Saxon

Raise your yield and lower your costs with a fast growing hardy variety. Saxon strikes a perfect balance for both dairy and gas production.

  • Maturity: Early
  • Site Type: Favourable & Less Favourable
  • Sowing Type: Open & under plastic

Raise your yield and lower your costs with a fast-growing, hardy variety. Saxon strikes a perfect balance for both dairy and gas production.

One of the top DM yielding varieties available, Saxon combines superb early vigour with early harvest maturity making it perfectly suited for growers on all mainstream maize sites. 

With exceptional energy yield, derived from a combination of high starch yield and improved cell wall digestibility, Saxon delivers an excellent return on investment.

Saxon is an LGAN accredited variety.

Strengths

  • Saxon has unbeatable ME yields

  • The best early vigour available

  • High starch yields

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

FAO*180
Yield (t/Ha)19.2
Early Vigour (1-9)7.4
Standing Power (1-9)7.0
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.4

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM) 11.6
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest) 222,221
Starch Content (% at harvest)33.2
Starch Yield (t/Ha) 6.4
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.4
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Saxon

Raise your yield and lower your costs with a fast growing hardy variety. Saxon strikes a perfect balance for both dairy and gas production.
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Raise your yield and lower your costs with a fast-growing, hardy variety. Saxon strikes a perfect balance for both dairy and gas production.

One of the top DM yielding varieties available, Saxon combines superb early vigour with early harvest maturity making it perfectly suited for growers on all mainstream maize sites. 

With exceptional energy yield, derived from a combination of high starch yield and improved cell wall digestibility, Saxon delivers an excellent return on investment.

Saxon is an LGAN accredited variety.

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Key strengths

  • Saxon has unbeatable ME yields

  • The best early vigour available

  • High starch yields

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

See table below for technical information on Saxon. Full data available in the Maize Variety Selection Guide

FAO*180
Yield (t/Ha)19.2
Early Vigour (1-9)7.4
Standing Power (1-9)7.0
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.4

Data taken from the BSPB/NIAB First Choice Favourable List 2025. On the 1-9 figures (e.g. Early Vigour), high figures indicate strength in this character. Features marked with * are based on Limagrain estimates.

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM) 11.6
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest) 222,221
Starch Content (% at harvest)33.2
Starch Yield (t/Ha) 6.4
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.4

Data Source: BSPB/NIAB Descriptive List 2025. On the 1-9 scales, high figures (e.g. above 7.0) indicate strength in this character.

What Our Experts Say

Nigel-Harper-Saxon-Maize
"Despite the summer’s hot and dry conditions, Saxon’s improved vigour meant it was greener at harvest, meaning it outperformed our other varieties in terms of tonnage per acre and dry matter yield"
Nigel Harper, farmer, Cheshire

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