AUTENS KWS
Outstanding field performance!
FAO 170
- Faster dry down with good standing power
- Full cob sheath coverage
- Top DM yield in its class
Characteristics
Characteristics
- Top DM yield in its class - across all NIAB trials (2014: 112; 2015: 109) – 2020 NIAB List leading hybrid for DM Yield – 103% : 18.5 t/ha DM
- Faster dry down with good standing power
- Approx. 4 days earlier to harvest than SEVERUS in KWS screening trials observations
- Outstanding early vigour on all soil types (2014: 8.2; 2015: 7.6, 2018 DL: 7.4) – 2019 DL: 7.6
- Full cob sheath coverage
- Very high starch (2015: 35.2%, 2016: 34.6%) and ME content (2015: 11.6 MJ/Kg; 2016: 11.5 MJ/Kg)
- – 2020 DL 33.1 % Starch, 11.65 ME (MJ/Kg)
Data source: NIAB Forage Maize Descriptive List. Second choice varieties for favourable sites (2020)
AUTENS KWS delivers an impressive combination of bulk DM and higher grain content for added starch % – a new benchmark in KWS silage trials
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