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LAPRIORA

Make harvest your priority! Lapriora offers very early harvesting for silage or grain.

Lapriora is set to be a key choice for maize growers looking for an exceptionally vigorous, very early variety. Lapriora offers harvest flexibility for early silage or grain, and will safely mature even when grown on marginal sites.


Maturity:
  • Very early – Estimated NIAB Group 9 (Favourable sites) Group 9 (Less Favourable sites)
  • Equal ripening to Acclaim, ES Regain or Ixxes

Characteristics:

  • Very reliable maturity even in marginal areas
  • Recommended for silage and grain maize
  • Excellent early vigour
  • Stable, intermediate plant
  • Good standing power

Quality:

  • Very high feed value (11.7 ME)
  • Top performer for starch content (39.5%)
  • Excellent whole plant digestibility (over 73 %)

Recommendation:

Lapriora is suitable for all regions, especially all less favourable and marginal areas. Lapriora combines excellent starch content and stable ripening, enabling it to outperform comparable varieties grown under plastic.

Drilling Information:

  • Less Favourable and Favourable sites: 42 - 45,000 seeds / ac (104 - 111,000 seeds / ha)
  • Grain / CCM : 38,000 / ac (94,000 seeds / ha)

Data source: CERC Trials Results Chester (Marginal site) and Lackham (Intermediate site) (2008)

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