MGA News
Below you can find general Maize Growers Association news articles. For issues of the MGA Times, visit the MGA Times page.
Maximise maize feed value at harvest
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Continuing wet and indifferent weather has meant that prospects for maize harvest have not improved. Many farms are now missing last year’s maize...
Harvesting maize in a difficult season.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Maize in the drier and warmer eastern half of the country is generally average /good and harvest is now underway. In the west a different story...
European Maize Meeting Success
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Seven european countries met on the 10th and 11th September in Dumfries for what turned out to be a very successful and thought provoking meeting....
Dairy Co Starling Review Published
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Dairy Co have this week published their review of the problems associated with starlings and maize. A full report of the work which was...
Maize crops turning yellow?
Friday, August 10, 2012
In the past two weeks at long last, most maize crops have started to grow away and whilst they will not be the best crops in the world, they will...
Maize and the weather in 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Simon Draper has produced a timely update on the state of the maize and how best to proceed. Since the end of March the weather has been...
How much maize have I got?
Saturday, July 7, 2012
John Morgan has produced a useful guide to calculating the likely yield of your maize crop this year. Using plant populations and estimating...
MGA Wholecrop, crimped grain and maize silage Additive Guide
Saturday, July 7, 2012
The primary aim of thisMGA Additive Data Sheet is to provide members with a current and convenient list of the key facts relating to the crimped...
Maize Silage wanted for AD Plants
Friday, May 11, 2012
Interested in growing maize on contract? Fancy getting involved with Anaerobic Digestion but not sure where to start? One of our...
Cold & Wet - Ideal conditions for maize??
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Simon Draper, MGA Agronomist gives MGA members some timely advice on what we should be doing to make the best of this difficult spring for drilling...