Winter survival is the percentage of plants of sown varieties at the start of growth in spring. Every spring when the ground begins to thaw, you find yourself faced with the task of field recovery.

There are steps, which can be taken to maintain your turf during the cold months.

Farmland is costly and each time it turns out to be the basic for a good economically running business. Each farmer knows his/her parcels really good, knows the good and bad pieces and knows that not every parcel is the same. Hence that not once crop or mixture will fit on the total farm plan. Therefore, the importance to go through the farmplan and to find the right suitable mixtures for your parcels and crop rotation is rising.

In the 2019/2020 financial year, German plant breeding and seed company Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV) was able to match its record results of the previous year. The group generated sales of 203 million euros and EBT of 11 million euros. The shareholders decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.08 per share as in the previous year.

The quality laboratory of Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV) has officially qualified as a private laboratory to participate in seed testing within the national quality testing of rape seed. This was confirmed by the responsible state certification authority on 15 October 2020. DSV now has one of only two laboratories certified for this purpose in Germany. This follows the accreditation by the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) for rapeseed at the beginning of 2019.

New winter barley and wheat varieties resulting from breeding programmes conducted by the International plant breeding and seed company Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV), are now gaining in popularity across Europe, the company has announced.