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Success for Seminis at the Open Days - 'Harvesting a Bright Future'


Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
October 1, 2013

Seminis were in the spotlight last week. The Seminis Open Days, from 24 to 27 September in Enkhuizen, attracted more than 800 visitors. Seminis took great pride in welcoming plant raisers, consultants, traders, distributors and growers of field vegetables from all over Europe. They took the opportunity to see the large range of Seminis vegetables with their own eyes.

Seminis were pleased with the large attendance. The visitors enjoyed wonderful weather in the field and viewed the different varieties of cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, leek, onions, carrots and lettuce on display. Most guests took the opportunity to do so with an account manager, a technical advisor or with one of the Seminis seed breeders.



This personal approach gave the Seminis specialists full opportunity to share their knowledge with all visitors and to provide them with valuable advice. They lived up to this year’s theme – Harvesting a bright future – by supporting all partners in the chain with information to succeed and to get the best results possible in their business.

Brassica conference

For the first time, Seminis organized a Brassica Conference during the annual Seminis Open Days. Over 80 people attended this conference, which was hosted by six professionals in brassica, both from Seminis as well as other organisations such as international universities. Special topics during the conference were vegetable market trends and the benefits of soil control. The growers who attended were especially interested in the live presentations in the field on this last subject.



Dr Hans-Christoph Behr, managing Director of AMI (Agrarmarkt Informations-GmbH) shared his in-depth knowledge on vegetable market trends and updated the visitors on his future expectations. Kevin Walsh (Technical Development Crop Lead Brassica and Leafy at Seminis) demonstrated the effects of density in brassica versus harvesting return per hectare and benefits of reduced head size in quality and logistics. Eight large demo fields of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli in different densities supported his information. Hans Schepers (Chain Quality lead EMEA in Vegetable Technology Development at Seminis) told the guests all about brassica vegetable quality in the eyes of the consumer and traders.

Soil and soil structure

Seminis invited three specialists on soil and soil structure: Dr Paula Misiewicz from Harper Adams University, Dr Lynda Deeks who is a Soil Physicist/Hydrologist and Dr Rob Simmons, who is a Senior Lecturer in soil erosion and conservation. They each covered a specific area of expertise on this topic at the Brassica Conference and in the following days of the event.

Dr Misiewicz lectured on soil compaction, an ever present risk. It is important to be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of compaction so that appropriate action can be taken.
Dr Lynda Deeks has expertise in soil structural determination, analysis and interpretation. Dr Deeks explained the effects of compaction on the soil ability to handle (the lack of) water.

Dr Simmons talked the visitors through soil erosion control and the benefits of break crops. In the field he proved the effects of a Luzern: the roots of this crop go as deep as 1.2 metres, thus restructuring the soil and allowing the microbiology to work effectively.

About Seminis
Seminis is the brand for open-field products and through its legacy seed brands represents more than 600 years of vegetable breeding and development. Seminis offers a complete portfolio representing crops such as: beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, leek, cauliflower, lettuce, spinach, melon, onion, pea, spinach, squash, sweet corn and watermelon.
www.seminis.com



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Published: October 1, 2013

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