News around varieties and seeds

Specialists of Saatzucht Bauer led by the CEO, Berthold Bauer, have visited Zashchitnoye plant breeding and growing operation belonging to EkoNiva Group.

In recent years, ancient cereal crops have become increasingly popular with farmers and consumers alike. Spelt in particular is currently experiencing a real "boom”. The shareholders of I.G. Pflanzenzucht

Effective weed control is critical to the success of the crop, as soybean has little competitive strength against weeds due to its slow youth development and late stand closure.

In March, new cereal varieties were approved by the Bundessortenamt for I.G. Pflanzenzucht. Thus, the I.G. Pflanzenzucht continues to focus on high-performance and innovative varieties in all crop types.

MAXiGPS is a program that provides breeding of cereal varieties with high biomass. In cooperation with research and practice, innovative varieties have been developed especially for whole crop silage

For several decades, I.G. Pflanzenzucht has been represented abroad with varieties of the IG shareholders through various partners. Today, more than 65 varieties are distributed in 35 countries worldwide.