Netherlands: Lauran Geurts happy with Cumulus
Geurts’ intention is clear: “I want a nice early asparagus of top quality. I actually prefer a smaller harvest with top notch products over a larger harvest with slightly inferior crops.” Initially Geurts experimented with small tunnels covering the foil. The first year already yielded a 5500-kg harvest per hectare.
As chairman of the asparagus committee at ZON Auction, Geurts is closely involved in marketing the produce: “Quality is getting increasingly important. People pay good money for a good asparagus, leading me to go with Cumulus again this year.”
Source: Bejo Zaden www.bejo.nl