Minimise maize lodging risk at planting
The past few maize-growing years have seen lodging in some crops. John Burgess of plant…
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Maize growers should beware the false spring
With the weather finally warming up and fields starting to dry out, farmers may be…
New maize seed treatment to replace TMTD and Mesurol on KWS hybrids
The loss of Mesurol as a maize seed treatment to prevent bird damage is likely to…
Ws Calvini added to forage maize descriptive list
The early maize variety, KWS Calvini, has been added to the British Society of Plant Breeders’…
Farmers invited to Sward Sticks to Software Better Grazing meetings
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) are inviting farmers to learn about the tools available for measuring…
New maize varieties increase maturity range on BSPB Descriptive Lists
Five new first-choice varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2020 Forage…
Harvest is one-shot opportunity to lock ‘goodness’ into maize silage
There is enough energy in a hectare of fresh forage maize to support about 30,000…
National maize trials look at varietal performance
The choice of maize seed varieties available in the UK is extensive therefore selecting the…
Ten-fold seed demand increase reported for fast-growing grasses
Demand for fast-growing Westerwolds grasses has increased ten-fold this year, as farmers try to replenish…
New forage rape ‘Rampart’ proves a talking point post cereals
Cereal producers looking to introduce a forage crop post-harvest could do worse than grow the…