Promise

Be full of Promise, fulfill your crops potential and maximise energy yields from an early harvest.

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

Maximise energy yields from an early harvest.

Promise forage maize has exceptional ME yield and excellent dry matter yields.

Promise is an early, new generation variety with a maturity of 180 FAO. It is a perfect all-rounder with a class-beating very high DM yield, high ME yield and good disease resistance. 

Strengths

  • Exceptional ME Yield

  • Good Early Vigour

  • High Dry Matter Yields

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

FAO180*
Yield (t/Ha)18.8
Early Vigour (1-9)7.0
Standing Power (1-9)7.5
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.4

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM)11.5
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest)216,842
Starch Content (% at harvest)33.4
Starch Yield (t/Ha)6.3
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.5
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England

Promise

Be full of Promise, fulfill your crops potential and maximise energy yields from an early harvest.

Maximise energy yields from an early harvest.

Promise forage maize has exceptional ME yield and excellent dry matter yields.

Promise is an early, new generation variety with a maturity of 180 FAO. It is a perfect all-rounder with a class-beating very high DM yield, high ME yield and good disease resistance. 

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Key Strengths

  • Exceptional ME Yield

  • Good Early Vigour

  • High Dry Matter Yields

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

FAO180*
Yield (t/Ha)18.8
Early Vigour (1-9)7.0
Standing Power (1-9)7.5
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.4

 Data Source: BSPB/NIAB Descriptive List 2026. On the 1-9 scales, high figures (e.g. above 7.0) indicate strength in this character. *Indicates Limagrain estimate.

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM)11.5
ME Yield (MJ/Ha at harvest)216,842
Starch Content (% at harvest)33.4
Starch Yield (t/Ha)6.3
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)57.5

Data Source: BSPB/NIAB Descriptive List 2026. On the 1-9 scales, high figures (e.g. above 7.0) indicate strength in this character. 

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