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Start of National VEM Competition 2023
The National VEM competition is open again! As a corn grower in the Netherlands, you can participate by submitting your silage analysis, regardless of your corn variety or supplier. Each participant receives a pair of sturdy work socks and has a chance to win a catered hotel weekend on the coast.
Submit your silage results to vemspelen.nl >
"The National VEM competition was started years ago because we wanted to gain insight into the practical results of the maize varieties in our country. In addition to all the test field data, the more than 1.000 silage analyzes that we receive annually provide a very good picture of how the varieties perform," says Jos Groot Koerkamp from LG.
Maximum nutritional value
"For years, the focus in our Dutch maize breeding program has been on early varieties with the highest possible nutritional value. In silage maize, that nutritional value comes from the cob and from the residual plant. Good digestibility of the residual plant provides a lot of extra nutritional value. That is what we do at LG We see that we are leading the way every year in the silage results submitted. Last year, LG corn silages recorded an average of 22 VEM per kg dry matter higher than the other silages."
View the LG corn varieties for 2024 >
