Albert Lea Seeds is a great place to get such type of thing. Located in the obvious place in Minnesota......
I hear it makes economical silage. Many of the common types have a lot of leaf and stalk. Just understand you are getting less kernels per ton, the feed value is a bit different.
For grain it just hasnt had the breeding and effort to keep up with other corn types over the last 75 years. So.....
It kind of maxes out at 125 -150 bu yields in a perfect world. Less in an imperfect world.
It tends to lodge pretty easy, if you try to plant it thick like we do these days to try to get yield.
Insects kind of like it, so you might have more that average insect concerns.
But for fun, or if your yield or forage goals fit, nothing wrong at all to grow it.
The advantage would be you are able to save your own seed, so next year a bag of seed would only cost $5-7 for the bushel, plus cleaning cost, plus grading cost. If you have a finger or vacuum planter not so much a deal, but if you have a plate planter you -need- to figure out how to grade, or size, the seeds.....
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