Building Your 2026 Hybrid Portfolio

Right Hybrid. Right Field. Right Partner.

When it comes to building your Max Yield System Plan, hybrid placement is where potential turns into performance. The right hybrid in the right field isn’t just a saying, it’s the decision that ties together your fertility, biological, and crop protection plans for maximum ROI.

Now is the time to finalize your hybrid placement and portfolio for 2026 — and that starts with the right partner at your side.

Why Axis Seed is the Right Partner for Building Your Hybrid Portfolio

At Axis Seed – Red Barn, we believe your farm deserves a local seed partner who understands its soils, its weather, and the obstacles to creating Maximum Yield.

As a locally owned Independent Regional Company (IRC), we operate differently than national brands:

• Locally Owned & Operated: Decisions are made here, by people who live and farm in the same environment you do.

• Independent Framework: Every Axis Seed IRC operates independently, developing local testing programs and recommending hybrids based on local performance, not national marketing priorities.

• Multiple Genetic & Trait Sources: Because Axis Seed is independent from any single genetic or trait provider, we can source and select the best-performing genetics from multiple industry leaders. That freedom means your hybrid lineup is built for your farm, not confined to one brand’s catalog.

At Axis Seed – Red Barn, our testing program focuses on hybrid characteristics that make the most impact on yield consistency across western Kansas:

• Ear Flex for variable populations and dryland stability.

• Drought Tolerance for performance under stress.

• pH Tolerance for challenging, high-pH soils.

Through weekly field ratings and final yield analysis, we’re identifying the hybrids that consistently deliver performance and predicting early which products have the greatest potential to excel in your fields. That’s how we help you build a hybrid portfolio that fits your farm.

Hybrid Placement: Right Hybrid, Right Field

Action Steps:

• Rank by Bu/1000 Plants: Use your local and historical hybrid performance data to rank hybrids by efficiency, not just yield.

• Match to Soils & Management:

  • Drought-tolerant hybrids → lighter, variable soils.

  • High-response hybrids → your best fertility and irrigation ground.

  • Disease-tolerant hybrids → fields with consistent residue or stress.

• Diversify Maturity: Spread maturities across your acres to manage risk and smooth out harvest.

• Trial and Verify: Dedicate acres for side-by-sides or strip trials to evaluate new options with local data.

Why It Matters: Hybrid placement is where yield potential is either capped or unleashed. The best fertility or fungicide plan won’t overcome the wrong hybrid in the wrong field. Top producers don’t leave it to chance, they plan hybrid by hybrid, field by field.

Hybrid Portfolio: Managing Risk and Reward

Think of your hybrid lineup like an investment portfolio, balancing stability, aggressiveness, and adaptability.

Action Steps:

• Core Performers (60–70% of acres): Proven hybrids with multi-year data and local consistency.

• High-Response Hybrids (20–30% of acres): Products that excel when you push management, fertility, or irrigation.

• New or Experimental Hybrids (5–10% of acres): Always be testing. New genetics bring opportunity, and data from your farm builds confidence in new hybrids, allowing you to expand acres with less risk in the future.

• Balance Trait Platforms: Maintain diversity to manage resistance...

Pulling It All Together

Your Hybrid Portfolio Plan is the foundation that supports every other part of your Max Yield System, fertility, biologicals, and crop protection.

And when that plan is built with Axis Seed – Red Barn, you’re not just planting a bag of seed.

You’re planting a system built on local data, independent genetics, and a commitment to help you Grow Your Yield. Grow Your Legacy. Grow Strong with Axis Seed.