane Aphid Tolerance.
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NC 64B01 is an exciting addition to the NC+ grain sogrhum lineup that adds another great performing bronze colored hybrid with very good yield potential in both low and high yield environments. Stress and Sugarcane Aphid tolerance, along with excellent stalks and roots will make for consistent performance year after year.
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NC 65B01 is a medium maturity bronze hybrid with excellent top end yield. Moderate height hybrid that has excellent stalks and roots for standability late in the season.
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High yield potential with across high and low yielding environments. Deep red grain color with very good standability and head smut tolerance.
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NC 69B01 is a bronze hybrid with very good yield levels, and exhibits stable performance across favorable dryland and irrigated conditions. It is a Sugarcane Aphid Tolerant hybrid that needs to be part of every hybrid package
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NC 70R01 is a medium maturity hybrid in the Great Plains that has yield potential with Sugarcane Aphid Tolerance. Showy hybrid with strong performance at mid to upper yield levels, with excellent grain color and test weight.
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Yield tells the story for this medium-full maturity hybrid. NC 71R01 has excellent top end yield, and is well adapted across all areas of the Great Plains. For a moderately tall hybrid it has very good standability, has very good field appearance, and Sugarcane Aphid Tolerance.
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