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Sorghum: the safe bet for the future
2nd European Sorghum CongressMilano, 7 and 8 November 2018
LUIGI BORIANI
Società AgricolaEredi Boriani Carlo
Via Viadagola 9, 40057 Granarolo dell’Emilia (BO)
Italy
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SATELLITE PICTURE OF MY FARM
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LOCATION
Farm situated in northern Italy, inside Pianura Padana, in Emilia-Romagnaregion, Bologna province.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA
-Fertile soils of medium texture, continental climate with tendentially dry summers.-Area characterized by extensive agriculture with wide spread crops, livestock breeding for milk and meat and to a lesser extent, orchards.
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HISTORY, ACREAGE AND CROPS
Family farm of 3 generations, conducted directly by myself.
Arable lands of about 55 hectares, entirely cultivated with herbaceous crops.
In the farm are grown sugar beet, oleaginous and forage crops, but especially cereals: wheat, barley, corn and sorghum.
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WHY SORGHUM ON THE FARM
I started to grow sorghum over 20 years ago, to compensate for the reduction in hectares of sugar beet and fodder.
Over the years I have always maintained the area dedicated to this crop, with an increase in recent years accordingly to a cut of corn production.
The sorghum for me was a good solution among spring crops to make rotations.
The main advantages I found are:
● fairly stable productions,
●good and constant profitability,
●excellent rusticity and adaptability to my soils
● limited water requirements
● less input of technical means and dedicated time
●no problem with mycotoxins
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OUTLET OF SORGHUM
I cultivate only grain sorghum and I give the whole production to cereal collection centers in my zone and it is used for cattle feeding
I think sorghum is a crop with excellent potential for the soil and climate characteristics of my area so I think that in the next few years it will have even more impact on my farm’s crop plan
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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