MARKET OVERVIEW OF EARLY-MATURING CORN HYBRIDS FOR SILAGE PRODUCTION IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Corn silage is an important component of the rations for high productive dairy cattle due nutritive value – about 30% starch in plants dry matter at harvesting wax ripeness grain. Specialized hybrids corn are excellent raw material production fermented fodders with energy concentration. The article presents market review mid- and early-maturing hybrids, cultivated on farms Central region Russian Federation over past three years. total 52 new were included State Plant Register, but current moment most part (about 60%) achievements foreign breeding.