Arcade maize scores for yield and early maturity

Barenbrug has launched a new maize variety that unusually combines high DM and starch yields with very early maturity.

The variety, Arcade, has a typical DM content of 36.4 percent and early vigour score of 7.8, and promises to be the perfect choice for growers looking to get ahead and fill the clamp early.

Arcade has an anticipated maturity group of 10 when it is listed by NIAB in 2013 for both favourable and less favourable sites. Its whole plant starch content is 14 percent better than the controls. In addition to its impressive yield figures it also performs well when it comes to disease resistance with a rating of eight for Fusarium.