Florimond Desprez inaugurates a new research station in Argentina to develop future wheat varieties for South American markets

Date:11-29-2018

Florimond Desprez has been interested in the South American cereals market since the beginning of the 2000s and has been testing regularly since then, through the company AGRAR DEL SUR based in Balcarce, varieties or lines of wheat selected in France. The first significant variety created in this context was NOGAL, marketed in Argentina and Uruguay in 2007.

In 2012, Florimond Desprez opened its own subsidiary in Argentina and selection work began on the spot under the direction of a coach with The aim is to create varieties that are even more adapted to the local context: direct seeding, reduction of inputs in order to reduce the production cost per hectare.
Today, Florimond Desprez continues its development in Argentina and inaugurates a research station in Balcarce.

For François Desprez, president of Maison Florimond Desprez: "With this significant investment, Florimond Desprez confirms the privileged place of Argentina in its strategy of internationalization of its activities of creation of varieties of cereals and proteaginous".

For Philippe Lonnet, director of the Cereals and Protein Laboratories of Florimond Desprez: "With its location in one of the best regions of Argentina and its competent and motivated team, our research station will design the new varieties of tomorrow, both productive and economical. in inputs, sought by South American farmers ".

Specifically, the research station is made up of 3 new spaces:

• An administrative building of 350 m²,
• A shed of 430 m² for storage, sorting, seed treatment and analysis on flours,
• A shed of 370 m² for storage of agricultural equipment, with a sheltered area of ​​400 m² between the two sheds.

The resort also has 80 hectares of irrigable land used for experimentation and breeding.

Editor's note: This article was originally published in Spanish. This English summary has been prepared with Google Translate and edited for clarity.

About FLORIMOND DESPREZ
FLORIMOND DESPREZ is a breeder and seed grower that meets the expectations of the field crop industry. The group is one of the world leaders in beet seed and is among the leading European seed companies in straw cereals. He is also one of the major players in Europe in the potato plant market. FLORIMOND DESPREZ is present in 65 countries, devotes 15% of its turnover to research and employs 1,060 employees.