Recommended List of cereal varieties 2002

Grass grows on around 70% of Switzerland’s utilised agricultural area. Yields on these grasslands vary significantly. For the first time, an Agroscope study has calculated these yields in a spatially differentiated manner, making digital maps available for planning and farm extension services.

In viticulture, application of organic foliar fertiliser at the time of veraison does little to correct a deficiency of yeast-assimilable nitrogen in the must. Applying foliar mineral nitrogen remains a more effective approach.

Although the potential for organic lentil cultivation exists in Switzerland it is languishing at a low level. Results from Agroscope show how harvest volumes can be stabilised and whether there are organoleptic differences between varieties.