Because of the strong portfolio of DSV sports turfgrasses – especially in official ranking lists regarding suitability of turfgrasses for sports uses - the Danish football club Brøndby IF has decided to use DSV genetics in the future.

Most pastures in Western Europe are mainly based on Lolium Perenne. This species got a good production and top feeding quality. The management of forage grasses is top sport. Everything must be on point: fertilization, moisture supply, disease pressure and soil life. In practice we see that the soil quality and the soil life are unfortunately under pressure. Bigger and heavier machines are used also under not optimal circumstances resulting in soil compaction and structural damages. Top performing cover crops are widely used to tackle above problems. For years, DSV is leading with its cover crop mixture programme TerraLife®. We know that the combination of the right plant species stimulate the soil life resulting in healthier plants.

The highly regarded Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) is the world's leading sports turf consultancy. It conducts annual amenity grass seed trials which are among the best in Europe. DSV varieties were placed in the top 4 out of 100 entries in the S1 list – perennial ryegrass for sports uses.

According to current estimates, the area under winter oilseed rape cultivation in Europe has fallen by approx. 3% compared with the previous year to 7.94 million hectares.

From a breeder’s point of view, the 2016/2017 oilseed rape growing season proved very successful for the DSV, with its varieties performing strongly in trials in several countries.