Crosbey FAO 215
Crosbey is a high-quality maize variety suited to favourable sites, offering flexibility to harvest for grain or forage. Its robust plants feature strong, sturdy stems and low-set, well-filled cobs. With reliable performance on drought-prone soils, Crosbey delivers consistently high forage quality and dependable yields.
Cob Ripeness
Superb even well filled cobs. Early starch lay down in the grains results in good cob ripeness and high starch content for maturity class 7 variety. Cob ripening days after Lovely + 15
Maturity Group
FAO 215. Early maturity on favourable maize sites. Early starch lay down enables crops to be harvested in good conditions. Long harvest window.
Quality & Digestibility
Strong plant with wide prostrate leaves that quickly fill the rows. Very large well filled cobs that maximise grain yield. Excellent drought tolerance on lighter soils.
Yield
Sow at 38,000 to 42,500 seeds per acre (99,000 to 110,000 seeds/ha) to maximise forage output. Reduce plant populations to 36,000 to 38,000 (90,000 to 94,000/ha) for grain.
When to sow
Sow April to May
Terms & conditionsKey Information
- Cob Ripeness Score: 7
- FAO: 215
- End Use: Forage/Grain
- Growing Area: Fav
- Soil Type Suitability: Sand/Light/Medium
- Early Vigour: 6.5
- Yield % Of Controls: 103
- Starch Content: 32.8
- ME level: 11.4
- Standing Power: 8
