The jury of the Boerenbusiness Award has nominated 4 companies with their product or service for the Agribusiness Award 2020. In the coming period they will introduce themselves and the product to you. Limagrain kicks off today with the mobile lab for analyzing maize and grass.
Jos Groot Koerkamp, commercial manager livestock farming at Limagrain, received the nomination last Friday. He says he is proud of the nomination and sees it as recognition of the work. It came as a surprise to the company, "the other candidates also have a lot to offer".
Analyzing fresh grass and corn.
The mobile lab is a briefcase full of advanced measuring equipment. This makes Limagrain the market leader: "There is no other option in the Netherlands to have fresh grass and maize sampled so quickly and get the results immediately. This makes the service unique. The mobile lab was completely developed in the Netherlands by Limagrain", let Groot Koerkamp know. The lab has been used for more than 2 years by Limagrain itself and dealer De Samen, and the lab has also been in use at Hoogland since this year.
The advantages of the lab are mainly the rapid sampling and the almost immediate results, says Groot Koerkamp. "In this way, livestock farmers know what the levels are and they can control nutrition, fertilization and the harvest time of both grass and maize."
The jury of the Agribusiness Award led by Aalt Dijkhuizen praised the innovation for its relevance. "Up-to-date information about the composition and quality of grass and roughage is only becoming more important with the entire nitrogen problem", the jury commented.
Presentation on November 26
The 4 nominees will hold a closed presentation to the jury on Friday 6 November. The winner of the 26 nominees will be announced on November 4. Due to corona, this denouement can be followed digitally and for everyone live on Boerenbusiness.NL.
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