KWS CALVINIEarly: FAO 160/170

Drive your ration performance – maturity, yield & starch in one!

Characteristics / Quality

Top DM yield in its class – across all NIAB trials
– 2021 DL: 18.2 t/ha DM
Top early vigour 2021 DL: 7.7
Very high starch (2017: 36.5-40.9%) , 2018 Average 37.5 %
Very high starch content
– 2021 DL: 34.0%
Superb ME content
– 2017: 11.49 MJ/Kg
– 2021 DL: 11.74 MJ/Kg
Full cob sheath coverage
Excellent starch (34.0%) and ME content (11.58 MJ/Kg)
Superb kernel content and ripening stability

Data source(s): KWS LP250 (*2016 + *2017) & FERA NL Trials for Forage Maize – All sites (2017). NIAB Forage Maize Descriptive List. First choice varieties for favourable sites (2021).

KWS CALVINI offers superb early vigour, high grain content and yield, and is set to be a leading hybrid in the UK.
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