The agenda was coffee and free discussion
Everything turned out perfect as Grimme Skandinavien met with a group of expert in potato breeding from the swedish Hushållnings-sällskapet in Kristianstad on April 26th. On the agenda was future cooperation regarding the wellknown Dacom System in Sweden.
Dacom is a dutch high-tech system, giving growers a unique tool to optimize disease control, irrigation, insect control, fertilisation and effectiveness of the fungicides used. This system, wellknown all over the world, is based on exact measurements of rain, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, temperature and humidity. All measurements are sent by GPRS to a central database in Holland.
The database obtains local weather forecasts from the swedish Meteorological Institute, operating in the area, where the grower lives and the nearest Dacom weather station is located.
Based on these observations for each field (sort, timetable, growth stage and height) entered to the system by the grower, and the local weather forecast the Dacom database calculates when the risk for infections is at its highest and sends exact information regarding optimal spraying.
The swedish consultants have, through a partly EU finansed experiment the "Greppa-Projektet", had access to this technology for the latest 8 years - with remarkable results.
Arjen Baars from Grimme Skandinavien informed, that optimizing spraying against blight is almost inevitable, if only the growers dare trust the Dacom System. The habit of spraying agains blight in constant intervals lies in the mind of most growers, but it often result in spraying either too early or too late and give no good results. The growers will never get the optimal spraying and thereby a good harvest that way.
"Grimme Skandinavien has employed a consultant, who will be working on the swedish market, selling Dacom" informs Heine Hylleberg. "We want to strengthen our efforts on the swedish market, as well as supporting the remarkable results the consultants from Hushållnings-sällskapet has reached throughout the latest years".
