In 2018, EU28 will produce about 2.7 million tons of soybean grains, which represent only 7 percent of the total soybean meal needs and 50 percent of non-GMO soybean meal consumption. The EU28 is obliged to import a huge quantity of soybean from Sou… Read More
From 7 to 8 November 2018, the 2nd European Sorghum Congress, themed “The Future is Sorghum” will take place in Milan, Italy. It has been two years since the launch of the Sorghum ID project in Europe, where an inventory was collected of … Read More
As an operation leader, I am always focusing on transformative changes and new ways of creating value. In order to set up operational priorities that align with corporate strategy we need the proper framework. At Euralis we have always chosen the qua… Read More
The seed sector doesn’t escape the global trend: more and more data are generated every year in plant breeding. It pops the question how to get the best out of this mass of information. Euralis started considering this question already in the ninet… Read More
More than 10 years ago, Euralis operated a complete reshuffling of the winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding program. The goal was to build a new approach focused on hybrids and heterosis maximization strategy. This new strategy combined with the long … Read More
If you look for « Lean » in Google you will find lot of definitions, and some of the first will be links to websites for healthy food. The term “Lean Production” came from Toyota factories in Japan just after World War II. Toyota was looking fo… Read More
Many people don’t know it, but in terms of surface area, silage maize is one of Europe’s most important crops, feeding close to 90 million cattle in addition to being used for energy production and nutrition. The so called ‘silage belt’ which… Read More
It is our firm conviction that seed companies should not be just selling seeds and leave it at that. For us, it is a core principle that we also want to help farmers find the best variety for the intended location. And in order to do that effectively… Read More
Thanks to Tropical Dent®’s unique genetic material, Euralis Seeds has created a new generation of grain maize hybrid. Productive in high-potential and stressed conditions, Tropical Dent® is providing new market opportunities for Euralis Seeds, p… Read More
The Black Sea region is very important and biggest sunflower cultivation area in Europe. The total planted area in 2017 is 9 million hectares: UA – 5,9 Mio ha, RO- 1,1 Mio ha, BG 0,9 Mio ha, TR- 0,6 Mio ha, MD- 0,3 Mio ha, RS- 0,2 Mio ha. Sunflower… Read More
Our company is involved in molecular assisted breeding since the late eighties. Marker technologies evolved from isozymes, RFLP, RAPD to nowadays SNPs and CNV markers. The use of marker information was primary dedicated to germplasm characterization … Read More
Euralis operates on three production areas: France, with more than 6,000 ha of multi-species production, Seville with 3,500 ha of production of sunflower, and Cherkassy with 5,000 ha of multi-species production. On each of these three zones we also h… Read More
Sunflower is an important source of food: sunflower oil is a valued, healthy vegetable oil, and sunflower seeds are enjoyed as a nutritious ingredient in many foods, as well as a tasty snack. It comes therefore as no surprise that sunflower is an imp… Read More
Segmentation of the oilseed crops market in the past few years has drastically changed the global landscape and obliged breeding companies to adapt their strategy to fulfil these new demands. The sunflower crop is definitively a good example, as the … Read More
