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18 February 2020

Star sorghum and genetic progress:
research priorities and perspectives.

  Increasing yields Over the last 50 years, thanks to genetic progress, grain sorghum yields have doubled from 3 to 6T/ha. This is shown in the graph below (source: Arvalis-institut du végétal).       Tolerance to cold and vitality from the start. Seed companies are making major research efforts on the criteria of tolerance […]

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18 February 2020

The future of sorghum in Turkey

  From 6 to 9 February in Izmir, at the Agro Expo exhibition, Sorghum ID welcomed many visitors. This trade show has the double advantage of being very well attended and of mobilizing a diversified public: farmers, breeders, seed companies, processors, retailers, officials, press… are all present. Agro expo was an opportunity to observe the […]

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18 February 2020

Discover sorghum in Kiev and Moscow

  Agros 2020 in Moscow and Agro Animal Show in Kiev are aimed at farmers, breeders, seed companies, feed manufacturers, retailers, officials and journalists. They come in large numbers and are looking for technical information. They have many questions on sorghum growing in these countries. For some, sorghum is a new crop on which they […]

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