News archive 2008

8/12-08 - 20/2-09

Five new forage varieties on the Dutch Recommended list from DLF-TRIFOLIUM

Last month 6 new forage varieties of perennial ryegrass intermediate tetraploid have been placed on the Dutch Recommended List 2009. Five of them are from DLF-TRIFOLIUM - a big cadeau to the breeding programmes of DLF-TRIFOLIUM.

The new varieties are high yielding and bring extra value to farmers also in quality.

Channi 1: The highest rust resistance possible, absolute top of the List.

Catabi 1: Very high yielding variety (8% improved yield in the first cut) with excellent rust resistance.

Reality: All-round variety with overall perfect figures (rust resistance, persistency, winter hardiness).

Turmalin: Top in persistency, improved rust resistance.

Charlene: Excellent combination of rust resistance and persistency.

21/11-08 - 30/01-09

Masterline wins silver medal in Moscow

We are pleased to announce that one of our Russian distributors "Vostok-Agro" has been awarded a silver medal for the Masterline grass mixtures in the competition "Best quality product". The award was granted in connection with the 15th international Exhibition "Flowers - 2008" held in Moscow.
"Vostok-Agro" decided to present this brand because Masterline is a unique grass mixture with a complex composition. Company specialists prepared a presentation of lawns sown with Masterline and brought all necessary documentation - including ISTA-certificates and Russian certificates of quality to the exhibition. The judges were convinced that Masterline grass mixtures are of the second highest quality in the world and one of the best professional turf products. The silver Medal therefore shows that the Masterline brand is in the leading position of the professional turf market.

11/11-08 - 1/12-08

Meet DLF-TRIFOLIUM at Agromek

The big agricultural exhibition in Denmark takes place on 25-29 November in Herning.

Meet us at stand K-8004 and get the latest news about ForageMax mixtures, Festulolium and the groundbreaking seed treatment - iSeed® - a coating of each seed with fertiliser and nutrients.

14/10-08 - 11/11-08

Promotion

We have appointed Søren Halbye, CCO, new member of our executive board effective from 1st October 2008, whereupon he will be group managing director for sales and marketing.

Søren Halbye has been with us for nearly two years, and is today part of the management group of the parent company being responsible for sales, marketing and product management. He is working determinedly, and has earned a great deal of respect and confidence among his colleagues as well as among customers and competitors.

Therefore, we look very much forward to further strengthening our cooperation with Søren Halbye by appointing him member of our executive board being our managerial tool for the entire DLF-TRIFOLIUM group.

6/10-08 - 30/01-09

New turf varieties on the market this season

Like previous years, DLF-TRIFOLIUM brings a number of new turf varieties to the market in the season 2008/09. These new varieties adds further to density, fineness of leaves, wear tolerance and disease tolerance.

You will find colours from medium to dark green. Varieties to cover needs from North to South, East to West and for all purposes.

Read more about all the benefits these new innovations can bring to your business.

Dickens 1 - turf Perennial ryegrass

Berlioz 1 - turf Perennial ryegrass

Cassiopeia - turf Perennial ryegrass

Tophat II - turf Perennial ryegrass

Protégé - turf Perennial ryegrass

Florasol - Chewings red fescue

Mozart 1 - Smooth-stalked meadow-grass

Dolfine - Smooth-stalked meadow-grass

Sabrena 1 - Rough-stalked meadow-grass

Jasmine - Tall fescue

Tomcat 1 - Tall fescue

Filippa - Tall fescue

Cantona - Hard fescue

Independence I - Creeping bent

Axcella - turf type Annual ryegrass

6/10-08 - 27/2-09

New forage varieties on the market this season

Like previous years, DLF-TRIFOLIUM brings a number of new forage varieties to the market in the season 2008/09. These new varieties adds further to yield, persistence, grazing tolerance and disease resistance.

Read more on the single product leaflets about all the benefits these new innovations can bring to your business.

Pepsi - White clover

Milagro - White clover

Eiffel - late Diploid perennial ryegrass

Gefion - intermediate Diploid perennial ryegrass

Neptun - early Tetraploid perennial ryegrass

19/9-08 - 14/10-08

New head of production

We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed Carl Christian Knudsen (42) as our new head of production. He will start in his position on 23 September.

Carl has 18 years of experience within production management from the metallic industries; his last position was as head of production for Aluline Ltd.

He is among others qualified as mechanic and as production engineer.

We look forward to the co-operation with Carl.

20/8-08

Very positive effects of iSeed® in forage and turf

iSeed®, the nutrient seed coating for grasses, has been successfully tested in independent field trials in many European countries. In forage, the yield potential of new high yielding forage varieties can be realised more efficiently with iSeed®. First results indicate a yield increase of 5% in the first year.

iSeed® contains 20% nitrogen in the coating. As the seed weight increases by 100%, the end product contains 10% N and 2% P in total. Depending on the sowing rate, considerable amounts of fertiliser can be applied through iSeed®. From a normal seeding rate of 3 kg grass seed/100 m2 in turf = 6 kg iSeed/100 m2. This means about 60 kg N/ha!

In turf, iSeed® shows higher numbers of seedlings as well as faster germination and establishment, resulting in a denser sward containing fewer weeds. This means a sports field that can be played on earlier. In the UK the STRI concluded after field trials in 2006: “The iSeed treatment significantly affected establishment and growth, improving the rate of both.”

Additional benefits of iSeed® for both turf and forage are the combined application of seeds and fertilisers, which saves time and money. And finally, the fast and slow release fertiliser ensure a more even and constant grass growth during several weeks.

1/8-08 - 19/9-08

New strong R&D team in USA

DLF presents a new strong R&D team in the US, led by Chief Breeder Steve Reid and Research Agronomist Adam Probst. Together their expertise will help us continue to supply the US market with high-quality turf and forage varieties.
Read more.

30/7-08 - 6/10-08

DLF-TRIFOLIUM Group strengthens its grass breeding in the Netherlands

DLF-TRIFOLIUM opens a new research and breeding station at Moerstraten in the South Western corner of the Netherlands. The new breeding station will become the centre of the entire research and breeding programme in the Netherlands. Read more.

9/7-08 - 6/10-08

Overseeding definitely pays

Trials in different places around Europe have shown benefits for the farmer. The result is better feeding and higher yield. To read more about overseeding, please click for the latest issue of Prograss here

3/7-08 - 20/8-08

Overseeding of Bermudas with DLF varieties does wonders

Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club has experienced astonishing results by overseeding with perennial ryegrass. You can read more about overseeding of Bermudas in the latest issue of Prograss here.

1/7-08 - 1/8-08

Microclover nominated product of the year

The Eco Alternative lawn mixture from Maison des Gazons, including Microclover, has recently been elected one of the products of the year by Promojardin in France. Promojardin is an association made up of peers from all the different parts of the gardening industry and who annually nominates products that are considered to be real advances that year. Microclover is specially developed for lawn use and mixed with other traditional lawn species it blends in with the sward and offers many ecological advantages.

To read more about Microclover, please click here.

26/6-08 - 9/7-08

DLF-TRIFOLIUM's Easy Lawn has won the Waterwise Marque

We are delighted to announce that DLF-TRIFOLIUM's Easy Lawn has won the Waterwise Marque in the UK. Waterwise is the leading authority on water efficiency and awards the Marque to products which demonstrate their ability to save water.

Easy Lawn is part of the Johnsons Lawn Seed range in the UK and is a mixture of grass seed and tiny microclovers which have been bred specifically to produce a dense and attractive lawn without the need for fertiliser or irrigation. The lawn remains green and weed free without additional inputs, therefore Easy Lawn is an all round winner with both its environmental credentials and excellent results. To read more about Microclover, please click here

24/6-08 - 3/7-08

Salt tolerant grasses

Future grasses not only have to cope with climate changes; in some areas they will have to deal with critical salt levels in the soil. The number of salt affected areas is already high and still increasing.

DLF-TRIFOLIUM’s R&D division has taken up this challenge and experiments are now conducted in which only the best and most salt tolerant plants are selected for variety development. Read more

17/6-08 - 1/7-08

Organisational changes in DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S

	Jens-Olav Hoest Hansen will as per 1st of July 2008 be assigned the responsibility for the Danish fodder grass seed sales after Gunnar Johansen, who will still be in charge of export sales to the other Nordic countries and the Baltic states. Gunnar and Jens-Olav will co-operate closely to optimize the transition period for customers and co-operation
Jens-Olav Gunnar	partners. Read more

10/6-08 - 26/6-08

Organic grass is stopped by bad data

The growth in sales of organic seed is stopped by lacking standardisation and requirements from the EU. The magazine FoodCulture from the Danish Agricultural Council (Landbrugsraadet) has made a short interview with DLF-TRIFOLIUM's Chief Commercial Officer, Soren Halbye, about this issue - read more about it here.

22/5-08 - 24/6-08

New high quality forage varieties in Germany

New listings from Germany give high scores to new varieties from DLF-TRIFOLIUM. We have 6 new high-ranking forage varieties and you can read more about them here on page 2 in the new issue of Prograss.

9/5-08 - 17/6-08

DLF-TRIFOLIUM is strengthening communication

DLF-TRIFOLIUM, with headquarters in Denmark, has employed Lene Krüger as Head of Communications from May 1 2008. The appointment of Lene Krüger will help to consolidate and strengthen its communicative efforts in the future. Read more about it here.

21/4-08 - 22/5-08

Lead levels in artificial turf

According to an article in the American newspaper USA Today, lead levels have been found in synthetic fields. Users are potentially risking inhaling dust contaminated with lead and there is a possible risk of infection from turf burns.
Read the article here.

10/4-08 - 09/5-08

DLF-TRIFOLIUM in the Kremlin

You will find grass seed from DLF-TRIFOLIUM in prominent places all around the world. One of the places is right in the heart of Moscow, within the walls of the Kremlin. Recently The Danish Agricultural Council’s weekly magazine Foodculture published a short article about this subject and you can read it here.

8/4-08

HorseMax – Unique Mixtures for Horses

There are several million horses around the world – all of them need feed from grass and a place to exercise. DLF-TRIFOLIUM offers horse paddock mixtures for a wide range of areas and has already gained a lot of experience in this particular segment. We have now put all this experience into a new brand, HorseMax, which in one word says that it is the best mixture for horses.

Many horse owners know a lot about horses, but have only limited experience with establishment and maintenance of grassland. Therefore we not only offer guidance in choosing the right mixture, we also offer a basic guide on how to get the field established in the best way.

8/4-08 - 10/6-08

Success of Overseeding System in Agricultural Grassland

The trial results show outstanding improvement in grassland performance following a comprehensive three year replicated overseeding trial at DLF-TRIFOLIUM’s research and development centre in Gloucestershire, UK.

The trials were sown three years ago to a high output base mixture containing Solid and Citeliac Hybrid Ryegrass with Premium and Calibra intermediate perennial ryegrass. This mixture has performed extremely well over the three years, but where it has been annually overseeded using the various specially designed ForageMax mixtures for Cutting, Grazing and Dual Purpose use, the improvements have significantly exceeded all expectations.
Read more about ForageMax here.

31/3-08 - 21/4-08

Big differences in Nitrogen response by turf and forage grasses

By the same amount of applied Nitrogen, those varieties developed for forage production have a growth almost 60 % higher than seen by varieties designed for turf. This is the result of an aimed plant breeding towards – on one hand – forage varieties capable of turning nitrogen into high dry matter production, and – on the other hand – turf varieties growing slowly but dense.

These greenhouse trials at DLF-TRIFOLIUM have furthermore shown, that there also between varieties of same type (turf or forage) are great differences in their ability to utilise Nitrogen. This knowledge is now used for selecting varieties with the best possible Nitrogen use efficiency, meaning high forage production per kg applied N for forage grasses and the most beautiful lawn with the lowest N input for turf varieties. Both are for the benefit of economy as well as the environment.

14/3-08 - 10/4-08

Improve your Establishment with iSeed®

iSeed® is a new way to improve the plant growth. The patented nutrient seed coating solution is used for both forage and lawn/amenity grass seed mixtures.

Read more about iSeed here: Forage – Turf

14/3-08 - 8/4-08

New DLF Office in Moscow

Expanding DLF commercial activities in Russia has created a demand for new office facilities. The DLF team in Moscow, headed by Jonathan Sveinbjørnsson, can now welcome customers into its new modern office well situated for transport by car or Metro.

Furthermore, the Russian version of the DLF homepage has been launched in order to optimize customer service for our Russian speaking partners and increase our communication with end users. You can visit our Russian website at www.dlf.ru.

03/03-08 - 25/03-08

New edition of Prograss out now!

29/02-08 - 14/3-08

New Listings in France Meet the Needs of the Future

Turf

Three new varieties of slender creeping red fescue have been listed: AMARONE, VALDORA and TOUCAN. This is in direct line with the future of more sustainable golf as red fescue is a low input species.

Forage

Improved rust resistance and impressive yield are characteristics that all new listings of forage varieties have in common.

Perennial ryegrass

No less than seven brand new perennial ryegrass varieties have been listed. Perennial ryegrass is the most important perennial forage grass species offering quality and yield: ALUTUS (2n intermediate), MEZO (2n late), CATABI 1 (4n intermediate), CHIFORD 1 (2n late), ALCANDER (4n late).

And two tetraploids (one intermediate and one late) await name approval. So new, high quality perennial ryegrasses will be available in all important heading segments.

Italian ryegrass

Two new varieties have been approved; diploid KURI 1 and tetraploid ELVIS.

Annual/Westerwoldicum ryegrass

One diploid variety awaits name approval.

Red clover

Two new diploid varieties have been approved; VENDELIN and SUEZ. Type-wise they are in the core of the red clover market – both ideal in terms of dormancy/earliness.

29/02-08 - 31/3-08

New High Ranking Turf Perennial Ryegrasses Recommended in Germany

The new issue of the German recommended list for turf grasses RSM has been published. Changes in the new edition include the upgrade for the use of varieties of festuca rubra commutate and trichophylla as well as for poa pratensis in the mixtures. This is all for the benefit of using better varieties for the professional market and is in line with the breeding efforts carried out by DLF-TRIFOLIUM.

The new RSM list published three brand new perennial ryegrass varieties from DLF -TRIFOLIUM: Fine leaved ornamental variety CASSIOPEIA has very good disease resistance and a nice deep green colour; all purpose variety ELSINORE has a very high wear tolerance; and for sports use, hardwearing qualities were confirmed by the high Bingley ranking for HIMALAYA.

29/02-08 - 8/4-08

Golf in Bulgaria Grows with Johnsons

For many years, the top quality amenity brand Johnsons from DLF-TRIFOLIUM has been setting the standards in the UK for top professional sports facilities. This brand is now available in the rest of Europe.

The rapid growing golf market in Bulgaria is one of the first places where Johnsons has been a huge success. St. Sofia Golf Club & Spa Course Manager, Mr Steve Wood, says that the turf thickened up very quickly despite the huge temperature fluctuations in Bulgaria (+40 to -20 degrees Celsius). The course was sown with the Johnsons mixtures in mid-October 2006, and by April the following year they were able to play golf on the course.

Read more about Johnsons Sports Seed here

12/2-08 - 14/3-08

New Science: From Grass to Milk Quality

Is it possible to improve the taste of milk by the choice of varieties? Is it possible to ensure a uniform milk quality throughout the year by choosing the right harvest date and ensiling method?

These are questions DLF-TRIFOLIUM wants to unravel in a new exciting interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Arla Foods, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences) and KULife (Copenhagen University).

Grass Breeding & New Facilities Strengthen Seed Business

2008 promises to be an important year for DLF-TRIFOLIUM with significant expansion and development plans coming to fruition both in terms of production, research and development. As part of the global grass breeding organisation, DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S, the UK subsidiary has the opportunity to carry out its own grass trials on home grounds with an experienced team responsible for new opportunities, headed up by Chris Taylor.

To read further please click here

4/1-08 - 21/1-08

DLF-TRIFOLIUM at Agromek 2008

Meet DLF-TRIFOLIUM at the trade exhibition Agromek in Herning, Denmark. Come and hear more about the high quality forage grass mixtures in ForageMax.
Agromek takes place from 15 January – 19 January in Messecenter Herning, and we will be in Hall K, booth no. 8004. We look forward to meeting you at Agromek.