Maize
Countrywide can offer a wide portfolio of maize varieties, suitable for any location and requirement.
Variety choice is vital to ensure maximum yields of high quality silage. Below is the product information on our main varieties but for information on our full range or for any further information please call the arable office on 01386 429795 or email seeds@countrywidefarmers.co.uk.
Very Early
Kaspian Maize Seed (Very early maturity 13)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Earliest hybrid available
- Ideal for late sowing or where early harvest is required
- Extremely early large cobs on a semi compact plant
- High cob to plant ratio
- Well above average starch content
- High feed value
- Good early vigour on tough sites
- Available wireworm treated
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=40.6% Yield %=90% Yield t/ha=16.1 Starch=38.5% ME mj/ha=11.69
Activate Maize Seed (Very early maturity 12)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites
- Exceptionally early variety with excellent performance on marginal sites
- Very high dry matter yield
- High starch yield and content
- Produces top quality silage due to starch and cell wall digestibility combination.
- NIAB 2013 favourable site figures
DM=37.6% Yield %=96% Yield t/ha= 17.2 Starch=38.8% ME mj/ha= 11.54
Es Picker Maize Seed (Very early maturity 10)
- 1st choice on favourable sites.
- Excellent combination of yield, earliness and quality
- Ultra early tall erect plant with excellent cob maturity.
- Very early maturing grain with good plant dry down
- Top yields of ME and starch.
- Suitable for late sowing with robust performance in the field.
- Available wireworm treated.
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=36.6% Yield %=95% Yield t/ha=17.0 Starch=35.1% ME mj/ha=11.44
Kentaurus Maize Seed (Very early maturity 10)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Ultra early tall erect plant
- Good early vigour on tough sites
- High starch and ME content
- Very early maturing grain with good plant dry down
- Extremely high starch content for maximum feed value.
- Available wireworm treated.
- NIAB 2012 Favourable site figures
DM=37.0% Yield %=96% Yield t/ha=17.0 Starch=35.5% ME mj/ha=11.54
Es Regain Maize Seed (Very early maturity 9)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Very early, highly productive and consistent over a wide range of sites.
- Exceptional starch yield.
- Early consistent cob ripening.
- Superb early vigour
- Excellent cell wall digestibilty
- Good lodging resistance
- Available wireworm treated
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=35.8% Yield %=102% Yield t/ha=18.1 Starch=35.1% ME=11.56
Kougar Maize Seed (Very early maturity 9)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Balanced starch and ME content.
- Very high DM yield and large cobs.
- Early to harvest.
- Good vigour
- Available wireworm treated
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=35.6% Yield %=104% Yield t/ha= 18.6 Starch=33.9% ME=11.43
Severus Maize Seed
- Top DM yields
- Good vigour
- Very high starch
Ambition (Very early maturity 9) Maize Seed
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Good early vigour giving rise to a big plant with large uniform cobs
- Excellent standing ability with good disease resistance
- Superb starch yields
- High ME yield produces excellent quality silage
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=35.8% Yield %=105% Yield t/ha= 18.7 Starch= 33.8% ME=11.44
Early
Karriol Maize Seed (Early maturity 8)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites.
- Very early
- Exceptional starch yield
- Good early vigour
- Moderate starch and ME content
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=34.1 Yield %=105% Yield t/ha=18.7 Starch=32.5% ME=11.25
Karimbo Maize Seed (Early maturity 8)
- 2nd choice on favourable sites.
- Very early maturing hybrid
- High dry matter yields
- Performs well on all growing areas
- Balanced starch and ME content
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=34.5% Yield %=97% Yield t/ha=17.3 Starch=33.8% ME=11.53
Konsort Maize Seed (Early maturity 8)
- 2nd choice on favourable and less favourable sites
- Very popular – ‘bullet proof’ variety
- High dry matter and starch yields
- Good early vigour and standing power
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
- DM=33.5% Yield %=99% Yield t/ha=17.5 Starch=32.1% ME=11.42
Bonapart Maize Seed (Early maturity 8)
- 1st choice on favourable and 2nd choice on less favourable sites
- Early to harvest and performs well on all sites
- High dry matter yields, economical to grow
- Very good standing power. Excellent early vigour
- High starch content and exceptional starch yield
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=333.6% Yield %=101% Yield t/ha=18.0 Starch=33.4% ME=11.21
Ormeau Maize Seed (Early maturity. Predicted 8)
- New hybrid listed on 2012 NIAB Descriptive list
- Exceptional starch content
- Excellent ME content and cell wall digestibility
- Very large well filled cobs
- Superb lodging resistance
- NL Descriptive List
Yield t/ha=17.0-17.7 Starch=33.1-33.9% ME=11.4-11.5
KXB 1011 (Sergio) Maize Seed (Early maturity. Predicted 8)
- Above average yields
- Extra cob ripeness
- Moderate stay green for low effluent risk
- Rapid early vigour
- Very high ME and starch content
NK Mighty Maize Seed (Early maturity 8)
- 2nd choice on favourable and less favourable sites
- Early maturity
- Excellent cell wall digestibility
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=33.3% Yield %=98% Yield t/ha=17.4 Starch=29.2% ME=11.39
Kontender Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 1st choice on favourable and less favourable sites
- Excellent yield for its maturity
- Lay downs starch before ahead of dry matter
- Short growing season – ideal for later drilling
- Good early vigour
- Very high starch content
- Available wireworm treated.
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=34.2% Yield % = 103% Yield t/ha=18.3 Starch=33.7% ME=11.34
Es Ballade Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 2nd choice on favourable and less favourable sitesHigh yielding with good early vigour
- Suitable for a wide range of sites
- Very good starch yields
- Very good large cob maturity, makes well balanced silage
- Large amount of leaf bulk and early grain maturity
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=32.9% Yield %=101% Yield t/ha=18.0 Starch=32.6% ME=11.27
Ascender Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 1st choice on favourable less favourable sites
- Excellent combination of very high ME plus bulk yields
- Early maturity
- Superb starch yields
- Early consistent cobs with fast early vigour
- Excellent Lodging resistance
- Available wireworm treated
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=34.1% Yield %=102% Yield t/ha=18.1 Starch=35.0% ME=11.52
Kroesus Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 2nd choice on favourable less favourable sites
- Best grown in favourable sites. Maturity is later on less favourable sites
- Stable dry matter yields
- Moderate starch content – ideal for high maize inclusion
- Strong early vigour
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=32.7% Yield %=101% Yield t/ha=18.0 Starch=32.2% ME=11.26
Paddy Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 1st choice on favourable sites
- Excellent dry matter yield
- Good feed quality. High starch.
- Good stay green characteristics
- Early vigour and excellent standing power. Good in windy situations.
- Not suited to less favourable sites
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=32.3% Yield %=107% Yield t/ha=19.0 Starch=31.5% ME=11.34
ES Agreement Maize Seed (Early maturity 7)
- 2nd choice favourable and less favourable sites
- Proven over a wide range of sites and seasons
- Big yields from a big strong plant
- Very good early vigour and good standing
- Greener plant giving an increase in plant digestibility
- Performs well under plastic
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=33.6% Yield %=103% Yield t/ha=18.3 Starch=29.6% ME=10.92
Late
Ambrosini Maize Seed (Late maturity 6)
- 2nd choice favourable and less favourable sites
- Very large cobs on a very large plant
- Good early vigour and standing power
- Balanced starch and ME content
- Suitable for use under plastic
- Available wireworm treated
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=31.1% Yield %=109% Yield t/ha=19.5 Starch=30.1% ME=11.07
Podium Maize Seed (Late maturity 6)
- 2nd choice on favourable sites
- High dry matter yields
- Good early vigour and good standing power
- Moderate starch and ME Content
- Large well formed cobs
- Excellent grain production or high quality forage
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=32.8 % Yield %=105% Yield t/ha=18.6 Starch=31.3% ME=11.15
Apostrof Maize Seed (Late maturity 6)
- 2nd choice favourable and less favourable sites
- Very high yielding across all sites with stable performance.
- Drought tolerance on thin soils
- Large cob with early grain maturity
- Tall conventional plant with early dry down.
- Early grain maturity on longer season plant.
- NIAB 2013 Favourable site figures
DM=31.3% Yield %=102% Yield t/ha=18.2 Starch=29.4% ME=11.28
Pioneer Maize Seed Varieties
P6866 Pioneer Maize Seed – Extra early
- Extra early maturity
- Very early starch formation and high starch yield for maturity.
- Suitable for growers looking for high quality silage and very early harvest
PR39V43 Pioneer maize seed – Very early
- Very early maturity
- Reliability across many sites
- Completes starch formation very quickly
P7892 Pioneer maize seed – Very early
- Very early maturity, large stature hybrid
- Fast dry down
- High starch content
- Very good early vigour
P7524 Pioneer maize seed – Early
- Early maturity, very large stature
- Very good early vigour
- High dry matter yields
P7905 Pioneer maize seed – Early
- Early maturity with high starch content
- No agronomic weaknesses
- Produces high quality silage
Justina Pioneer Maize seed – early
- Early maturity proven hybrid adapted to a wide range of sites
- High starch
- Good early vigour
- Great ‘all rounder’
For full information on the Pioneer maize seed range please download the PACTS book
All customers of Pioneer maize seed will become members of the Pioneer business club and will benefit from a number of additional offers and bonus payments. Please download the business club leaflet here.
Maize starter Fertiliser
Maize Fertiliser Nutrition
Maize has the potential to make high quality silage. A good crop must grow very rapidly so requires;
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Adequate Nutrition
Maize must form good root systems;
- N & P fertilisers at planting encourage rooting
- Improved rooting aids nutrient uptake
Farm yard manures & Slurries are a valuable source of nutrients for maize crops, but may not do it all………
Nutrient uptake by maize
Nitrogen
- Key nutrient for yield and quality
- Insufficient supply reduces leaf size, limiting photosynthetic potential
- If N level is too high, excess leaves will be produced, lowering starch content
- An average 40t/ha maize crop removes 160kg/ha of nitrogen
Phosphate
- Required by the growing tips of the plant, so important for roots
- Reduced phosphate availability after germination can affect nutrient uptake throughout the season
- Typical phosphate removal for a 40t/ha crop is 55kg/ha
Potash
- The nutrient required in the largest amounts by a developing maize crop
- Potash demand is highest during the early period of rapid growth
Following germination, maize will remove around 8kg/ha of Potash every day - Our 40 tonne/hectare crop will require around 360kg/ha of potash it will also remove around 175kg/ha
- Getting the Potash availability correct is vital – K is a balancing nutrient, especially for nitrogen
- Not enough K = Not enough maize!
Countrywide can offer a choice of 2 maize starter fertilisers in 25kg and 600kg bags. Call the arable office on 01386 429795 for current prices.
