Keeping its commitment to offer a full line of cutting-edge genetics and technology products, NC+ Hybrids is offering customers a wide array of corn hybrids for the 2005 growing-season.

“Our philosophy is to provide growers every opportunity to evaluate all new technologies in the marketplace, and then decide for themselves which options make most sense for their individual operations,” NC+ Product Manager Doug Gloystein said. “We will remain very aggressive in identifying the best seed genetics possible through our own research and breeding facilities.  That allows us to apply the newest technologies to the best hybrids and varieties available. 

NC+ will offer 23 new corn hybrids for 2005.  They include various combinations of Roundup Ready, YieldGard Corn Borer and YieldGard Rootworm technologies.  There are also three new conventional corn hybrids, as well as two new white corn hybrids.  New soybean offerings include one Roundup Ready variety, one Roundup Ready/STS variety and one conventional variety.  A new red seeded grain sorghum hybrid is also included in the NC+ product lineup for 2005.

“Simplicity and safety are really the two biggest factors that are driving all these new technologies in the marketplace,” Gloystein said.  “It’s a matter of not having to handle as many chemicals and having less labor involved in using many of these products.  As farms continue to grow bigger in acres, these become bigger and bigger issues.”

Gloystein added that he expects to see a continued trend toward more stacked-trait hybrids driven by customer demand to use seed products that best meet needs in specific field and environmental situations. 

Here are brief descriptions of the new product releases from NC+ for the 2005 growing-season:

CORN

YieldGard Corn Borer with Roundup Ready

NC+ 1194RB: 92 days, excellent yield potential for relative maturity range, features strong root and stalk strength, good grain quality, plant at medium-to-high populations.

NC+ 2163RB: 100 days, NC+ 2162 genetics with Roundup and corn borer resistance, outstanding yield with quick dry down, uniform ear adapts well to higher plant populations.

NC+ 4414RB: 110 days, high-yielding hybrid with semi-flex ear, stable performer across different soil types, YGCB/RR version of NC+ 4413B.

NC+ 4574RB: 112 days, use as an early-to-mid season corn in full-season areas, tall, robust plants work well in high heat environments, long, flexible ears maximize yield at low-to-moderate populations in both irrigated and dryland situations, excellent for silage applications.

NC+ 4826RB: 112 days, corn borer and Roundup Ready version of NC+ 4822, top-end yields with excellent drydown for maturity, tremendous ear flex, requires only moderate plant populations, target to well-drained, high fertility fields.

YieldGard Rootworm with Roundup Ready

NC+ 4834RD: 112 days, breakthrough racehorse hybrid with exceptional top-end yield, highly rated emergence and early growth, tremendous ear flex, includes Poncho^Ò 250 for control of secondary insects.  YGRW/RR version of NC+ 4822.

NC+ 5414RD: 114 days, NC+ 5411 genetics with Roundup and rootworm resistance, outstanding heat tolerance, moderate populations recommended, superior starch extractability for wet milling, high-quality silage choice, includes Poncho 250 for control of secondary insects.

YieldGard Plus (corn borer and rootworm resistance)

NC+ 2164BD: 100 days, corn borer and rootworm resistance with NC+ 2162 genetics, adapts well to higher plant populations, outstanding yields and quick drydown, includes Poncho 250 for control of secondary insects.

NC+ 4844BD: 112 days, exceptional top-end yield, excellent emergence and early growth, tremendous ear flex, plant moderate populations only, target to well-drained, high-fertility fields, includes Poncho 250 for control of secondary insects.  YGPL version of NC+ 4822.

NC+ 5444BD: 114 days, corn borer and rootworm resistance with NC+ 5411 genetics, flexible ear, moderate populations recommended, good early growth, outstanding heat tolerance, superior starch extractability for wet milling, includes Poncho 250 for control of secondary insects. 

YieldGard  Corn Borer

NC+ 3534B: 106 days, corn borer resistant version of NC+ 3503, cutting edge 3-series genetics, good seedling vigor, excellent for no-till and high residue environments, average tolerance to gray leaf spot, well adapted to high plant populations, blocky, uniform ears.

NC+ 4492BC (corn borer resistance and Clearfield^Ò): 111 days, excellent heat and drought tolerance, superb standability and root strength, plant at medium-to-high populations, tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides including Pursuit and Lightning.

NC+ 7190B: 119 days, excellent choice for high-TDN silage, excellent grain-to-stover ratio, superior standability and stay green due to outstanding late season plant health, adapted to moderate and high plant populations.

Roundup Ready Corn

NC+ 3032R: 104 days, excellent emergence and early growth, ideal for no-till or early planting, produces high test weight grain on small red cob, semi-flex ear favors higher-than-average populations.

NC+ 3801R: 107 days, suitable in both irrigated and dryland operations, good in moderate populations, excels in high heat environments, excellent choice for “early corn planted early” in 110-day and later maturity zones, excellent silage application.

NC+ 4825R: 112 days, Roundup Ready version of NC+ 4822, breakthrough racehorse hybrid with exceptional top-end yield, excellent emergence and early growth, tremendous ear flex, requires only moderate populations, target to well-drained, high fertility fields.

NC+ 5191R: 113 days, excellent gray leaf spot tolerance, excellent yield, test weight and grain quality, works well in stressful environments including continuous corn, variable soil conditions and high residue fields, requires moderate-to-high plant populations for top yield.

NC+ 7371R: 121 days, high yield potential for grain or silage, solid agronomics including root and stalk strength, excellent test weight and high quality grain, moderate planting populations recommended.

Conventional Corn

NC+ 2773: 103 days, excellent yield performance across wide range of environments, strong stalk and roots, semi-upright leaf canopy, girthy, semi-flex ear with full husk cover.

NC+ 3601: 107 days, widely adapted, excels in heat-driven environments, defensive hybrid, high yields at moderate-to-high populations, solid package of agronomic traits including stress tolerance.

NC+ 5381: 114 days, good stress tolerance, superior plant health, good gray leaf spot tolerance, girthy ears, moderate ear flex, husks flare open to showcase glossy, high quality grain, excellent test weight.

White Corn

NC+ 4954W: 111 days, Frito Lay approval in Nebraska, tall with average canopy, long, slender ears with excellent ear flex.

NC+ 5774W: 114 days, Frito Lay approval in Nebraska and Illinois, tall white hybrid with excellent agronomics, flex ear with good ear length, superior grain yields and root strength.

SOYBEANS

Roundup Ready Soybean

NC+ 3A12RR: Early Group III, excellent emergence and standability, tall branchy plant type suitable for all row widths, great stress tolerance including charcoal rot tolerance.

Roundup Ready STS Soybean

NC+ 4A81RRSTS: Late Group IV, wide area of adaptation including double crop areas, large plant type even in stress environments, excellent stem canker and frog eye tolerance, good SDS tolerance, offers protection from SU herbicide carryover in double-crop situations.

Conventional Soybean

NC+ 3A82: Late Group III, excellent stress tolerance in variable soils, tall plant type, R3 and MR4,14 SCN resistance, above-average tolerance to high-pH soils, good SDS tolerance.

GRAIN SORGHUM

NC+ 7R34: Red-Medium, 70 days to mid-bloom, outstanding yield potential, strong head exsertion, bright red seeded hybrid with excellent test weight, strong pre-flower stress tolerance for maturity, moderate populations reduce height and promote root and stalk strength, widely adapted.

NC+ Hybrids, based in Lincoln, Neb., is one of the largest independent seed companies in the United States.  Farmer-owned for 45 years, NC+ nationally markets corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, forage sorghum, sudangrass, alfalfa.