Before you choose your maize seed.

Tell the team your district, nearest town and whether you rely on rainfall, irrigation or a combination. Share any recent soil test results you have. These details make the conversation more useful than choosing on a variety name alone.

Compare the ultra early, early, medium and late options in the range with your planned season. Ask the agronomist to explain how the options fit your circumstances; a maturity category alone is not a planting recommendation.

Bring your field area and the production plan you are working towards. Ask Intaba to confirm the seed quantity and available pack sizes for your order.

Discuss your soil, crop nutrition, weed management and crop protection plan with the team. Keep your input budget and practical capacity in view when comparing options.

Ask for current Intaba prices, available packs and collection or delivery arrangements. Your product shortlist helps start this conversation; it does not reserve stock.

Your district, your nearest town and the altitude if you know it. Two farms in the same province can need different answers, so the location is where every useful variety conversation starts.

Rainfall only, irrigation, or a combination. If you irrigate, note what you can actually deliver in a dry week rather than the system's rating. If you rely on rain, note when your rains usually arrive and how reliable the last three seasons were.

Hectares or acres, and whether it is one block or several. Bring the number you will actually plant, not the number you hope to. Seed quantity, pack size and price all follow from this figure.

A recent soil test is ideal. If you do not have one, note what you know: soil type, how it drains after heavy rain, and what you grew on that land the last two seasons. Previous cropping matters more than most farmers expect.

What you can spend on seed, and separately what you can spend on the rest of the programme. Also note your labour and equipment for planting and weeding. A plan your farm cannot execute is not a plan.

Ultra early, early, medium and late describe how long a variety takes, not whether it suits your farm. Ask the agronomist to translate the class into your planting window, your rainfall pattern and your harvest plans. A maturity class on its own is never a planting recommendation.

Ask what the seed comes treated with, what that treatment covers and what it does not. Ask what handling and storage the treatment requires, and what it means for anyone handling the seed.

Ask which pack sizes are available for the variety you are considering and how they map onto your area. Ask what happens to part-used packs, and confirm the quantity in writing before you order.

Ask which risks the team sees most often in your district, and what a grower can do about them. A good agronomist will tell you what a variety does not handle well, not only what it does.

Agree what you will write down: planting date, plant population, rainfall, what you applied and when, and what you harvested. Next season's conversation is only as good as this season's records.

Use the product catalogue to gather two or three options rather than picking one. A shortlist gives the agronomy conversation something concrete to work with, and it does not commit you or reserve stock.

Ask Intaba to confirm current prices, available pack sizes, and collection or delivery arrangements in writing. Prices shown on a website are for reference; the quotation is the number that counts.

Check the variety name, the pack size, the quantity and the total against your own figures before you pay. Confirm lead time and how you will collect or receive the seed.