As harvest gets into full swing, farmers are evaluating their picks in seed while watching the yield monitor. Sure, seed is just one element in bringing a successful crop to maturity, but it is the beginning and the basis for what is possible.

While the 2024 crop year winds down, the preparation for the next year is already starting. American Agriculturist seeks to provide options for growers, as we asked seed companies for their “top” corn and soybean varieties for 2025.

These varieties are geared to Michigan, mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Ohio growers and, in some cases, are suited for all soil types and geographies. Keep in mind this is only a sampling and does not include the full list of options by seed companies.

New genetics, as LG Seeds noted, provides farmers with more opportunity to diversify their crop strategies and mitigate risk, while further protecting crops from disease and pests.

American Agriculturist has split this massive list up for easier reading. Below is the second list of companies that have responded to our request for top varieties. We’ll be updating the list as more companies reveal their top choices. To view the first list, click here.

For readability, RIB stands for refuge in bag, and RM stands for relative maturity.

If you have any questions on a variety, contact your local seed dealer or email American Agriculturist at [email protected] or [email protected].

Corn

Beck’s Corn

BECK 5212TCV2 (RM-102). With next-level performance for a 102-day RM hybrid, this product has vigorous early-season growth, great canopy architecture and excellent pollination, even in stressed locations. It delivers 18-20 rows around, deep kernel fill, and performance across soils and yield environments.

BECK 5530PCE (RM-105). This product is perfectly suited for the central and eastern Corn Belt. It has excellent emergence, high test weight and strong disease tolerance with late-season stay-green.

BECK 5794V2P (RM-107). This hybrid is a great addition to Beck's proven "94" family of genetics, known for their central and eastern adaptation, performance across all soil types, and strong agronomic fit to handle the challenges of the geography.

XL 5824AM (RM-108). A highly adapted product for the East, this hybrid delivers excellent stay-green, standability, wet feet tolerance, fast emergence and plant architecture. In addition to stress tolerance, it has the kernel depth to reach top-end yields.

BECK 6184V2P (RM-111). Another product that performs across many soil types and environments, it can tolerate drought stress and wet feet, has the ear flex to handle lower plant populations, and offers heat tolerance to move south.

LG Seeds

LG38C48VT2RIB. An 88-day hybrid VT Double PRO product, it will add to the Roundup Ready option launched in 2023. It’s a standout product for this maturity group that brings late-season intactness. It produces a girthy ear and a good option for productive soils.

LG43C50VT2RIB. A 93-day conventional and VT Double PRO RIB Complete option for 2024, it brings long ears that can flex. It can adapt to many growing conditions. Strong Goss’s wilt tolerance allows for broad geographic placement. Test weight, grain quality and overall plant health are just a few of its strengths.

LG52C90VT2RIB. An exciting 102-day corn hybrid provides strong emergence, top-end corn yields and reliability across multiple environments. This was the highest-yielding field corn seed in two years of pre-commercial testing.

LG62C73VT2RIB. It provides the performance and the looks of an industry-leading 112-day product. It has superior grain quality, impressive drought stress tolerance and consistent yields across many environments.

LG65C30VT2RIB. This is a high-yielding hybrid with strong tar spot tolerance. The corn product is stable across many yield environments and has the agronomics to perform.  

Dairyland Seed Corn

DS-3730 PCE/V (97-RM). Rugged hybrid that can play offense and defense. Quick emergence and excellent agronomics.

DS-4191 PCE/V (101-RM). New lead product that is very versatile, with fast emergence, very good agronomics and yield potential.

DS-4219 AM (102-RM). High-yielding genetics with superior drought stress tolerance. Avoid early planting in tough conditions.

DS-4488 PCE/V (104-RM). Sets the bar for yield potential at this maturity. Very quick emergence and stellar agronomics, excels in top-end yield environments.

DS-4833 AM/V (109-RM). Tremendous yield potential with good grain quality and test weight. Excellent emergence, drought stress tolerance and agronomics.

Soybeans

Beck’s Soybeans

BECK 2331XF (RM-2.3). Offering a significant yield advantage in the early to mid-group II XtendFlex platform, it works well across yield levels, demonstrating consistent performance and a strong tolerance to sudden death syndrome.

BECK 3441XF (RM-3.4). This product blends a robust agronomic package and yield potential, raising the performance level of the early to mid-group III soybeans. It is a taller variety with very good standability, SDS tolerance, and it performs well across a wide range of yield levels.

BECK 2660E3 (RM-2.6). Across soil types and yield levels, this variety provides good emergence and standability. With a good phytophthora package, it is a highly versatile performer with Peking cyst protection.

BECK 2950E3 (RM-2.9). This product is a late Group II RM leader, bringing good standability, excellent phytophthora field tolerance, and consistency across all yield levels.

BECK 3250E3 (RM-3.2) This variety offers excellent performance across all yield levels and shines in high-yield environments. With good standability, SDS tolerance and emergence, it is a great option for the more challenging acres.

LG Soybean

The 17 new LG Seeds’ soybean varieties coming to market in 2025 offer new genetics and multiple trait choices. A few standouts include the following: 

LGS1206E3. It provides the high yields coupled with excellent iron deficiency chlorosis, brown stem rot and white mold tolerance, allowing these soybean seeds to be planted in many geographies. These soybeans have adaptability to high- and low-performing soils.

LGS2054XF. It is a high-performing soybean plant that can handle stressful situations without sacrificing standability. It also packs sudden death syndrome, white mold and IDC tolerance.

LGS3000E3. This is a proven yielder with tolerance to sulfonylurea herbicides (STS) as well as SDS, IDC and frogeye leaf spot. This allows for adoption across most areas where this maturity is grown.

LGS3445E3. It offers Peking resistance to soybean cyst nematode, with a balanced agronomic package. Great STS, SDS, IDC and stress tolerance make this a good all-around soybean.

LGS4833E3. It has a unique package of agronomic traits that set it apart from other late Group IV maturities. It’s a salt excluder for saline soils with southern root-knot nematode (SRK) resistance and a strong tolerance to SDS, frogeye leaf spot and STS. This soybean variety thrives in fine- to medium-textured soils.  

Dairyland Seed

DSR-1788E (1.7-RM). Agronomics and yield potential along with stacked traits for phytophthora root rot. Very good emergence makes this a nice option for early planting.

DSR-1989E (1.9-RM). Consistent performance with good drought tolerance. Carries Peking for soybean cyst nematodes.

DSR-2055E (2.0). Can crank out top-end yields. Excellent phytophthora root rot field tolerance and highly tolerant to brown stem rot.

DSR-2236E (2.2). Defensive line with good yield potential. Stacked traits for phytophthora root rot, excellent emergence and standability, along with very good disease tolerance.

DSR-2347E (2.3). Nice mix of offense and defense. Strong tolerance to sudden death syndrome and improved white mold tolerance.

DSR-2633E (2.6-RM). High-yielding new genetics with excellent emergence and very good standability. Contains stacked traits for phytophthora root rot and highly tolerant to brown stem rot.