Team Visits Field Agronomy Trials in Italy

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Recently, Field Agronomist Barry Anderson traveled to Europe to meet with Ag Leader EMEA staff Paul Rose and Sergey Ryzhov. They toured agronomy trials locations in the Ukraine and in Italy. Here’s what they saw in Italy:

It is a random selection as the trial itself has not yet been planted! They are waiting to chop the grass for silage and then plant the trials. It is normal in Italy to have two plantings, the first of which has now been done with longer season varieties. The second planting will take place anytime now with shorter season varieties which is when the trials will be done.

Field photos are where SureForce® and SureDrive® have been used and it is clear SureForce was working very well. There were issues with spacing but it is not yet clear what caused this. This field suffered from a recent hail storm which is why it looks somewhat dishevelled.

Above is a field summary map of another field that had varying soil types and clearly shows uplift being used. This field also had a very even emergence, though we did not visit as it was 40km away from where we were.

In the photo of the four people L-R: Rosangela Cecchinato, Barry, Savio Landonio (ARVAtec) and Luca who drives the tractor. The company name is Agromeccanica Rocchi.

Here is a picture of the tractor and planter that will plant the trial.

Stay tuned to our blog for more agronomy trial updates!