Fiche Fodder crops 2011

FODDER AND TURF SEEDS
Relevant key data
Updated 26/01/2011
FARMERS AND
GRAMINACEOUS OR
LEGUMINOUS FODDER
CROPS
In France, grass areas account for 45% of utilised agricultural surface; cultivated
meadows represent 23% of grass areas, i.e. 3 million hectares and 25.000 tons of
fodder seeds for sown meadows (*average 2004-2009):
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6 300 tons of leguminous fodder seeds
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Alfalfa ………… 2 500 tons
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Red Clover ……… 900 tons
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Crimson Clover
400 tons
20 000 tons of graminaceous fodder seeds
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Italian Ryegrass …… 7 400 tons
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Perennial Ryegrass 5 000 tons
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Dactyl ………………… 2 300 tons
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Fescues ………………… 1 800 tons
• Hybrid Ryegrass …… 1 500 tons
Concerning turf surfaces: 1,5 million ha in turf including 1 050 000 ha in private lawns
and 20 000 tons of seeds used yearly.
OUTLETS FOR FODDER
AND GRASS SEEDS
Fodder plants are used for animal feeds (60%).
The market for public parks and gardens represents 36%. The development of agrienvironmental regulation developed the use of these plants to capture nitrates, to fight
against erosion, to protect game, to cover fallows (4%).
PLANT BREEDING, VARIETY More than 30 new varieties of fodder species and 15 of turf species are registered
IMPROVEMENT yearly:
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RESEARCH
ACHIEVEMENT
More than 800 varieties registered in the French official catalogue (list A)
including 140 varieties of leguminous types and 490 varieties of graminaceous
types for 32 species
15 breeding companies
1 maintenance network of fodder and turf genetic resources concerning 31
graminaceous or leguminous species and gathering 582 accessions in the
national collection
12 to 15 years to create a new variety
5% of the turnover devoted to research
For fodder crops:
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Facilitation of meadow exploitation (precocity of ear emergence, flexibility of
exploitation, less remontant varieties…)
• Improvement of yield with a better distribution during the year
• Improvement of feed value (digestibility, palatability)
For turf crops:
• finer and denser plants
• Improvement of trampling resistance
• Improvement of disease resistance
35.000 tons of certified seeds are produced, sorted, treated and packaged yearly:
GROWING,
PRODUCTION AND THE
SALE OF CERTIFIED
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7 800 contracts of seed growing
45 000 ha of seed growing
40 seed producing companies
500 leguminous and graminaceous varieties controlled in seed production
scheme
More than 15.000 points of sale
QUALITY OF SEEDS
CERTIFIEES
PEOPLE
IN THE
SEED SECTOR
IMPORT,
EXPORT
(Source GNIS)
Seed quality is the first security factor for successful crops:
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93% average germination capacity for perennial Ryegrass
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90% average germination capacity for Italian Ryegrass
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87% average germination capacity for alfalfa
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90% average germination capacity for red clover
Specialized professionals devoted to quality:
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75 Breeders and breeding technicians
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4 700 seed growers
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250 technicians of production and processing
A negative trade balance for graminaceous species and positive for leguminous
species (1):
Graminaceous
(tons)
Leguminous
(tons)
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Import
22 000
2 200
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Export
7 500
3 700
(1) average 2004-2009
CONTACTS:
French interprofessional organisation for seeds and seedlings
GNIS 44, rue du Louvre – 75001 PARIS – Phone : + 33 (0)1 42 33 51 12
UFS
FNAMS
Contact : [email protected] – www.gnis.fr
French seed association for seed companies and plant breeding
17, rue du Louvre - 75001 PARIS - Phone : + 33 (0)1 53 00 99 30
Contact : [email protected] - www.ufs-asso.com
French federation of seed growers
74, rue Jean Jacques Rousseau – 75001 PARIS – Phone : + 33 (0)1 44 82 73 36
Contact : [email protected]
Federation of agricultural trade
FNA 272 Bourse de Commerce - 75040 PARIS cedex 01 - Phone : +33 (0)1 44 76 90 40
COOP DE FRANCE
- METIERS DU GRAIN
ONIGC
AFPF
ARVALIS
CNE
SFG
Contact : [email protected] – www.negoce-village.com
French federation of agricultural cooperation
11 rue des Halles - 75039 PARIS cedex 01 - Phone : +33 (0)1 53 00 90 00
Contact : www.ffcat.coop/sites/ffcat/default.aspx
French interbranch office for major crops
12 rue Henri Rol-Tanguy – 93555 MONTREUIL-SOUS-BOIS – Phone : + 33 (0)1 73 30 20 00
Contact : [email protected] – www.onigc.fr
French association for the fodder production - INRA Center
Bâtiment 8 - RD 10 - 78026 VERSAILLES cedex – Phone : + 33 (0)1 30 21 99 59
Contact: [email protected] – www.afpf-asso.org/index.php
Arvalis – technical plant institute
3, rue Joseph et Marie Hackin - 75116 PARIS - Phone : + 33 (0)1 44 31 10 00
Contact : [email protected] – www.arvalisinstitutduvegetal.fr
French federation of animal breeding
149 rue de Bercy - 75595 PARIS cedex 12 – Phone : + 33 (0)1 40 04 51 10
Contact : [email protected]
French society for turf
118 av. Achille Peretti – 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE – Phone : + 33 (0)1 55 62 03 35
Contact : [email protected] – www.gazonsfg.org