Labour needed for forage maize

15 May 1998

Labour needed for forage maize

Question

I AM trying to work out the seasonal labour requirements for growing forage maize (like that shown in the Farm Management Pocket Book by John Nix for winter cereals). Can you help ?

Responses

John Morgan, Director of Operations, Maize Growers Association

Answer

Unfortunately, there are no exact figures available for seasonal labour requirements for growing forage maize because over 95% of growers tend to use contractors.

However, the labour/machinery requirements for growing the crop are as follows:

The costings for these operations are fairly standard and should be available in the John Nix book.