Last week, I shared my experience in early January where I spent a few days in Des Moines learning from the Axis Seed genetics teams about the new products they have to offer for 2024 testing. These products could launch in Axis Seed – Red Barn’s product line for planting as early as 2025 or 2026. It’s a lot of information to comb through, but the bottom line remains: selecting the right hybrids ultimately comes down to both agronomic traits and yield.
I have visited with many of you since our Axis Seed launch about the many new pieces of the seed business that we now control locally. Of all of these pieces, the ability to choose products based on our local needs is by far the most exciting to me. Product selection is the number one thing I, as the Independent Regional Company (IRC) owner and your seed salesman, can do to impact yield and profitability on your farm. It’s a critical decision, and I appreciate you allowing me to help you with this process each year.
To demonstrate the diversity of products we have access to for testing, I would like to introduce you to the Axis Seed – Red Barn 2024 Experimental Hybrid Class.
What is the Axis Seed – Red Barn 2024 Experimental Hybrid Class?
The 2024 Axis Seed – Red Barn Experimental Hybrid Class is made up of 16 hybrids coming from four different genetics providers. Fifteen hybrids in this test class have never seen commercial production. The class ranges in maturity from 102 RM to 115 RM and has hybrids with nine different trait combinations for both above- and below-ground insect protection.
With exciting, new things happening in the trait combination world, we are looking at:
- One new product with the VT4PRO trait stack which combines the above-ground protection of Trecepta with the newest corn rootworm protection of RNAi Technology
- Five new new hybrids with PowerCore Enlist technology
- Three new hybrids with Agrisure Artesian water optimization traits
- One hybrid with DroughtGard VT2PRO technology for drought tolerance technology and above-ground insect protection
Below you will find a listing of the new hybrids based on their maturity class. We look forward to “Dialing in the Data” on these hybrids and with any luck seeing them grown on your farm in the near future! Remember, if you are interested in being one of our testing partners, or know of another grower who would do an excellent job of hybrid testing, we are looking for partners for strip-trials and show-trials. You can learn more about our robust local testing program by clicking here.
This post was written by Axis Seed – Red Barn Enterprises President and resident corn expert, Matt Long.
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