Maize Maize is a high starch (energy), high dry matter home-grown feed
SOWING INFORMATION
YIELD & FEED QUALIT Y
GROWING COSTS
€ 1618/ha* Fresh Weight € 29.41/t (@55t/ha fresh weight yield) Dry Matter € 0.09c/kg *as per Teagasc Crops Cost and Returns 2021
Crude Protein 9–10%% Digestibility Value 80% Energy (ME) 11.5 MJ/kg Starch 25–35%
Sowing Period Late March – Early May Precision Drill 98-120,000 seeds/ha
Average Dry Matter Yield 15-20 t/ha
Average Fresh Yield 50-60 t/ha
Soil Temperature +10 o C
Dry Matter 30-35%
TROOPER
RESOLUTE
LG 30.211
KONFLUENS
Open sown/ early maturity
Open Sowing / Early Maturity
Covered Sowing / Late Maturity
Covered Sowing / Late Maturity
Reliable production of high quality maize – great for an early harvest. An extremely high yielding variety for an early harvest with high starch and cell wall digestibility content. High starch content plus excellent cell wall digestibility for energy dense maize, reducing bought-in feed costs.
Nothing stands in the way of Resolute, it is impressive in the f ield and delivers in the clamp. Exceptional early vigour with highest yield trials. Excellent standing power for a safe and secure harvest. Resolute’s high starch content and improved cell wall digestibility (60.6%) produces energy dense maize
LG 30 211 delivers consistency, the biggest risk associated with maize. For a crop so heavily influenced by weather in Ireland, LG 30 211 represents a stable variety that farmers can rely on. Proven in animal feeding trials to give 0.5ltr more milk, per cow, per day.
New and in Demand! Konfluens is a big yielding high quality hybrid. Konfluens has a very high yield potential, combined with good starch and dry matter yield. Konfluens has performed exceptionally well on farm yet again and is fast becoming a farmer favourite.
When included in diets, it will increase intakes and have a positive effect on overall yields and milk solids in the dairy herd but equally, increased intakes improve daily live weight gain, kill out percentage and fat score in a beef production system.
Why Grow Maize? •
Ideal all-year-round feed
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Requires no specialised feeding equipment Makes use of high fertility land as well as capable of using high levels of home- produced organic matter (slurry and FYM) to increase the organic matter content on the arable farm Maize is one of the best forage options for anaerobic digestion offering much higher DM yields than other commercially grown crops (grass etc.)
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Can be used in spring post-calving where cows have a high demand for energy, but equally as a buffer feed where there is a feed deficit situation (drought etc.) An excellent break crop in a continuous tillage situation while offering an opportunity for farm to farm sale of a valuable crop
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