P7034
Corn
P7034 is what we term an M3 hybrid (pronounced ‘M cubed’). The M3 designation was awarded because P7034, a dent grain type hybrid, combines a built-in level of highly rumen degradable starch content along with a proven adaptation to cool UK growing conditions. P7034 growers harvest it last, clamp it last, and feed it first. This approach minimises the negative feeding effects often experienced when transitioning to fresh silage made from flint grain textured hybrids that are often very low in rumen degradable starch.
P7034 is an ideal partner hybrid to Pioneer hybrids such as P7326, P7179 and P738 which have similar maturity and good cold tolerance, but lower levels of rumen degradable starch. Clamping those first and P7034 last will enable the best possible feeding sequence that maximises starch degradability when a clamp is first opened.
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Primary end use
- Forage
- Biogas
- Grain
Hybrid characteristics
- Dent grain texture with fast ruminal starch degradability
- Very high whole plant digestibility
- Very high starch content
- Early flowering
- Can take full advantage of the heat generated under film
Grown in the open
- On all but the coldest maize growing areas of the UK and good maize growing areas in Ireland
- Aim to ensile last and feed first
Grown using the Samco system
- On favourable and less favourable sites
- On the coldest sites it should be sown in the normal planting window
- Ensile last and feed first
Hybrid Specific Agronomic Advice
* Score on a 1- 9 scale where 9 = very resistant
** Assumes plant establishment losses of less than 5%
*** Film penetration varies with conditions and film. Trials conducted with Samco and Maizetech films