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From March 24 to 26, the 3^rd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference will take place in Budapest, Hungary. International researchers will present their works focusing on the impact of climate change on crop production and propose solutions to maintain and increase crop productivity in this new context.

Various topics will be discussed, like effects of CO₂ on plant growth, abiotic stress, plant-microbe interactions and climate change, the new crops developed for a new climate… and many other subjects in order to prepare crop production of tomorrow.

Our project managers Mustapha Arkoun, Nitrogen Expert, and Seyed Abdullah Hosseini, Potassium Expert, will present their scientific results on the effects of abiotic stresses on plant nutrition.

New technologies, like augmented reality, will allow us to be closer to farmers tomorrow. Communicating immediately, friendly and fun are the needs they express today, and these new processes will meet them. At the “Interpoma” trade fair in Bolzano, the stand of TIMAC AGRO Italia was futuristic and caught the attention of visitors to give them the opportunity to try a virtual reality helmet named “HoloLens“.

It is with Fifthingenium, a development company based in Milan, that TIMAC AGRO Italia has submitted a request focused on these needs. “For us – said Moreno Basilico, Director of Agro-Supply North Business Unit of TIMAC AGRO Italia – innovation and research have always been at the center of our development strategy and it brings great added value to the farm. We also want to innovate in the way we communicate with farmers so that the results of our research can reach them in a usable way. ”

In addition to augmented reality, the company has also commissioned the development of another tablet app. The content proposed at the fair Interpoma will be available for 180 agronomists and consultants. From the north to the south of Italy, they visit farms and farmers every day and support them when making decisions on the subject of nutrition. The products presented in the application are taken from the research of the Centre Mondial de l’Innovation Roullier.

The first graduating class of the International Business Leadership Program took place on February 8, 2019 in Saint-Malo. This event brought together all the people involved in the program since its beginning such as coaches and internal experts.

It was an opportunity to Ana Claudia, Natalia, Aurélien and Osvaldo to receive their diploma and share with the new group of 13 IBL members their experience on the program.

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Soil represents a vital area of research for the agriculture of tomorrow. The billions of bacteria that can be found in one single gram of soil are an important source of growth for plants. The CMI has a specific R&D department devoted to this issue, where we have taken in two postdoctoral researchers from Research Director Lionel Ranjard’s team from INRA’s Agroecology Mixed Research Unit.

Specialist researchers in microbial ecology from this mixed research unit, which is associated with the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté INRA, have drawn up an inventory of the bacterial communities found in France’s soils. Using the most advanced DNA sequencing techniques, the work led to the creation of this atlas, which gives us a panoramic overview of these bacterial communities while raising awareness of their importance with regard to the quality of soil fertility.

This book is intended for researchers, students, land users, farmers, politicians, etc. — anyone who wishes to know about the latest advances in research on the microbiological culture of French soils. It is a world first in cartographical precision (16km² grid squares, 2,200 soils) and the result of 10 years of work carried out by the BioCom research team from the Agroecology Mixed Research Unit in Dijon.

It was essential for CMI Roullier and TIMAC AGRO to be associated with the creation of the first French atlas of soil bacteria. This one of a kind book has been covered by numerous media outlets and was featured on France Inter’s La Tête au carré programme at the beginning of the year.

Main global sugar beet producers in 2014 (Thousands of tonnes)

– France, with 37 845 tonnes;

– Russia, with 33 513 tonnes;

– Germany, with 29 748 tonnes.

The Italian market: in full transformation

On the 5^th and 6^th of December last year, the Animal Nutrition R&D teams from the CMI presented three scientific studies at the 3R event, an international francophone conference on research in ruminant species. Whether in the fields of nutrition, animal wellbeing, genetics, farming or animal health, all the latest scientific advances are on display at the event.

Among these were the presentations by the CMI, with an oral presentation by Pierre Gaignon, a young doctoral researcher at the INRA in St-Gilles.  His work on the effect of restrictions of calcium input during the beginning of lactation aimed to understand the role this mineral plays in milk production, and on bone metabolism in dairy cows.

 Two other scientific studies were also presented via posters at the event:

 • Poster 1: From in vitro to in vivo: effect of Mix 3.0 on ruminate fermentation, and effect of Qualix Yellow on dairy cows’ performance and environmental impact;

 • Poster 2: Effect of macro-algae seasonality on in vitro rumen fermentations.

Having opened in 2016, the Animal Nutrition laboratory at the CMI Roullier has once again proven its capacity for dynamic inventiveness, offering innovative solutions for ruminants.

The Contoterzisti & Agricoltori Forum on the theme “Contractors and farmers: a new technological era for doing business” was held on November 26 at Fico Eataly World in Bologna. This event was organized by the National Union of Entrepreneurs – UNCAI, in collaboration with New Holland, a consolidated partner, and  the participation of TIMAC AGRO Italia, the only technological partner of the event.

On this occasion, discussions on the impact of the subcontracting contract in Italian agriculture in the coming years have been presented, in the light of available evidence and opinions of politicians, entrepreneurs, farmers, opinion leaders, scientific partners. In particular, the 4.0 transformations were examined in order to reflect on future scenarios and propose visions of European and Italian policies.

Pierluigi Sassi (General manager of TIMAC AGRO Italia) participated in debate moderated by Sauro Angelini (Director of Agrilinea TV) mentioning the importance of the relation between innovation and social and environmental sustainability.

Some TSAs testimonials

The potato sector is divided into 3 sub-sectors that feed 4 markets: