Durayield Gallery

We wanted to show you what we see while walking thousands of plots across multiple states each year.

Image is of a corn field with two different varieties planted next to each other. The corn hybrid on the left, labeled "National Brand", is showing signs of drought stress, such as leaves that are rolling closed and look pointy and also have a slightly grayish color. The corn hybrid on the right, labeled "Durayield," has leaves that are showing no signs of drought stress. Leaves are completely open and a healthy green color.

2023 MN Drought Stress

National brand corn hybrids often exhibit signs of drought stress long before BASS Durayield hybrids do in dry conditions. BASS hybrids still need water, but Durayield hybrids can get you an extra 7-10 days before showing signs stress. That’s extra time to wait for the next rain.

Text above image says "Unconventional Hybrids vs GMO genetics with CRW trait. Corn following corn rotation. No Insecticide." Image is of the washed roots of two corn plants. The left roots, labeled "Durayield" show darker colored brace roots that are longer and show no sign of damage. The main root mass is large and shows very minimal CRW feeding. The right root mass is labeled "National Brand". It has two rows of brace roots which do show some feeding. The main root mass exhibits some signs of CRW feeding and does not look as full as the root mass of the Durayield.

Durayield Roots under CRW pressure

Durayield native insect tolerance includes below ground insect tolerance. Jessica’s roots (on the left left) vs the roots a fully GMO-traited corn hybrid (includes CRW traits!) in a corn on corn rotation without insecticide.

Two corn hybrids side by side. The leaves of the left hybrid, a Durayield hybrid, are open and look healthy. The text above this hybrid says "Durayield Breeding Methods." The leaves of the right hybrid, not a Durayield product, are rolling closed and slightly gray from drought stress. The image text above this hybrid says "Current industry development methods."

Durayield Breeding vs Standard Industry Breeding

A comparison of a Durayield-developed hybrid (Nova) vs a hybrid developed using current industry breeding methods (not a Durayield product). Photo taken in Minot, ND in 2021.

Image is of two corn hybrids side by side in rows. The left corn hybrid is completely brown and ready to harvest. The right corn hybrid is still very green with ripe ears that have brown husks.

National Brand vs Durayield Under Drought Stress

Two hybrids of the same maturity (104 day) grown in Dawson, MN in 2020. This photo was taken in early September. BASS Durayield hybrids have better drought tolerance and staygreen in hot, dry conditions.

The photo is of two corn hybrids side by side at the border of a field. On the left, the corn is drought stressed. The upper leaves are rolling and look pointy. The lower leaves are yellow and brown and drying. Above this corn are the words "National Brand." The corn on the right is green and not showing signs of stress. The words above this corn are "BASS Hybrids."

2021 Olivia MN Drought Stress

National Brand vs BASS Hybrids under drought stress. This BASS hybrid (Madeline) is not even a Durayield product! Even the hybrids we do not label as Durayield are generally tougher than other products of the same maturities, even those hybrids released by the big name, national brand companies with all the bells and whistles. And BASS products still yield the same or higher in the absence of stress.

Photo is of two rows of corn side by side in a field with dry wheat stubble and some low growing weeds on the ground. The corn plants in the left row are mostly green with a few brown leaves at the very bottom and have large ears of corn attached to the stalks. The corn plants in the right row are mostly brown with very little leaves left. They do have large-looking ears of corn visible form some plants. Hanging on the first plant of the right row is a sign. There is an arrow pointing left with the text "Queen - RM 95" and an arrow pointing right with the text "National brand - RM 97." The sign also says "Gettysburg, SD 2021."

Drought in Gettysburg, SD 2021

BASS Durayield hybrid Queen (RM 95) next to a national brand hybrid (RM 97) during a dry year in Gettysburg. This was taken in late August. The Durayield corn stays greener longer under hot, dry conditions.

Image contains two separate outlined photos placed next to each other. At the top above both photos are the words "Early July 2020 Drought Stress." The left photo, captioned with "National Brand 103RM" is of 2 corn plants that are showing obvious signs of drought stress: rolling leaves, the bottom leaves are browning and dry, the tips of the top leaves are starting to brown. The right photo, captioned "Vanessa 103RM" with the Durayield logo, is of two rows of corn plants that are green and healthy. Leaves are open and flat. There are no signs of drying leaves or drought stress.

July 2020 Drought Stress

National Brand vs Durayield under severe drought stress. Durayield hybrids are more tolerant to drought and heat stress than big national brand hybrids.

Image is of three photos side by side with black lines separating each image. The first image is of a corn leaf at the ear node of a corn plant. The ear shoot is silking. There is a hand behind the leaf demonstrating the width of the leaf, which is almost as wide as the hand from the first finger knuckle to the thumb joint. The middle photo is of two nodes full of very red, long brace roots. The roots on the top node appear to have a gelatinous substance on the ends of them. The third photo is of the bottom of a large root mass being held by two people with corn plants in the background. The text in the lower left corner says "Durayield Characteristics: Wide leaf w/ Canopy Cover, Large Brace Roots, Root Mass."

Durayield Characteristics

Some of the characteristics that Durayield products have are wide leaves and lots of roots.

Photo is of a corn field with an obvious grid pattern of research plots. Alleys (uniform gaps in the rows) are seen separating different varieties every 20 feet within a row. Every four rows across the field, the corn looks different. Scattered in a checkerboard pattern are 4-row plots of corn that is drier and browner than the greener corn plots surrounding them.

Bird Island Yield Trials – 2020

Aerial photo of our 2020 Bird Island yield trial location, which was dry. The browner plots are the repeating check hybrid (control) we use as a yield and phenotypic measure. This check hybrid was developed using industry standard breeding methods. The remaining hybrids are our first year screening trials of hybrids developed using BASS breeding methods.