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Restarting from the land

Cereal Docks renews its commitment to enhancing sustainable supply chains and promoting agricultural practices that preserve soil fertility while supporting crop profitability.
The key players in this challenge are the 18,000 farmers directly or indirectly involved in the national supply chain projects. It’s a win-win supply chain approach, where all participants can benefit from the value created along the production chain.

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agronomic department providing consulting services

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hectares for experimenting with regenerative agricultural practices

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certified agricultural supply chains

>70%

of Italian suppliers renew their partnership with Cereal Docks annually, thanks to the company’s commitment and ability to enhance the national agricultural

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supplier code of conduct to ensure ingredients are sourced from responsible supply chains

The Agronomic Department

Agriculture: a testing ground for sustainable innovation, where new solutions can be explored to balance production development, conservation and “regeneration” of natural resources, and the profitability of farms.

The Agronomic Department of Cereal Docks was established to support farmers in tackling the demanding challenges of a sector facing numerous environmental, economic, and social issues.

This commitment is brought to life through agronomic advice, training activities offered by the Mantegna Academy, joint projects on regenerative agriculture, collaborative crop planning, and ongoing dialogue about current events, innovation trends, and developments in the industrial crop market. 

OUR SUPPLY CHAINS

Pacchetto Plus

White corn, yellow corn, waxy corn, rapeseed, soft wheat, barley, soybeans, and sunflower (organic farming included).

Pacchetto Plus is the value proposition that Cereal Docks offers to its partner farmers within its agricultural supply chains, aimed at rewarding quality while providing security, profitability, and support services. By joining Pacchetto Plus, farms can rely on guaranteed procurement and market placement of their products, receive attractive incentives, and benefit from the agronomic support of the Agronomic Department.

Pacchetto Plus ensures farmers receive attractive opportunities year-round: crops are divided between autumn-winter and spring sowing, allowing them to take full advantage of the benefits of proper crop rotation. This helps protect the soil and maximize income.


White Corn Q+ Supply Chain

Cereal Docks has launched the Quality Plus white corn supply chain, offering attractive conditions to agricultural companies and contractors who excel in maintaining the highest quality standards for this crop, through the application of good agricultural practices.


Italian Sunflower Supply Chain

To meet the demands of the agri-food industry, Cereal Docks promotes the national sunflower supply chain. Sunflower seeds produce oils, flours, and lecithins, which are essential components in a wide range of food products. Additionally, the characteristics of sunflower align with the need to reduce water consumption, preserve soil fertility, and protect biodiversity through crop rotations, offering economic opportunities and security to agricultural businesses.


Project 3 A+ Agriculture + Food + Environment

With the 3 A+ Project, Cereal Docks invites farmers to join the national second-harvest soy supply chain, which is both traceable and sustainable. The project offers incentives to agricultural producers who help promote agronomic practices such as no-till planting, strip tillage, or reduced tillage, ensuring sustainability without compromising production, while maximizing the profitability of the farm.

Second-harvest soy can be planted following rapeseed, which serves as an excellent renewal crop. Rapeseed is adaptable to various environmental conditions and offers a valuable alternative to the main crops in rotation with soy. It provides winter soil cover, adhering to the principles of conservation agriculture.

Participating in Cereal Docks’ supply chains guarantees:

Certainty of market placement for your production

Joint planning of crop rotations

Commercial offers and tailored services

Mantegna Academy for Agriculture

It is the branch of the corporate school dedicated to the agricultural sector, through which Cereal Docks connects with its supply chains. To strengthen the long-standing relationship with partners in the primary sector, but above all to renew it through innovation and sustainability, Cereal Docks organizes annual training sessions, field demonstrations, study tours, and opportunities for dialogue with experts on current agricultural topics such as digitalization and regenerative agricultural practices through the Mantegna Academy for Agriculture.

Digital farming

Since 2022, the agricultural supply chain digitalization project has been at the core of training activities. Cereal Docks provides its agricultural suppliers with an innovative tool for field activity monitoring and management: the SISTEMA GREEN® app, which offers valuable insights into the technical and economic management of the farm. This tool aims to enhance administrative efficiency, optimize resource use, and reduce the environmental impact of production. The app is integrated with the Cereal Docks Sustainability Portal, a system that has long been used to collect and manage the necessary data to ensure products come from a certified Italian, traceable, and sustainable supply chain. In the future, the digital farming project will be enhanced with new features and customized services for farmers involved in Cereal Docks’ supply chains.

Ca’ Felicita Farm

"The over 250 hectares of arable land and vineyards became part of the Cereal Docks Group in 2021, when the Group decided to establish an open-air laboratory for innovative projects in regenerative agriculture (link to Nurture the Future). This space is dedicated to experimenting with low environmental impact agronomic techniques, such as no-till farming and the use of cover crops, all while preserving soil fertility, biodiversity, and natural resources.

Ca’ Felicita is where Cereal Docks promotes a new vision of agriculture that aims to meet human needs without depleting future resources. At Ca’ Felicità, the primary asset to be preserved is the fertility of the land. This new project draws its inspiration from the close connection with nature, the land, and agriculture, which have always been the common thread running through Cereal Docks’ history."

InnCampo, a technical and educational event dedicated to the agricultural world

"The Ca’ Felicita farm is also the venue for InnCampo, a technical and educational event dedicated to the agricultural sector, organized in collaboration with leading technical partners in the fields of nutrition, technology, and agricultural machinery.

Today, the Italian agri-food sector is facing significant challenges related to the protection of natural resources, climate change, and the enhancement of national production.

Developing an adaptive yet innovative approach is essential to tackling these challenges. InnCampo helps meet this need by offering an event focused on exploring and deepening knowledge of techniques and technologies that can create a positive impact on both the environment and profitability, the key factors to merging competitiveness with sustainability."