Description
DKC 3418 Corn – A versatile choice for silage and biogas
FAO: 250 | Grain type: Flint/Dent | Stock type: Fixed | Plant height: High
DKC 3418 is a medium-early maize variety that combines high dry matter and grain yields with excellent quality parameters. Its starch content and fiber digestibility make it an ideal choice for silage, biogas and high-energy feed.
Characteristic features of the DKC 3418 variety:
- Plants: Tall, with strong stems and good Stay-Green effect.
- Stock type: Fix (fixed number of rows and grains).
- Stock mounting: Medium – ensures easy threshing.
- Adaptability: Suitable for average, good and very good positions.
Features:
- Spring Vigor: 7,5 (quick start of vegetation).
- Cold tolerance: 7,5 (resistance to spring frosts).
- Lodging resistance: 8 (stability even in difficult conditions).
- Stay Green: 8 (extended photosynthesis and quality of green mass).
- Drought tolerance: 7,5 (tolerates periodic water shortages well).
- Disease resistance: 8 (high resistance to leaf and stem diseases).
Advantages of the variety:
- High quality silage: Excellent fibre digestibility and high starch content support milk and biogas production.
- Yield stability: Reliable yields even in varied weather conditions.
- Stay-Green effect: Keeping plants green supports forage quality.
- Versatility: Suitable for cultivation for grain, silage, CCM and biogas.
Application:
- Silage: High-energy feed with excellent quality parameters.
- Biogas: High yield from dry matter.
- Grain and CCM: Easy threshing, high yields.
Seeding rate:
- Recommendation: 80–85 thousand seeds per hectare depending on the location.
