Skipper

Let Skipper navigate you to higher yields from an early harvest.

  • Maturity: Very Early
  • Site Type: Favourable
  • Sowing Type: Open

Skipper has exceptional starch yield - one of the best available.

Skipper is very early with good stay green and high starch content with mature cobs.

Strengths

  • Exceptional starch yield - one of the best available

  • Very early with good stay green

  • High starch content with mature cobs

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

FAO*170
Yield (t/Ha)18.6
Early Vigour 7.1
Standing Power7.9
Leaf Senescence6.9

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM) 11.66
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest) 216,372
Starch Content (% at harvest)36.3
Starch Yield (t/Ha) 6.7
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.2
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Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
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Skipper

Let Skipper navigate you to higher yields from an early harvest.
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Skipper has exceptional starch yield - one of the best available.

Skipper is very early with good stay green and high starch content with mature cobs.

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Key strengths

  • Exceptional starch yield - one of the best available

  • Very early with good stay green

  • High starch content with mature cobs

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Agronomic Data

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

FAO*170
Yield (t/Ha)18.6
Early Vigour 7.1
Standing Power7.9
Leaf Senescence6.9

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) 11.66
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest) 216,372
Starch Content (% at harvest)36.3
Starch Yield (t/Ha) 6.7
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.2

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.

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