A difficult season for maize may have prompted growers to consider different attributes when it comes to their 2025 variety selection. And demand for robust, early varieties will be high, so producers should order without delay.
The maize growing season this year was hit with various problems, as the high rainfall in March and April delayed drilling for many, with some maize only getting into the ground in late May and early June.
Obviously all these factors were completely out of the farmers' control, but the net result was that the growing season was truncated.There have been many reports from across the country that later maturing varieties have produced disappointing results. Due to the season, these varieties were not able to accumulate the heat units required for them to reach full maturity.
Growers are already placing orders for the highest performing, earliest maturing maize varieties available for the 2025 season; demand is likely to be high for this maturity group. In most situations the variety selected should be either early or very early maturing with an FAO no higher than 170.Varieties like Prospect; with an FAO of 170, and Gema; with an FAO of 140, have again demonstrated their reliability, enabling an early harvest of mature crops with good dry matter yield and high feed value.
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