United Kingdom Products Maize KLAYMORE

KLAYMORE

Klaymore – a consistent performer year on year.

Stable field performance and early maturity make Klaymore the ideal variety for growers relying on consistent yields and all year round forage quality. Klaymore out -performs both Adept and Bonapart on less favourable sites.


Maturity:
  • Early – NIAB Group 8 (Favourable sites) Group 7 (Less Favourable sites)

Characteristics:

  • NIAB First Choice for 2010
  • Consistently high yields, outperforming both Adept and Bonapart on less favourable sites
  • Very reliable maturity
  • Reliable early vigour (7.6) in NIAB trials
  • Good standing power

Quality:

  • Excellent whole plant digestibility for higher energy yields (averaging 205,000 MJ/Ha on all sites)
  • Top performer for starch yields (over 6 t/ha on all sites)

Recommendation:

Klaymore is recommended for all favourable and intermediate sites and is an ideal choice for consistent yields of early silage.  Klaymore will perform best on light to medium soil types and is also approved for use under plastic.

Drilling Information:

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

Data source: NIAB Forage Maize Descriptive List for Favourable and Less Favourable sites (2010)

top