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Establishing a successful crop of maize: What you need to know
by SeedCo Agronomy In this second and final edition of the SeedCo article series on establishing a successful crop of maize, we discuss seeding rates, depth of planting, nutritional requirements and crop protection. Seeding rates and depth of planting •Seeding Rates: The recommended average plant population for maize for[...]
Managing weeds in your fields: What is the best approach?
by Sangeeta Patel, Sales Agronomist, SeedCo Zambia The summer cropping season is upon us. As we have started planting our fields, here’s SeedCo’s focus on one of the factors that may be limiting the desired yields: Weeds! Weeds are unwanted plants that grow amongst desired crops in a field.[...]
SeedCo: The impact of soil physics and soil life on crop production potential
by Adrian Chibanga This is the time to put your summer crop production plans in perspective. In this month’s issue, we focus on the dynamics of soil physics and biology, and how these affect the production potential of crops in a field. In more ways than one, the yield[...]
SeedCo explains the impact of yield limiting factors on maize
by Adrian Chibanga In our previous article, we focused on the yield advantages of SeedCo’s SC 647, even when it is grown in limiting environments. We reported on a 2019-2020 season yield that averaged 11,5 tonnes per hectare, harvested from a 50 hectares field by a farmer in Copperbelt[...]
New from SeedCo: Another early maturing, climate smart and double cobbing maize hybrid
by SeedCo Agronomy At the wise age of 80 years, product leadership continues to be SeedCo’s pride, as the company added another climate smart, early to mature and double cobbing hybrid maize variety, SC 419, to its product range. In a mission to establish food security in Africa and[...]