Components of our cover crop mixtures

SERVICE PLANTS - Components of our cover crop mixtures

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<p style="text-align:justify;">Lidea offers farmers more than 60 crops, with more than 500 varieties of corn, sunflower, cereals, rapeseed, soybean, sorghum, pulses, forages and plant cover. Lidea develops varieties that are carefully adapted to the needs of farmers and the various outlets (high nutrient concentration, oil-rich, protein-rich, etc.).&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align:justify;">This diversity of seeds enables each farm to optimise its profitability and increase its yields. The Lidea range makes it possible to set up intercropping and crop rotations suited to your agronomic and economic objectives.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">With an annual investment of more than 34 million euros in research and development, Lidea offers a complete and differentiated range of seeds to meet the new challenges facing farmers and societal expectations. Lidea provides a wide range of solutions for high-quality food and feed, whether through conventional or organic farming, or to meet the challenges of new markets such as bioenergy.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Discover our range of products and innovative solutions.</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify;">Recognising that service plants provide an opening to new systems of cultivation, Lidea pays particular attention to observation and experimentation, leaving plenty of room for innovation.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Lidea offers a range of sustainable solutions for all types of agricultural production:&nbsp;</p><ul><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ORGANIC FARMING USE</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>BIO-FUMIGANTS AND NEMATICIDES</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>VINEYARD GRASS COVER</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>COMPANION PLANTS</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>AGRONOMIC USE</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>BEEKEEPING AND WILDLIFE USE</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ENERGY USE</strong></li><li style="text-align:justify;"><strong>FODDER USE</strong></li></ul><h3 style="margin-left:auto;">&nbsp;</h3><h3 style="margin-left:auto;">COVER CROPS HAVE NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES:&nbsp;</h3><ul><li>They provide fertilising elements (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and micronutrients), trapping these elements in the soil and making them available for the next crop.</li><li>They protect the soil against erosion.</li><li>They play a role in structuring the soil through root development and by favouring micro fauna and flora.</li></ul><p style="margin-left:auto;">Farmers will see that attention to the management of autumn and spring cover crops will be rewarded in the medium term, as they improve soil quality and crop performance. Careful choice of cover crop is essential and must be adapted to the conditions and cultivation practices of each plot.</p>

Service & Companion Plants - Lidea Seeds

SERVICE PLANTS

<h3><strong>Latin name</strong>: Setaria italica subsp. moharia</h3><h3><strong>Family</strong>: Poaceae</h3><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Agronomic characteristics</strong></h2><p style="text-align:justify;">This summer grass can be sown in late spring, early summer. It is a single-cut forage crop that regrows soon after catch harvest. It will make better result than sorghum for short cycle and hay. This plant is sensitive to cold and frost. As for the varieties: Early varieties can reach the seed stage in 45-60 days. This is why late varieties are often preferred.</p><h2 style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Find this variety in our mixTUREs</strong></h2><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lidea-seeds.com/products/lidmetha">LIDMETHA</a></li><li>TARDIVAL'HERB</li></ul><h2><strong>Specificity variety Lidea</strong></h2><ul><li>Late variety : TARDIVO</li><li>Early variety : PRESTO</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://api-com.lidea-seeds.com/uploads/2022/03/foxtail_millet.jpg"></figure>

Latin name: Setaria italica subsp. moharia

Family: Poaceae

Agronomic characteristics

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Latin name: Setaria italica subsp. moharia

Family: Poaceae

Agronomic characteristics

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