S.A.TI. farm operates since 1971 on produce production and processing.
The farm is specialised on packed vegetables and sells to the markets of Rome, Bologna, Milan and Padua.
Today the farm gives work to about 30 employees and cultivates
206 hectares of crop fields.
1st case: sandy-clay sloping soil; one
field with randomised complete block
experimental design with 3 replicates.
Trials made always with
the same experimental
design; tested crops:
Winter 2003-04:
3 cabbages varieties;
Summer 2004:
1 tomato variety;
Summer 2005:
2 watermelon varieties.
“Valentini
Augusto” produce farm operates from 1984 with 7.5 hectares
of fields of its own property and 5 ha rented.
Up to
2003 it was associated of
the S. Antonio Cooperative,
a produce
processing factory with
40 members and about
130 hectares of crop
fields.
2nd case: sandy-clay flat soil; 5 fields with single block and 3 sampling plots
Tested crops:
Winter 2003-04:
field 2 – cauliflower 4 vr.
field 3 – fennel
field 6 - fennel
Summer 2004:
field 2 – melon
field 3 – melon
field 4 – zucchini (greenho.)
field 5 – melon (greenho.)
field 6 – artichoke
Winter 2004-05:
field 2 – melon
field 3 – melon
field 4 – eggplant (greenho.)
field 5 – pepper (greenho.)
field 6 – artichoke
Summer 2005:
field 2 – watermelon
field 3 – melon (greenhouse)
field 4 – zucchini (greenho.)
field 5 – zucchini (greenho.)
“Salvalaio”
Brothers produce farm operates since 1984 with 60 hectares of
fields of its own property.
The farm is
specialised in fresh
produce (carrot, salad,
spinach, melon) that sells
prominently on the
market of Avezzano
(central Apennines).
3rd case: sandy flat soil; one field with single block and 3 sampling plots
Tested crops:
Spring 2004: salad (endives)
Autumn 2004: carrot
Spring 2005: salad (endives)
The “Castello di Torre in
Pietra” wine-cellar operates
since 1930 with
about 50
hectares of vineyard and is
specialised on typical
geographical
origin wines.
The annual production
amounts to 400000 litres
that are
sold in Italy and
abroad.
4th case: sandy-clay slope soil; vineyard field with only two treatments (COM & MIN) with single block and 3 sampling plots
Tested crops: since Spring
2004: Merlot grape (From this production is obtained the
well known “Terre di Breccia”, a red wine
Lazio I.G.T. of typical geographical origin, grew in purity
and seasoned in barrels.