Irrigation

The whole surface destined for seed production is done with irrigation due to the fact that the climate is Mediterranean dry, therefore rain is uncommon between the sowing and the crop. The most common form of irrigation is done by ruts. The water used comes from the melting of snow from the Andes Mountain during summer seasons.

Other more technical forms of irrigation like pivots or reels are more common every day (20% of our current surface presents technical irrigation ) , wich are more efficient and give us better management of the water. The water source for this irrigations corresponds to snow water or deep wells.

Field

In the productions of seed the plots of production have an average size between 5 and 150 hectares, being the big fields one o various neighboring farmers. The system of production is intensive with high population of plants), high doses of fertilizer, and use of manpower. The manpower is important in the detaseling that is done 95% by hand, besides in the crop, wich 5% is carries out way ( in plots with bad fertilization).

The sanitary climatic and mamaging conditions, allows us to obtain an average a yield per hectare superior to those of the USA or of Europe and better quality seed (germination, caliber and purity). All these characterists Chile the ideal conditions for the development of the winter season for the northern hemisphere.