Mindanaotoday.com | DA-RCUD embarks derby showcasing firms’ hybrid corn varieties
By: Maria Paz Tablon
DANGCAGAN, BUKIDNON – To seek promising corn varieties and technologies available in the market, the Corn Program of the Department of Agriculture-10 (DA-10) administered the ceremonial planting at the agency’s Research Center for Upland Development (RCUD) in this town on Friday, May 13, 2022.
Carlene Collado, DA-10 regional executive director, said the activity will serve as a venue for showcasing the different cultural management practices and performance of corn varieties for eventual adoption at the farmers’ level.
The generated results of the derby will be one of the bases for the department’s seed procurement and for location-specific recommendations.
For this year’s wet season, six private seed companies are participating and have started planting their hybrid corn varieties using their respective protocols.
With an elevation of 600 meters above sea level, the station allocated almost two hectares for the corn production area, where each company was allotted with 1,000 square meters per variety.
Joining with their entries are Corteva AgriScience (P3530YHR, P3660YHR); Asian Hybrid Seed Technologies, Inc. (J505, SUPREME 5150); Bioseed Research Philippines, Inc. (B108G, H101G); Evo Gene Seeds, Corp. (EVO 710, EVO 9815); Syngenta Philippines, Inc. (NK6410BGT, NK306BGT); and Bayer Crop Science Philippines (DK8899S, DK8131S).
Carlota Madriaga, DA-10 regional technical director for operations, led the activity with Reynaldo Cabanao, Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Council (RAFC) chair, who is at the same time Farmer-Director for the month of May. (MPMT | DA-10)