Better corn varieties encourage more crops

The area planted to corn in Australia in on the increase says a USA researcher. Dr Kendell Hellewell says it's due to the improved eating quality in hybrid varieties which has seen an increase in market demand. In turn this has encouraged more farmers to plant.

"We have a couple of hybrids that are performing well. The main hybrid that we sell here is Passion. It's a yellow sweet corn that has shown good performance with really good eating quality. I think the acres are growing as people start eating more sweet corn," he says. Read more ...

The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. And blogs are written by the staff of Grain & Feed Milling Technology daily. Get your copy of 'PPLAPP', our mobile web application which will allow you to view this blog and other useful information while on the move.