TALON
VERSATILITY AS IMPRESSIVE AS STAND
- NuSun, Express herbicide tolerant
- Excellent hullability and meat-to-hull ratio
- Early maturity, single-cross hybrid
- Excellent root strength
TALON
- Sunflower
- NuSun
- Early
- ExpressSun
Looking for market flexibility? Talon produces a valuable grain for the bird food market while providing growers additional marketing options for dehull or crush as required. Concerned about tough growing conditions? Talon is an early hybrid with excellent stalk and root strength. Weed pressure a problem? Talon is an ExpressSun hybrid and is a versatile solution for growers.
Resources
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Sunflower Seed Market Options
Primary Market: NuSun Crush
Secondary Market Options: Bird Food/Dehull
Seed Treatment
Nuseed hybrids are treated with fungicide and insecticide seed treatment to protect your seed investment.
Management Recommendations
• Recommended planting rate: 18,000-20,000 plants per acre
• Can be planted up to the Canadian border
• Recommend early harvest
Seed Characteristics
Yield for Maturity: 7
Test Weight: 6
Oil Content: 5
Plant Height: 5
Rating Scale 1=Poor, 9=Excellent
Plant Height Scale 1=Shortest, 9=Tallest
Seed Agronomics
Emergence: 7
Drought Tolerance: 6
Uniformity at Flowering: 8
Dry Down: 7
Late Season Plant Health: 6
Stalk Rating: 7
Root Rating: 8
Rating Scale 1=Poor, 9=Excellent
ExpressSun
Sunflower hybrids with the ExpressSun® trait for resistance to tribenuron-methyl herbicides labeled for use with the ExpressSun trait. This unique sunflower system is designed to maximize weed control in sunflower crops, enhancing ease of production and yield. This system provides improved weed control over conventional hybrids with traditional herbicides. TM ® Trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies.
