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26 July 2022

Sorghum in One Word

  Dr. Reinhard Puntigam, researcher with the Institute for Animal Nutrition and Feed Management at the Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture in Grub, Germany, believes sorghum to be a relevant crop, above all. A Resilient Cereal… “Less demanding agriculturally speaking, sorghum is – botanically speaking – more resistant to drought compared to other cereals. […]

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25 July 2022

MIRRORS: Research in the Service of Prediction Models

  The MIRRORS (Modelling Crop Responses to Repeated Stress) project studies the performance of rapeseed and sorghum in order to better predict their behaviour, anticipate the impact of various weather constraints they are confronted with, develop action plans, and implement required measures. Christine Granier, Head Researcher in Ecophysiology with the INRAE, agreed to answer our […]

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25 July 2022

Sorghum Shows Three Indisputable Assets, as Production Costs Rise

  The world market tension, related to the sanitary crisis, and then to the war in Ukraine has triggered a steady rise in farm production costs for the past nineteen months[1]; this is particularly true for fertilisers and crop protection products. In addition to that, water resources have diminished due to unfavourable weather. Sorghum brings […]

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