Italy: Nobody remembers beetroot anymore (but organic beetroot pays off)

A pool of 180 farms in 2021 cultivated beets under organic cultivation for Coprob for a total of 1900 hectares, that is 20% more than in 2020. The results were judged to be very good, despite the pre-harvest period being been characterized by very high temperatures. An average of 3210 euros / ha of PLV Production reached peaks of 6,000 euros / ha of PLV and 50% of farmers exceeded 3,000 euros / ha, with an overall average of 3,210 euros / ha of PLV (5.1 t / ha is the average of sucrose) . We take into account that the PLV of conventional beet has been around an average of 2600-2700 euros / ha. A high percentage of companies carried out the soil analysis and this made it possible to verify that the best results were obtained on soils rich in phosphorus and organic matter. Regarding cultivation costs, Coprob states that on a sample of farms the average cultivation costs amounted to 2000 euros / ha. Italian beetroot deserves more space The conclusion is that in the presence of ...