Equipments

• Fixed Thresher for Experimentation : This allows us to thresh individual ears of corn.
• Hoes : Mechanical weeding that prepares and loosens the topsoil for row-sown crops.
• Grader with Cleaning System : Sorts and cleans corn kernels.
• Cold Storage : For storing varieties.
• Counting Machine : Counts the number of kernels.
• Bag Printer : Allows us to identify seed bags.
• Experimental Harvester : Harvests the planted plant material.
• Connected Stakes : Individual monitoring of control plants; they are photographed over time, allowing us to track the development of leaf area.
• Experimental Seeder : For sowing experimental trials and nurseries in micro-plots.
• Tensiometry Probe : Rational irrigation management, provides soil moisture status.
• Climatik weather station (approved by Météo France) : Monitoring climate data since the 1930s.

All this is spread over 45 hectares of plots, including five managed using agroecology without any inputs (no pesticides, fertilizers, etc.).

Images of the equipment :