Syngenta continues to invest in significant advancements to strengthen our portfolio and better support the success of all our growers. Our corn lineup offers a significant range of high-performing product equipped with industry-leading traits, featuring the corn trait platform from Syngenta, for the most comprehensive above and below ground insect trait package available in North America. Our R&D investment has doubled our corn breeding program and tripled our experimental class to deliver a robust corn product lineup growers can trust.

Recently we invested $30 million into a trait introgression facility to ensure our newly advanced commercial corn hybrids are tested at least 2 years in our R & D testing program in the traited version scheduled to be commercialized. 

In 2022 we introduced new Enogen™ corn hybrids designed to deliver improved feed efficiency to animal producers with the industry leading alpha amylase technology. This technology represents a novel approach to simplifying the breakdown of corn starch into sugar, therefore improving increase ruminal digestibility. Enogen corn helps convert starch to sugar more efficiently and rapidly providing readily available energy sooner to beef and dairy cattle.

Here are five corn hybrids we are particularly excited about for eastern Canada in 2023. Hybrids you may already be growing or will want to include in you plans as you prepare for the 2024 season include:

NK8519-DV – An early maturity, 2650 CHU DuracadeViptera™ hybrid that provides comprehensive above-and below-ground insect control. Expect consistent performance across environments that has dependable emergence and excellent seedling vigour for stand establishment each spring. Responds well in drought prone, variable and highly productive soils. Good tolerance to Northern corn leaf blight and strong stalks for season-long standability.  A hybrid with great opportunity to maximize yield performance for silage harvest in this maturity.

NK9175-DV – This 2750 CHU DuracadeViptera™ corn hybrid continues to impress in our commercial trial testing program across many farmer’s fields. This hybrid has top end yield potential with broad adaptation plus comprehensive traits for above-and below-ground insect control. An exceptional early disease package and outstanding drought tolerance enables the consistent performance that farmers will want as part of their mid maturity corn hybrid plans in future years. Another NK® hybrid with a great opportunity to maximize yield performance for silage harvest in this maturity.

NK9535-V – A 2850 CHU Viptera™ corn hybrid with exciting yield performance and controls a broad spectrum of above-ground pests. This hybrid has a broad adaption across yield environments with superb stalks for season-long standability. Another NK hybrid option with a great opportunity to maximize yield performance for silage harvest in this maturity. 

E080Q1-D – Our earliest Enogen™ corn hybrid at 2450 CHU includes our Duracade™ trait for above-and below-ground insect control. Superior yield that maximizes when it rains and increases yield potential when it doesn’t. A corn hybrid with early flowering for good northern adaption. Expect great staygreen and test weight as harvest approaches with this early season Enogen corn hybrid. A hybrid to rethink how you use corn to feed your beef and dairy cattle in western Canada and short season regions of eastern Canada.

E095D3-D – Another Enogen™ corn hybrid with our Duracade™ trait for above-and below-ground insect control. This 2850 CHU corn hybrid offers exciting yield performance with broad adaptation across yield environments. Expect season-long standability from superb stalks and had solid agronomics for continuous corn acre production.  No need to push the population for the results you expect. Another new corn hybrid to consider making the feeding of your beef and dairy cattle more efficient with Enogen on your farm.

To learn more about these and other NK and Enogen corn hybrids chat with your local NK sales rep, Enogen sales rep, agronomist or retailer to help you assess your farm’s needs and pick the best solution.