Hefty Brand Corn 4490 94-day Hybrid Header
Textual header for CONVENTIONAL
Textual header for CONVENTIONAL

GDUs to Mid-pollination: 1240
GDUs to Black Layer: 2350
Pollination for Maturity: Late
Ear Type: Semi-Flex
Cob Color: Red

GDUs to Mid-Pollination: 1240
GDUs to Black Layer: 2350
Pollination for Maturity: Late
Ear Type: Semi-Flex
Cob Color: Red

KEY STRENGTHS
High-yielding conventional! Heavy test weight and good drought tolerance. Excellent drydown and plant intactness at harvest. Bigger plant type with good dual purpose potential. Fast emergence. Good stalks and roots.

WEAKNESSES
Average disease tolerance package.

POSITIONING
Solid overall conventional hybrid with good agronomics. Place this on all but coarse soils. It does respond well to manure and applied fertility. With a robust plant type and heavy test weight grain, this can be used for silage or for grain harvest. This is not a good choice for continuous corn, but it works well in all rotations. We recommend using a planting-time insecticide for corn rootworm and secondary insect control.

AGRONOMIC & DISEASE RATINGS

H4490 Agronomic Chart

The higher the number, the better the performance or rating.

I know that when I give my business to Hefty Seed Company, I can count on great yields from their products and outstanding service from their knowledgeable agronomists.

Paul, Southeast South Dakota

I put my Hefty corn up to my favorite Pioneer and Dekalb, and wow does it perform! I’ll keep planting Hefty!

Luke, Iowa

I first tried Hefty because of the price point. Then I put four hybrids in my competition plot with four other brands of corn. Hefty took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in my plot. That’s when I knew I was planting the real deal!

Ben, Moses Lake, Washington

We have had a really good run with Hefty Corn hybrids on our farm over the last several years. In fact, they have been our top-yielding hybrids for a number of years now.

Nathan, Watertown, South Dakota

The emergence and yields I have gotten from my Hefty Brand Seed have been outstanding!

Mark, Southeast South Dakota

I plant corn for Habitat for Hunting. My ground is really tough due to flooding it each year. I switched to Hefty Corn because of how well it handles tough, dry soil.

Mike, Othellow, Washington

Out of everything I planted, Hefty has always been the first corn out of the ground over the last three years.

Devon, Southeast Nebraska