Trials of new winter crop varieties conclude in Spain

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has successfully completed trials of the agronomic value of new varieties of winter crops, a campaign that will allow the agricultural sector to have improved varieties that will increase the productivity and profitability of crops in Spain. In this campaign, 101 applications for new varieties corresponding to 15 different species have been evaluated, in a total of 133 trials distributed throughout the Spanish territory, selecting the areas with the greatest implementation of each crop to ensure the representativeness of the results. Of the 15 species evaluated, the cereal group has been the most prominent, with 64 applications for 9 species in 91 trials. Although the results have shown an uneven performance due to the climatic variability between regions, in general a notable productivity has been observed, except in areas such as the southeast and the Ebro Valley, where the drought has negatively affected the trials. In addition to ...