How Limagrain's new UK demo farms will change crop variety trials

Global seed breeder Limagrain has launched a new variety trial which is putting growers at the heart of research

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 6 min read
Third-generation grower Pierre-Antoine Rigaud farms 180 hectares in Auvergne, France and is in his fourth year of being part of the ‘trial matrix.
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Third-generation grower Pierre-Antoine Rigaud farms 180 hectares in Auvergne, France and is in his fourth year of being part of the ‘trial matrix.

A new UK farmer-led Demonstration Farm network is being launched by Limagrain Field Seeds, in order to take variety trials beyond the plot. The initiative is designed to give growers a clearer, more...

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