by Bright Maize Staff | Mar 20, 2024 | blog
Forage maize was virtually unknown as a crop in the UK 60 years ago. Yet today maize is a vital tool for many dairy farmers and its importance seems certain to increase further in the coming years. In this blog, Bright Maize looks at the factors driving the spread of...
by Bright Maize Staff | Feb 8, 2024 | blog
In the second blog on maize production in the UK, Bright Maize business manager Charlie Dolphin looks at the wider maize market, future prospects and the issues driving breeding programmes Forage maize was virtually unknown as a crop in the UK 60 years ago. Yet today...
by Bright Maize Staff | Jan 22, 2024 | blog
As maize producers start thinking about the coming growing season, we thought it might be apt to take a global look at the many ways this most versatile of foods is served Indigenous central Americans first domesticated maize from wild teosintes about 10,000 years...
by Bright Maize Staff | Jan 10, 2024 | blog
Bright Maize business manager, Charlie Dolphin, looks at this year’s maize campaign and highlights a couple of new varieties that appear among the 20 plus offerings available to growers in 2024 With a third of this year’s forage maize seed already bought, the bulk of...
by Bright Maize Staff | Dec 19, 2023 | blog
With the volatility of our national politics showing no sign of abating, we thought it would be a good idea to look at Agri politics over the years – and specifically the Ministers and Secretaries who have presided over farming’s ups and downs in the postwar era. The...
