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On Monday, 5th December, Florimond Desprez received a delegation of 10 sugar beet growers from the Ukraine. Invited by Jérôme Joly, manager of our Russian-based subsidiary and Anatoly Ten, they came to Cappelle-en-Pévèle in order to gain a better understanding of our work, our skills and our research programmes, and to visit our production site.

Within the framework of the AKER programme, Florimond Desprez has acquired a powerful, innovative machine to harvest its trials not only of sugar beet, but also of fodder beet and industrial chicory. Currently in test phase, the objective for the next campaign is to harvest in excess of 500 micro-plots of sugar beet per day. […]

Over a period of two days, 26th and 27th October, the town of Moyvillers in the department of Oise became the sugar beet sector’s capital on the occasion of Betteravenir 2016. Organised by the French Technical Industrial Sugar Beet Institute (ITB) and the Royal Belgian Institute for Beet Improvement, this European trade fair attracted more […]

On the 15th of June, DLF Seeds A/S and Florimond Desprez signed an agreement in which DLF acquires Florimond Desprez’ alfalfa seed breeding and commercial activities. As a result of this transfer, DLF now owns the breeding programme, varieties, seed stocks, and commercial agreements of Florimond Desprez’ alfalfa activity. The personnel assigned to the programme […]

Due to their historic success in common wheat: the Cappelle varieties in 1946, Soissons in 1987, Cellule in 2012, Florimond Desprez is one of the top three in France’s straw cereal market, and clearly aims to strengthen their development in France and globally. Florimond Desprez’ cereal strategy includes the expansion of their research programmes, with […]

DLF Seeds A/S and Florimond Desprez are starting a new partnership as shareholders in Danespo A/S. Florimond Desprez has acquired 49% of the shares in Danespo from DLG, thus entering into an equal partnership with DLF who owns another 49% of the shares. The remaining 2% are owned by growers and employees. Danespo is the […]

Florimond Desprez launches a new multi-country and multilingual website to develop its international communication. The aim is to communicate a coherent and homogeneous image of the “group” abroad, to improve the identification of the subsidiaries throughout the world and to increase Florimond Desprez’ visiblity in certain target markets. The Florimond Desprez website for Spain has […]

Florimond Desprez’ Beet and Chicory Research Laboratory has invested in a high-tech greenhouse measuring 1,400m². Very high and with extremely precise temperature regulation, this polycarbonate greenhouse is divided into 3 zones: a first section for vernalization, a second for seedling planting, and a third for floral induction. The greenhouse has the latest technology and optimal […]

Stéphane Le Foll, Minister for Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry and government spokesperson accepted the invitation from his counterpart, Mr. Alexandre Tkatchev the Minister of Agriculture for the Russian Federation, to meet in Moscow on the 8th and 9th of October. During this visit he met French companies based in Russia, and more particularly Jérôme Joly, […]

From 1 May to 31 October, Milan is host to the universal exposition on the theme “Feeding the planet, energy for life”. The French pavilion aims to demonstrate the variety and creativity of French agriculture by highlighting the country’s gastronomy, food production and territories. Visitors to the garden of the French pavilion can see 60 […]