The farmers testifying here have made a choice: to produce differently
As business men, they respond to their customers’ needs and expectations by choosing to work with efficient and natural products, enabling them to add value to their production by significantly reducing the use of phytosanitary treatment products and antibiotics.
These pioneering farmers, be they organic or conventional farmers, marketgardeners, arborists or winemakers, have decided to take the floor to testify to their use of an innovative French technology that takes care of their crops while improving their business’s profitability.
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Testimonial of a farmer of broilers (35)
UA poultry farmer from the lle-et-Vilaine gives natural products to his broilers. Here’s what he has to say: “I’ve found there are to be fewer organ-related problems and we have a much more homogeneous batch […] These are natural products […]’I have very few birds that remain inactive”.
Testimonial of a farmer of dairy and suckler cows (50)
A dairy farmer from la Manche gives natural products to his dairy and suckler cows. Here’s what he has to say: “Following fairly recurrent dermatitis problems […] The product I was introduced to is Pietix […] It was really incredible. […] Nearly 50% of my cows had dermatitis and now it’s gone down to 20%”.
Testimonial of a farmer of free-range laying hens (72)
A poultry farmer from la Sarthe gives natural products to his laying hens. Here’s what he has to say: “With our plants as a whole, we don’t know why, but something’s working. […] I prefer this to basic treatment”.
Vegetal
Testimonial of a conventional marketgardener (04)
A conventional farmer from the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, specialising in marketgardening, uses biostimulants on his salads. Here’s what he has to say: “You work with products that are healthy, certified as organic […] there’s no inconvenience in terms of pre-harvest intervals”.
Testimonial of a conventional arborist / marketgardener (13)
A conventional farmer from the Bouches-du-Rhône, specialising in market gardening and arboriculture, uses biostimulants on his cherries, apricots and pears. Here’s what he has to say: “When you have a good product which is monitored by competent people, it can only get better and better […] I think we’ve increased our turnover in two years”.
Testimonial of an organic marketgardener (13)
An organic farmer from the Bouches-du-Rhône, specialising in market gardening, uses biostimulants on his tomatoes, salads and snow peas. Here’s what he has to say: “Without these products, we’d have much shorter harvests of lower quality. […] We’ve produced 30% more snow peas with Biodevas Laboratories products”.
Testimonial of an agricultural cooperative (83)
An agricultural cooperative in the Var offers its members biostimulants. Here’s what it has to say: “We’ve tried Biodevas Laboratories, and I think now we’re really onto something […] It gives us exceptional results with strawberries”.
Testimonial of an organic marketgardener (41)
An organic farmer from the Loir-et-Cher, specialising in market gardening, uses biostimulants on his leeks, potatoes and onions. Here’s what he has to say: “I use Activstart to work on the vitality of plants, Funga to strengthen the immune system […] These are products that are easily diluted in sprays […] I’ve increased my commercial output, my waste rate that has gone down… […] Even with 20 years of experience, we still have things to learn and improve on”.
Testimonial of a conventional marketgardener (13)
A conventional farmer from the Bouches-du-Rhône, specialising in market gardening, uses biostimulants on his melons. Here’s what he has to say: “For melon hooks, in flowering, we use the product called Pepomix […] bees don’t move that much when the temperatures are low and the product likes the hooks. […] We have a little more tonnage and it’s Biodevas Laboratories that makes the difference. These are good products”.
Testimonial of an organic winemaker (83)
An organic winemaker from the Var uses biostimulants on his vines. Here’s what he has to say: “I was impressed from the first sprouting […] The more we help vines to get stronger naturally, the fewer diseases we’ll have and the more resistant they’ll be.”
Testimonial of a conventional marketgardener (44)
A conventional Loire Atlantique-based farmer specialising in market gardening uses biostimulants on his lamb’s lettuces, lilies-of-the-valley and young shoots. Here’s what he has to say: “These are good products […] with technicians and engineers who are efficient and very attentive to producers. As soon as the tests were done, we saw different yields from control lots, reaching up to 20%. These really are products that are moving forward and a product of ecologically intensive agriculture”.
Testimonial of an organic marketgardener (44)
A Loire Atlantique-based organic farmer specialising in marketgardening uses biostimulants on his vegetables. Here’s what he has to say: “We’ve successfully created a programme adapted to my needs and, in particular, my crops […] Just because we’re organic, that doesn’t mean our vegetables grow by themselves and we can leave nature to do all the work […] If we look at the average yield over the past five years before using the products and the five years since we started using Biodevas Laboratoires products, our average yields have really increased”.
Testimonial of a conventional and organic arborist (72)
A conventional and organic farmer from the Sarthe, specialising in arboriculture, uses biostimulants on his apples. Here’s what he has to say: “Biodevas Laboratoires offers natural products which plants like […] In the organic orchard, we’ve established a 100% Biodevas Laboratories programme. In terms of conventional farming, we’re gradually reducing chemical inputs […] The appeal of Biodevas Laboratoires products is that we can stick to organic requirements, and there’s no residue for consumers or users, either”.
Testimonial of an organic marketgardener (41)
An organic farmer from the Loir-et-Cher, specialising in market gardening, uses biostimulants on his leeks, potatoes and onions. Here’s what he has to say: “I use Activstart to work on the vitality of plants, Funga to strengthen the immune system […] These are products that are easily diluted in sprays […] I’ve increased my commercial output, my waste rate that has gone down… […] Even with 20 years of experience, we still have things to learn and improve on”.
Testimony of a conventional winemaker (67)
A conventional winemaker from the Bas-Rhin uses biostimulants on his vines. Here’s what he has to say: “Biodevas Laboratories products help us a lot, even if we’re conventional winemakers, especially in terms of softening or reducing the impact of water stress from excess rain. […] This year we didn’t have any rotten grapes at all […] We have better quality products and a better weight. We’re managing to get some pretty big yields”.
Testimonial of a conventional winemaker (44)
A conventional winemaker from the Loire-Atlantique uses biostimulants on his vines. Here’s what he has to say: “[…] We pay attention to what we use and how we use inputs and plant protection products that we need to use […] We’ve tested Secura on four plots […] comparisons have been positive in terms of reducing grey mould”.