FAO corn 280-330 remains a key segment, however, FAO demand 200-270 will increase.

The most popular segment of corn hybrids in the 2026 season will remain FAO 280-330. This is stated in the material "Which corn are farmers looking at in 2026? Areas and FAO (company comments)" on SuperAgronom.com. Thus, Lidea noted that such hybrids are versatile for most regions of Ukraine and provide an optimal balance between yield and moisture release rate. Late hybrids will gradually lose their niche. "We expect a reduction in the share of hybrids with FAO 350 and above. This is due to the negative experience of 2025: in the South and East, due to drought, high FAO lacked moisture for crop formation, and in the West and North, despite sufficient rainfall, there was not enough sum of active temperatures for full grain ripening, which led to high grain moisture content at harvest and low profitability. In 2026, producers will pay even more attention to the cost of energy carriers. FAO 350+ almost always requires intensive drying, which, under unstable gas or electricity ...