Measurements,
developments
in the field

In the course of our research and development work, the creation of every product is preceded by substantial background work. Before a potential product reaches the market, it goes through numerous in vitro experiments, and during the authorisation procedure required for placing it on the market its efficacy must also be proven at independent testing sites.

Testing a finished, marketed product cannot stop at this point, however. We feel it is our responsibility to keep our products under constant monitoring amid the ever-changing conditions of crop production. A product's efficacy always varies: it is influenced by every ecological factor, the cultivated plant species, the responsiveness of the variety or hybrid, the tillage system applied and, not least, the given season.

We entrust the basis of our experimental activity to trained researchers (with the appropriate qualifications) who specialise in crop-production trials.

Results from the studies of research institutes and universities cannot necessarily be regarded as universally valid for the fields of individual farms. We cannot select the best technology based on these alone — every producer must also compare them against results measured on their own land, alongside their own production practice.

That is why, for years, we have been continuing the scientific work carried out by research institutes and universities at producers' sites, with further tests. Typically we run single-factor comparative trials, in which we compare the results of a given treatment type against an untreated control area.