Pioneer - brand seeds



	Crop grown on-farm?
	Milksolids price ($/kg)
	Crop grown on-farm
	Area of maize silage to harvest (ha)
	Estimated maize silage yield (tDM/ha)
	Estimated harvest drymatter %
	Total wet tonnes to harvest (tonnes)
	Crop purchased
	Amount of maize silage purchased (tDM)
	Estimated harvest drymatter %
	Total wet tonnes to harvest (tonnes)
	Inoculant options	Untreated	1174	1132	11C33
	Estimated inoculant cost per tonne ($)				11C33 improves fermentation and reduces heating at feed-out time. Actual return on investment will vary depending on the rate of feed-out, stack management and other factors. Call the Pioneer Technical Advice Line on 0800 PIONEER for farm specific advice.
	Drymatter recovery¹ (%)
	Feedable maize silage (tonnes)
	Total milk produced² (litres)
	Gross milksolids income ($)
	Total inoculant cost ($)
	Net return ($)
	Increased return from inoculating ($)
	Return per $ invested in Pioneer^® brand inoculant ($)
¹Average drymatter recovery improvement based on Pioneer trials. ²Average milk production improvement based on Washington State University dairy trial results.

ABBREVIATIONS tDM/ha = tonnes of drymatter per hectare