“NIBULON” and “Pioneer. Seeds of Ukraine ltd” organized a Field Day on the basis of research unit “Lidiyivs’ke”of “NIBULON”, located in Domanivskyy district. The event was devoted to the theme of growing rape in general and particularly in the southern zone. Representatives of “NIBULON’s” branches that work in Mykolayiv and Cherkasy regions, specialists from the central office of “NIBULON”, chief agronomists, managers of farms that cultivate rape in Domanivs’kyy, Pervomays’kyy, Kryvoozers’kyy districts, and representatives of “Buyer” company took part in the training. According to the Deputy Director General of “NIBULON” on production Khmelnytskyy K.V., “Lidiyivs’ke” branch became the first who started to cultivate rape in the southern region. In general it is Chygyryns’ka branch in Cherkasy region that deals with it (this year there are about 400 hectares of rape), there were attempts to cultivate it in Vinnytsya and Khmelnytskyy regions. It is planned to cultivate rape in “Vradievs’ka” and “Prybuzhanivs’ka” branches (Mykolayiv region). As for Lidiyivka, rape was sown last autumn on the area of 162 hectares, eight varieties of rape were sown on experimental fields, and six of them are from “Pioneer” company. That is why training was organized in Lidiyivka. Explanations about the cultivation of this culture to those present were provided by Director of “Lidiyivs’ke”branch Tereshchenko O.K. The field that was chosen for a new culture was not the best, it had problems, during decades nothing has grown there. It is located on the southern slope near Novokantakuzivka, local residents called it “fryer”. On the day of the seminar the weather proved its title – the sun scorched, but experts contemplated, asked questions, counted tiny seeds in pods, examined stems etc. Despite all the problems farmers from Lidiyivka achieved good results and expect a decent crop. All this on condition of care, keeping of all agro-technical measures, active help and support of central office specialists, close cooperation with partners (“Pioneer”, “Buyer”). Tereshchenko O.K. denoted mistakes that should be taken into account in the future. Representatives of “Pioneer. Seeds of Ukraine” company made recommendations for growing, productive and technological characteristics of different varieties of rape, including those six that are grown in the fields of “Lidiyivs’ke”. Expert of “Bayer” company told about the protection of rape crops from blasts and plant diseases. The participants of the seminar exchanged views on the growing of grain on the whole. Three companies – “NIBULON”, “Pioneer”, “Buyer” presented sets of recommended literature, leaflets, etc. to the seminar participants. Many experts, heads of the households, farmers expressed a single thought: everything that “NIBULON’s” team deals with, has a success, excites admiration and astonishment at the same time. Ideal wheat and barley fields, corn and sunflower fields impressed the delegation on the way to the rape field. As always “NIBULON” meets the highest standard.