For producers looking for corn hybrids that can produce more silage yield per acre and deliver more milk per ton, there are the new SilageProven™ hybrids, 29 new corn products from DEKALB and Asgrow.

“Not all corn hybrids are created equal in terms of the quality and amount of silage produced per acre,” says Jason Hoag, U.S. Corn Marketing Manager for Monsanto.  “The hybrids that we have designated as SilageProven have gone through extensive quality analysis.  Each DEKALB® and Asgrow® hybrid selected for the SilageProven category has made the cut for greater nutritional quality and silage tonnage based on a stringent rating system.”

DEKALB and Asgrow silage samples from multiple U.S. field trials are sent to Dairy One, an independent testing laboratory, for extensive testing.  The results from these nutritional quality measurements are then combined with silage yield data to calculate milk per ton and milk per acre values using the Milk 2000 formula*.

“Only products that provide high net energy for lactation and higher tonnage are designated as SilageProven,” says Tracy Klingaman, U.S. Corn Product Manager for Monsanto.  “Here at DEKALB, we are taking a serious look at grower needs and introducing hybrids that offer both favorable yields and a quality feed product, making them suitable for both dairy and beef cattle.  

SilageProven corn products offer growers a broad selection of built-in traits, such as Roundup Ready® Corn 2, YieldGard® Corn Borer and YieldGard Rootworm, as well as YieldGard Plus, which offers protection against corn rootworms, corn borers and secondary pests. Also included in the SilageProven corn product line is YieldGard Plus with Roundup Ready Corn 2, providing maximum insect protection and tolerance to Roundup agricultural herbicides in a single seed.  

“DEKALB brand corn has the exclusive genetics that deliver the root and stalk strength that crops need,” says Hoag.  “This superior root and stalk strength delivers higher yield potential, ultimately increasing growers’ profit potential.”

Follow grain marketing and insect resistance management requirements. 

* Schaver, Schwab, Hoffman, 2000 University of Wisconsin.  For more information see www.wisc.edu/dysci/.

Always read and follow pesticide label directions.  Roundup Ready crops contain a Roundup Ready® gene, which confers tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® agricultural herbicides. Roundup agricultural herbicides will kill crops that do not contain the Roundup Ready gene. 

DEKALB® is a registered trademark of DeKalb Genetics Corporation. 
YieldGard® and Roundup Ready® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. 
©2005 Monsanto Company.