Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Farmers Weekly Maize crops continue to mature steadily through this period of mild weather and warm nights. Plants have dried a lot this week, with many crops having leaves senescing from the base, reports Grainseed’s Neil Groom. Sugars in the leaf are moved within the plants to be stored as starch in the maize grains.

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Maize Crop Grain Livestock 159

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Farmers Weekly Maize has done well in this year’s challenging weather conditions, utilising summer rain for excellent plant growth, reports Neil Groom, manager of forage specialists Grainseed. Spring was wet and maize drilling delayed in many areas well into May since field conditions were too wet to cultivate.

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Maize Crop Forage Cultivation 172

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Farmers Weekly A switch to grain maize could be the answer for farmers with maize crops still standing because harvest has been hampered by wet ground conditions. This is according to Michael Carpenter, technical director of feed preservation specialist Kelvin Cave.

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Maize Harvest Harvester Harvesting 215

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Farmers Weekly As foragers start chopping maize crops across the South and East, reports are that yields are very good, ranging between 43 and 48t/ha. Excellent growth throughout the summer was due to July and August rainfall, according to Grainseed manager Neil Groom.

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Maize Yield Harvest Harvester 246

Agric4profits

MAY 21, 2024

Maize/Corn kernels are the seeds of the maize plant and are rich in carbohydrates, providing a significant source of energy for human consumption, livestock fee

Maize 59

Maize Livestock Seeding Production 59

Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

Maybe he’d like to have a look at the the Crop Trust’s endowment fund for SDG 2.5 ? Livestock also getting the genebank treatment in the US. Those farming project don’t have to involve orphan crops , but it wouldn’t hurt. Maize needs to be decolonized , not biofortified. Ok, do Genesys next.

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Maize Livestock Food Crop 184

Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 26, 2024

More on the US push for opportunity crops. Oh look there’s a whole compendium on African opportunity crops from FAO. For the Hopi, maize is an opportunity crop. Many of them are roots and tubers. For the Adivasis, it’s rice. And more along the same lines from Odisha. …and still are , for some.

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Maize Cattle Food Crop 202