It goes without saying that variety/hybrid selection is one of the most important decisions that a rice farmer has to make during
the winter planning time. Following are quite a few offerings for
2012. Consider your farm field-by-field when making choices
for the upcoming season. The following information about these rice
varieties/hybrids and their characteristics was provided by Horizon Ag,
LLC and RiceTec.
Horizon Ag, LLC
2012 CLEARFIELD Varieties:
CL111
• Earliest maturity of any Clearfield variety
• Excellent vigor with high yield potenti al
• Outstanding grain quality and milling
CL131
• Very early maturity
• Semi-dwarf with superior lodging resistance
• Excellent milling with consistent yield
CL142-AR
• Excellent yield potenti al
• Traditional height
• Excellent vigor and good disease package
CL151
• Superior yield potenti al
• Good disease package
• Good grain quality and milling
CL152
• Good seedling vigor and ti llering
• Superior lodging resistance
• Improved grain characteristi cs
CL161
• Proven reliability across the Southern rice belt
• Cypress characteristi cs – a plus at harvest
• Excellent milling and grain quality
CL162
• Excellent seedling vigor
• Improved standability
• Good yield poten tial, large grain size
CL261
• First Clearfield medium grain release
• Good yield potenti al
• Excellent milling and cooking quality
RiceTec
2012 Conventional Hybrids:
XL723
• Above average milling yield• Best available disease package
• Three to five days earlier maturing than Cheniere
• Excellent ratoon potential
XP744
• Average milling yield
• Best available disease package
• Three to five days earlier maturing than Cheniere
• Excellent ratoon potential
• Grain retention characteristics similar to CLEARFIELD XL745
XP753
• Better yield potential than XL723
• Standard milling yield
• Best available disease package
• Maturity comparable to XL723
• Excellent ratoon potential
• Improved grain retention characteristics over XL723
XP754
• Similar yield potential to XL723
• Standard milling yield
• Best available disease package – higher sheath blight tolerance than previous hybrids
• Maturity: Seven to 10 days later than XL723
• Improved grain retention characteristics, similar to current standard varieties
RiceTec
2012 CLEARFIELD Hybrids:
CLEARFIELD XL729
• Standard milling yield
• Best available yield package
• One to three days earlier maturing than CL151
• Excellent ratoon potential
• Newpath, Clearpath and Beyond tolerant
CLEARFIELD XL745
• Above average milling yield
• Best available disease package
• Three to five days earlier maturing than CL151
• Excellent ratoon potential
• Newpath, Clearpath and Beyond tolerant
• Improved grain retention characteristics compared to XL729
CLEARFIELD XP756
• Similar yield potential to XL729 standard milling yield
• Best available disease package – higher sheath blight tolerance than previous hybrids
• Five to seven days earlier maturing than XL729
• Newpath, Clearpath and Beyond tolerant
• Improved grain retention characteristics compared to XL745 |
