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The time of the season is a great time to sit down with your Pioneer area manager and merchant representative to discuss maize hybrids. Choosing the right maize silage hybrid to plant for your environment can make a big difference to yield and profit.

When tradition meets innovation, the result can be a powerful transformation, not just for an individual farm, but for the entire agricultural industry.

Coming into autumn, maize and summer crops have been harvested/ grazed and farmers are planting their next crop or establishing new permanent pasture.

With farmers having a bumper maize silage season this year, how it is harvested and managed will be crucial to preserving its quality and unlocking its nutritional value.

As the season draws to an end for spring calving systems, increased attention and planning should be focused on next season.

Since the mid-nineties maize silage use on dairy farms has steadily increased, with some farmers now feeding as much as 2 tDM/cow within a season.

Many farmers are experiencing lower stored feed reserves on hand and some are considering growing or increasing their on-farm maize crop grown.

A crisis looms in the dairy industry as the implications of the $4.50 payout starts to hit home.