France: The fodder beet combines quantity and quality

Published 2022년 1월 24일

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The article highlights the increase in cultivation of fodder beets, which has risen by 50% over the past decade due to its environmental benefits and profitability. The seeds and seedlings interprofessional association (SEMAE) and the Association for the Development of Monogerme Fodder Beet (ADBFM) have been conducting trials to evaluate the varieties of fodder beets, with 2021 seeing a return to high yields despite challenging conditions. The 2021 trials resulted in an average yield of over 100 tonnes of roots per hectare, with a diverse range of 24 varieties offered to breeders, each suited to different uses. A new innovation in the field is the activation of seeds, which shows better uniformity and faster germination speed, and is favored by farmers, with 76% of the seeds marketed this year being activated.
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The fodder beet is a profitable crop for the environment since it is an excellent nitrate pump. It is probably thanks to these multiple benefits that in 10 years, fodder beet surfaces have increased by 50%. The seeds and seedlings interprofessional association (SEMAE) in partnership with the ADBFM (Association for the Development of Monogerme Fodder Beet) has been financing and leading, for almost 40 years, a network of trials which makes it possible to evaluate the varieties of fodder beets. Four trials, with a common protocol, were sown this year in Eure, Ille-et-Vilaine, Seine-Maritime and Nord. Each trial includes the same 24 varieties and follows a 4-rep device. Quality combined with high yields After the year 2020 when, despite very difficult conditions, fodder beet had proven its resilience by maintaining an average dry matter (DM) content above 17%, this year 2021 is also returning to high yields. Thus, with an average dry matter rate of 16.97%, the average yield of the ...

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