Why Schlessman® Silage Corn?

Look no further! Schlessman’s “Performance Genetics” very unique leafy gene hybrids meet your silage needs. Our select hybrids provide high tonnage, highly digestible silage for your dairy farm. We have a nice range of maturities to meet your needs.

Leafy gene hybrids are used for silage only and provide:

  • A highly digestible stalk
  • Large, lower test weight, floury ears that fracture into more digestible particles
  • Broad harvest window
  • Shorter bunker time
  • Hybrid maturity range from 86 to 114

Ask about our new silage hybrid line-up. Plant Schlessman’s silage hybrids and experience the ration cost savings by producing more milk per acre. Contact your salesman for more information, including digestibility tests. Email us for more information.

882Lfy

RM 86

Traits Available:
Leafy Conventional
Leafy Roundup Ready® Corn 2

  • Excellent silage yield performer!
  • Outstanding nutritional value feed with long harvest window
  • Strong agronomics that performs on variable soils
  • Silage only medium-tall plant stature, flowers early
  • 24,000 to 26,000 final stand recommended

Score: 5 = Worst; 1 = Best

Agronomic Profile
5
4
3
2
1
Emergence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Root Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stalk Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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941Lfy

RM 90

Traits Available:
Leafy Conventional
Leafy Roundup Ready® Corn 2

  • Nice very tall hybrid with Leafy genetics - silage only
  • Low, white cob ear with 9 to 10 leaves above the ear
  • Very digestible starch
  • Long harvest window
  • Medium plant population - 24,000 to 28,000 final stand

Score: 5 = Worst; 1 = Best

Agronomic Profile
5
4
3
2
1
Emergence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Root Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stalk Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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1041Lfy

RM 104

Traits Available:
Leafy Conventional
Leafy Roundup Ready® Corn 2

  • New leafy genetics! Strong yields with a long harvest window
  • Outstanding stalk and root strength
  • Great medium-tall silage only hybrid with a wide leaf stature
  • Very high nutritional quality
  • Performs well over variable soils
  • 28,000 to 32,000 final stand recommended

Score: 5 = Worst; 1 = Best

Agronomic Profile
5
4
3
2
1
Emergence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Root Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stalk Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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1147Lfy

RM 114

Traits Available:
Conventional Leafy Only

  • Tall late season leafy silage only hybrid
  • Wide leaf stature
  • Very digestible starch with high grain content
  • Performs well on variable soil types
  • Medium plant population - 24,000 to 28,000 final stand
  • Unique NEW genetic line for full season matuity zones

Score: 5 = Worst; 1 = Best

Agronomic Profile
5
4
3
2
1
Emergence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Root Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stalk Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SiloKing

RM 110

Traits Available:
Conventional Only

  • Excellent tall silage hybrid
  • Soft kernel texture on a pink cob
  • Uniform, consistent ear
  • Semi-flex ear type
  • Excellent early season vigor

Score: 5 = Worst; 1 = Best

Agronomic Profile
5
4
3
2
1
Emergence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Root Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stalk Strength
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant Health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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