AgroITC Innovation and Research Centre

It is the only private Agro Innovation and Research Centre of its kind in the Baltics to be awarded an international quality certificate. It confirms that AgroITC’s field tests and analyses are accurate, reliable and comparable to those carried out by scientific institutions. In total, this scientific unit oversees more than 3,000 test plots where a wide range of agronomic research is carried out.

Activities

AgroITC carries out precision field trials both on its own farms and on farmers’ farms.

The Innovation and Research Centre in Babtus, Kaunas district, has more than 2,000 field test plots. They carry out a wide range of trials with different varieties and plant nutrition and protection programmes. More than 1,000 test plots are being tested in different regions of the country, on farms belonging to the Agrokoncerns group of companies as well as on partner farms.

Cultures studied

Winter rapeseed
Winter and summer wheat
Summer barley
Peas
Beans

Testing that’s being carried out

Effectiveness of herbicides and fungicides against harmful organisms using different plant protection products, at different times and spray rates
Influence of growth regulators on plant biometrics
Effects of bulk fertilisers and foliar fertilisation on the productivity of field crops
The overwintering, disease susceptibility and productivity of field crop varieties

The aim of all these trials is to test the recommendations made and to further improve crop production technologies to make them even more efficient, helping farmers to produce healthy and high quality crops