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Game Maize
Game maize is still one of the most popular crops used for cover and feed. Nearly all maize varieties used for game cover have at some stage been commercial forage or grain varieties. As these varieties are superseded by newer hybrids, stocks of those being replaced diminish and our suppliers select the most suitable of these for our game cover purposes.
The selection criteria a breeder would use for a new forage maize are:
- High yield potential
- Maturity
- Resistance to lodging
- Very good early vigour
- Resistance to disease
Most of these attributes are just as important for our game cover crops and as breeding evolves the varieties we supply will continue to improve.
2010 has been another difficult season for establishing maize crops. The prolonged, very dry conditions resulted in poorly prepared seedbeds and uneven plant establishment, with the lack of moisture causing residual herbicides to be ineffective in some cases. Crops were under severe stress but fortunately the rain in late May / early June fell just in time to save them. Crops generally recovered well and were looking good when the shooting season began, but then had to suffer the abnormal freezing conditions and snow in November and December.
For game cover purposes, a crop of maize can always be relied upon to provide the perfect hiding cover for game; birds can move easily through it and the cob will provide valuable feed.
Rapid Fire
Rapid Fire is our biggest selling brand of maize. Varieties are chosen which have very good standing ability, early vigour and a low cob carriage.
Pack size 1 acre. Mesurol treated
Double Gold - Grain Type
Double Gold is used in the UK and Europle for grain production. As it is used for grain it has excellent standing power, which is very important to withstand a whole shooting season. It has excellent early vigour which is always important but even more so in difficult sowing conditions.
Pack size 1 acre. Mesurol treated
Silver Shot
Silver Shot is a very short, compact plant and has been sown in large shoots for several years. It is a stay-green variety with high drought tolerance which may have impact in the future!
Pack size 1 acre. Mesurol treated
Triple Blend Maize
Triple Maize Blend is a mixture of varieties, normally three different types of early, mid and late. This will give differing rates of maturity as cobs ripen at different times, thus providing cover throughout the whole of the shooting season.
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