DEKALB and Asgrow brands offer strong 2025 new product lineup for Illinois

ST. LOUIS — The DEKALB and Asgrow seed brands are introducing new products for 2025 that offer Illinois farmers high performance potential with advanced protection against yield-robbing pests.

New DEKALB products that have shown top yield potential in pre-commercial trials include:

• DKC114-42RIB and DKC112-29RIB brand blends, SmartStax PRO products with RNAi Technology — the first trait package from Bayer to offer three modes of action for corn rootworm control.

• DKC112-12RIB brand blend with Trecepta Technology that provides an elite above-ground pest package for corn with three modes of action.

“We’re very excited to expand our lineup of products with Bayer’s leading corn insect traits to defend against some of the toughest corn pests,” said DEKALB brand manager Jamie Horton.

“These trait technologies, combined with the DEKALB brand’s strong agronomic package, will help farmers protect their fields and achieve high yield potential.”

All DEKALB products next season will also continue to include Acceleron Seed Applied Solutions ELITE with Enhanced Disease Control to help improve early-to-midseason disease protection.

And new for 2025, all of the brand’s new products will come standard with Acceleron N-314 nematicide, which brings the combination of Votivo and fluopyram nematicide to help protect corn against the unseen pest — nematodes.

The Asgrow XtendFlex soybean product lineup has also been expanded for next season, offering performance and flexibility to help farmers manage tough-to-control weeds.

Among the new products for Illinois that demonstrated high yield potential in pre-commercial trials are Asgrow AG22XF5, AG35XF5 and AG43XF5, which add to the proven performance of the brand’s existing XF3 and XF4 product classes.

In addition to offering Acceleron Seed Applied Solutions seed treatments for early-to-midseason disease protection, Asgrow XtendFlex soybeans are bred with defensive agronomics to help protect against key soybean diseases such as white mold, Phytophthora, brown stem rot and iron deficiency chlorosis.

“The 2025 launch class further demonstrates our strong commitment to innovation,” said Matthew Goddard, technical product lead.

“This new class provides key performance updates in our portfolio and is already showing high yield potential, so we’ll be able to make an immediate performance impact with this launch.”