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Massive corn harvest for October 1
Just like in 2019, maize growers on sandy and loess soils must have the catch crop in the ground by 1 October this year. After many disappointing experiences with underseeding in 2019, maize growers opted en masse this year for very early and early maize varieties to sow the catch crop.
After 50% in 2019, the area of ultra-early to early maize varieties in our country grew to over 60% this year. On most plots, growers with these varieties can harvest ripe maize before 1 October and then sow the catch crop or grassland. Breeding has increased the yield potential of (very) early varieties: LG 7005 is, for example, on the Variety List with 22,8 tons of DM/ha. That's more than many a mid-early variety!
Just like last year, our roughage specialists received plenty of photos and videos from satisfied growers, who chop massive precocious LG maize:
Of course it is not just about mass, it is the feed value yield that ultimately determines the return. For silage maize, the nutritional value comes from the starch and the digestibility of the residual plant. Due to a decades-long focus on both starch yield and cell wall digestibility, LG maize varieties excel in VEM, such as this top silage of LG 31.205 maize in Mariënheem this year:
The top 3 maize varieties for 2021
Will you also opt for reliable early maize next season? These 3 varieties have excelled in practice and on our trial fields in recent years:
LG 31.205: most sown variety in the Netherlands
- New since 2019 with the highest dry matter and VEM yield
- Enormous mass and high starch content (420 g/kg ds)
- Harvest before October 1 without handing in yield
LG 31.214: highest kVEM/ha in early group
- New since 2020
- Top-digestible maize for maize-rich rations
- Maximum nutritional value in every bite of corn
LG 31.219: early, massive starch corn
- Starchy dual purpose variety
- Massive crop, very high starch yield
- Good resistance to drought and bubonic fire
