Grain sector

  38 % of the turnover
Workforce : 847
 
  With 120 collection sites over the Berry-Nivernais region, Epis-Centre markets more than 2 million tons of grain.


38 % of turnover
Collection
49 %
Farm supply
46 %
Seeds
3 %
Others activities
2 %
The wheat as a majority
Wheat
993,000 T
Barley
433,000 T
Rape seed
269,000 T
Corn
151,000 T
Sunflowers
54,000 T
Others
50,000 T
Farm supply turnover
is €188 Million
Seeds
12 %
Animal feed
12 %
Crop protection
25 %
Fertilisation
44 %
Others
7 %

 

The farm extension

Development department
The 140-hectare farming development centre at "Le Domaine du Chaumoy" employs a 20-strong team for a busy experiment schedule: development of decision aids, tests on new varieties and crop protection products.
Epis-Centre develops precision farming on more than 5,000 ha and processes information from the remote sensing (GPS) over 72,000 ha.

Seeds

Specialized seeds stations and brands :

- Epis-Sem and Semagra
(cereals seeds and peas),
semagra-semences.com
- Fertiberry semences (forage seeds and leguminous plants),
- Pujol (vegetable seeds),
Pujol Seeds
- PPK (cereals seeds in Croatia),
- Mïtemag and Varosfoldi
(
cereals seeds in Hungary)
Mitemag


More information


 

Specialist firms

Lentilles vertes du Berry, Green Lentils from Berry, Cibèle is a Red Label Brand.
lentilleduberry.com

Espace vigne,
vinveyard to cellar
professional supplier.

Cave des vins de Châteaumeillant www.chateaumeillant.com

 Farm retail market

Vert-Cité
For community projects
and urban greenery

www.vertcite.com