Alfalfa – The Agronomic Essentials
Technical guide for sucessful growing alfalfa. Alfalfa comes from Asia minor where it was identified almost 10,000 years ago. At the time, it was considered as a forage crop that was easy to grow and store, which explains its rapid spread, firstly in Mediterranean Europe, East Africa, followed by North Africa.
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In 2026, the R&D department has structured a network of experimental farms dedicated to regenerative agriculture research. Why set up experimental farms? Regenerative agriculture relies on a holistic, farm-scale approach to crop rotations and long-term planning. However, traditional R&D methods, based on field-scale trials conducted over a single growing season, do not allow for a […]
Can we predict a variety’s performance… before it’s ever been observed in the field? That’s one of the challenges we’re tackling at MAS Seeds. With Industry 4.0 tools, our approach to variety selection is evolving in a meaningful way: 🌱 Our maize and sunflower varieties are now better described and documented through advanced statistical analysis. […]
You may have noticed the mention “Act for Regenerative Agriculture” displayed on MAS Seeds seed bags of maize.This wording aims to make visible, directly on our products, our commitment in favor of regenerative agriculture. Why talk about regenerative agriculture today? For over fifteen years, farmers have faced stagnant and unstable yields in many agricultural regions. The progressive degradation of […]