Western Canadian farmers planning to grow corn have quite a few options to choose from for next year. BrettYoung, Corteva, Dekalb, DLF Pickseed, Maizex, NorthStar Genetics, Pride Seeds, Proven Seed and Thunder Seed are all releasing new corn hybrids. Please keep in mind the following list includes only brand new offerings for 2023.
Brettyoung
BY Belmont RR2 (2450 CHU) is a high-yielding, Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid well suited for grazing and silage in longer-season areas. BY Belmont RR2 features excellent root and stalk strength and it is equipped with impressive disease tolerance including very good resistance to Goss’s wilt.
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Corteva: Pioneer
P7389AM (2075 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Optimum AcreMax traits. It offers above-average root and stalk strengths, a good test weight score and an above-average rating for Goss’s wilt resistance.
P7822AM (2250 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Optimum AcreMax traits. It offers above-average stress emergence and plant height, good stalk strength and a very good test weight.
P6910AM (1950 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Optimum AcreMax traits and is suitable for silage. P6910AM has average root and stalk strength. It offers very good yield for its maturity and a very good test weight score.
P7822R (2250 CHU) is a Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid with excellent grain yield potential. Featuring very good stress emergence and very good test weight score, P7822R has good stalk strength and is above average in height.
P8048AM (2350 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Optimum AcreMax traits. It offers excellent yield for its maturity and a good test weight score. P8048AM also has very good root and stalk strengths as well as good plant height and husk cover.
P8294Q (2400 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Qrome traits and offers excellent silage characteristics and performance. It is a tall variety and has excellent emergence and early season vigour along with great late-season plant health. P8294Q also features good resistance to Goss’s wilt.
P8602AM (2600 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Optimum AcreMax traits and has the potential for excellent silage yields. It also has above-average root strength, average stalk strength and average resistance to Goss’s wilt.
P8859Q (2600 CHU) features LibertyLink, Roundup Ready 2 and Qrome traits and has the potential for excellent silage yields. It also features an above-average rating for stress emergence and root and stalk strengths and average test weight and resistance to Goss’s wilt, making it an excellent dual-purpose corn hybrid.
Dekalb
DKC20-23RIB (2050 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid offering fast drydown, strong grain test weight and good Goss’s wilt tolerance as well as excellent grain quality and late-season plant health. It has a 70-day relative maturity and is the earliest hybrid in Dekalb’s corn lineup.
DKC30-63RIB (2325 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid with an 80-day relative maturity featuring excellent emergence and early season vigour. It has great stalk strength along with strong grain test weight, fast drydown and good Goss’s wilt tolerance.
DKC35-29RIB (2575 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid with an 85-day relative maturity offering an excellent disease package with improved stalk strength and great late-season plant health. It also features excellent stay-green and good Goss’s wilt tolerance. DKC35-29RIB was a stable product in all tested yield environments and has strong grain test weight potential.
DKC21-36RIB (2075 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete silage-ready corn with a 71-day relative maturity featuring high starch content and high fibre digestibility, with a very good ratio between yield and milk per tonne. This fixed-ear hybrid can be planted at high populations for full yield potential. DKC21-36RIB has very good drought tolerance as well as very good stay-green and late-season plant health.
DKC24-06RIB (2100 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete silage-ready corn with a 74-day relative maturity offering high starch content and high fibre digestibility, with a very good ratio between yield and milk per tonne. This fixed-ear hybrid has a medium-tall plant structure and can be planted at high populations for full yield potential. DKC21-36RIB also has very good drought tolerance.
DKC36-48RIB (2600 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete silage-ready corn hybrid with an 86-day relative maturity with excellent top-end yield potential. It features strong early season vigour and emergence as well as excellent drought tolerance.
DLF Pickseed
PS 2076VT2P RIB (1950 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid with a 72-day relative maturity. It has very good test weight and fast drydown and performs well under high populations. PS 2076VT2P RIB also has very good Goss’s wilt resistance.
PS 2495RR (2325 CHU) is a Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid with an 80-day relative maturity. It is an early flowering variety and features a tall plant height with stay-green and a flint kernel grain type.
PS ExAmine LFF RR (2525 CHU) is a Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid with an 86-day relative maturity. It offers excellent emergence and early season development. This full floury leafy corn silage option has a tall plant structure.
PS ExPect LFF RR (2750 CHU) is a Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid with a 94-day relative maturity. This full floury leafy silage option features excellent emergence and early season development. It has a white cob and a very tall plant structure.
Maizex
MZ 2266DBR (2450 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid with an 82-day relative maturity offering strong agronomics with top-end yield. It also features excellent grain quality with high test weight.
MZ 6960R (2100 CHU) is a Roundup Ready 2 corn hybrid with an 86-day relative maturity offering a solid agronomics package that promotes yield. It also features an early grain set and rapid grain setup for its maturity.
Northstar Genetics
NS 283 (2425 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete grain hybrid with an 83-day relative maturity. This high-yielding, full-season corn features excellent test weight, strong root and stalk strengths and a very good rating for Goss’s wilt resistance.
928S is a Roundup Ready 2 silage corn. This full floury leafy hybrid provides impressive tonnage and quality and is super tall, with more leaves above the ear and softer kernels with very high starch availability and fibre digestibility for exceptional milk and beef gains.
Pride Seeds
A3979G2 RIB (2025 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete grain and silage hybrid for ultra-early season maturity zones, with strong emergence and seedling vigour for a fast early season start. A3979G2 RIB has shown very stable, high-yield potential for its maturity rating. It has very nice ear girth and consistency as well as flowers appropriate for its heat unit rating with rapid drydown for its maturity.
Proven Seed
PV 60273 RIB (2100 CHU) is an early flowering VT Double PRO RIB Complete hybrid with very good stalks and good test weight. Its yield is 102 per cent of P7417AM and it has good stay-green and harvest appearance. It has good resistance to grey leaf spot, very good resistance to northern corn leaf blight and excellent resistance to Goss’s wilt. The variety has an aggressive growth habit that pushes through the toughest growing conditions.
Thunder Seed
TH6370 (1925 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete hybrid corn with a 70-day relative maturity featuring very good tolerance to heat and drought stress through the growing season. With excellent emergence and seedling vigour, super-early flowering and early maturity, it is well suited for the ultra-early silage market and grain market.
TH6380 (2325 CHU) is a VT Double PRO RIB Complete corn hybrid with an 82-day relative maturity. Combining top-yield performance and stability, TH6380 has good stress tolerance and an excellent agronomics package that includes very strong roots and stalks and a girthy semi-flex ear, which allows for medium plant populations. It also offers great tolerance to Goss’s wilt and northern corn leaf blight.
TH4386 HDRR is a Roundup Ready 2 corn with an 86-day relative maturity. This silage hybrid produces a big plant with lots of leaves. Its large ears have soft floury kernels for great starch digestibility. It also features strong agronomics and slow drydown for a long chopping window.