A number of factors determine the growing of quality seed — expert
Oleh Biliavets, director of the Biligrain seed plant, believes that quality seed begins not with processing, but from the moment the soil is prepared for sowing the future seed crop.
Adopting precision farming methods helps unlock the genetic potential of seed
Agrokray LLC in the Khmelnytskyi region grows winter and spring crop seed for the Biligrain brand. The company believes that obtaining quality produce is impossible without adopting precision farming.
Specialist names the factors that affect the growing of quality seed
Quality seed begins not with processing, but from the moment the soil is prepared for sowing the future seed crop, believes Oleh Biliavets, director of the biligrain seed plant.
Under a changing climate it makes more sense to grow early wheat varieties — opinion
Under conditions of moisture deficit and summer droughts across virtually all of Ukraine, it makes more sense to grow early-maturing varieties of winter wheat and other crops. This was told to SuperAgronom.com by Vasyl Kosiuk, chief agronomist at Agrokray LLC in the Khmelnytskyi region.
The main problems with seed material in Ukraine have been identified
A few years ago experts raised an important problem: up to 80% of the seed sown in Ukraine is damaged — harmed during harvesting and subsequent transport and processing. That problem has only grown since, believes Vasyl Kosiuk, chief agronomist at Agrokray.
The season was hard on winter crops, but we are pleased with the harvest — Agrokray
Agrokray LLC in the Khmelnytskyi region has finished harvesting early cereals and shared the results of the harvest and the particular features of the 2020 season for winter crops.
Vasyl Kosiuk: We are already revising our technologies in order to adapt to a further deterioration in weather and climate conditions
Ukraine is harvesting. This year’s crop came hard to the vast majority of our farmers. When the weather was not dealing out blows, the pandemic was wrecking plans. And although in such conditions there is little point in most regions hoping for record yields, a farm will not be left
Biligrain seed plant in the Khmelnytskyi region will process up to 240 t of seed per day
The Biligrain seed plant, built on the basis of the Agrokray farm in the Khmelnytskyi region, will reach full capacity and process up to 240 t of seed per day. The plant was designed by the German company Reiter Seed Processing and equipped with cleaning machines from Westrup and Bühler.
