Jadore top class

This season, the early chicory forcing is characterised by the early ripeness of the chicory roots. As a result, the early varieties soon reached high levels of production and quality. This year, the standard variety Atlas once again delivered good results, but the new varieties Desir and Jadore...read more...

Dutch Endive Group

Towards the end of 2008, the Dutch Endive Group (DEG) was established by a group of Dutch companies. The DEG supports newcomers to the market of chicory witloof production. DEG collates knowledge needed by potential chicory producers to set up a production company, wherever in the world...read more...

OK varieties score well

The variety trials carried out in recent years are organised by LTO Groeiservice, in collaboration with Chiconsult. This year's trials were once again based on duplicate tests, this time with two different soil types, i.e. all varieties were sown on plots with a somewhat heavier soil (clay...read more...