How it works?
As a farmer, it may be very interesting for you to grow lucerne or grass for Grasdrogerij Hartog B.V. Your own crop is sold to Grasdrogerij Hartog on the basis of agreements (contracting).
The Advantages
- One (only with summer sowing), two, or three-year cultivation
- Payment per kilogram of dried product
- Less labor intensive
- The roots of the lucerne plant improve the structure of your soil
- Puts nitrogen in the soil making it more fertile
- Achieved up to 5% higher yield on the follow-up cultivation (with 2 or 3 year cultivation)
- Lower cultivation costs than wheat
- Be able to sow yourself if you don’t sow barley
The cons
- With 1 year of summer sowing, you will not have the desired results of soil improvement
- The crop is on your plot for 2 to 3 years
In this contract cultivation, the entire process of sowing is to be distributed to the final consumer in charge of Grasdrogerij Hartog. The grower buys the seeds by consulting Grasdrogerij Hartog and sows it. In addition, the breeder is doing weed control and possible fertilization, this depends on the crop and soil condition.
Because Hartog harvests the green fodder, this can be done at the right time. Hartog cultivates the products as close as possible to the drying so that the time between mowing and drying is as short as possible. Mowing is done using mowers 10 meters wide which are almost immediately followed by the chopper. Following is the transport to the dryhouse in container cars. Due to the high degree of organization inside Grasdrogerij Hartog, this process of mowing up to drying is optimal because Hartog has all the links within the process itself.
Lucerne cultivation is a very good investment in the improvement of your valuable soil. The wide rooting with long roots, which can go deeper than one meter, ensures better drainage! Hartog Lucerne is extremely popular in the livestock and horse farm. Although prices of many crops are declining, we are able to reimburse our grass and / or lucerne growers durig the harvest season.
