An innovative company Expert since 1936
We are a 250-person company specializing in the design, production and marketing of soil preparation, seeding and fertilization solutions for agriculture. Founded in 1936, SKY Agriculture is a family-run business with over 80 years’ experience in these fields.
Meeting agronomic challenges
Agriculture is facing new challenges: producing more to feed the planet, producing better to preserve resources. Faced with these challenges, SKY Agriculture works alongside you to provide better support and advice: we test prototypes and machines in partnership with dozens of farmers in France and Europe.
We are in close contact with fertilizer and seed manufacturers to anticipate your needs and fine-tune our services, such as the FERTITEST application for adjusting your SKY Agriculture fertilizer spreader. Our Ferme de l’Epine, an active training and agronomic experimentation center, is a showcase for our know-how.
2023 investments
A passion that has lasted for 3 generations
In 2019, Julien Burel took the helm of the family holding company Fabien Burel. The aim is to ensure the survival of the company founded by his grandfather in 1936, to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s agriculture, and to enable farmers to take pride in the excellence of their work. To achieve this, the brand remains focused on human values, quality of work and proximity to farmers.
Julien Burel cultivates his roots.
The management of Holding Fabien Burel, which is independent and 100% family-owned, has always been guided by the Burel family’s values: a passion for the world of agriculture with a long-term business vision, specialization of subsidiaries, and a company founded first and foremost on people with social and environmental responsibility.
Much more than a manufacturer, SKY Agriculture has been listening to and supporting farmers for over 80 years, to help them optimize their performance and farming practices. The specialist strategy pursued for 3 generations has enabled the company to differentiate itself through simple, useful innovations and local services dedicated to farmers.
1936 - Super Sulky
2000 - HR
1959 - Sulky Rotor
2026
Useful innovation
Five percent of sales are reinvested in R&D to equip our machines with the best technologies. In order to accelerate the development of our products, we have always forged partnerships with Europe’s leading research institutes: IRSTEA, DLG, CETIM, CEMAGREF…
The new research center is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, such as the robustness bench, the only one of its kind in Europe. Our technologies are protected by a portfolio of dozens of patents, and our innovations are recognized and awarded at major trade shows (Agritechnica, SIMA, etc.).
Sulky, Sky and Prolog become SKY Agriculture
With the unveiling of the new name that now unites its three historic brands under a single banner – SKY Agriculture – the French family-owned group Burel has completed a transformation whose foundations were laid 10 years ago. It’s a move which, beyond a simple change of identity, opens the door to a tenfold dynamic in terms of innovation to serve agriculture in Europe.
While the family-owned group is reporting record results for the 2022-2023 campaign, with consolidated sales of 85 million euros for the 22-23 financial year, its management continues to work on its future. SKY Agriculture’s stated aim? To be at the side of tomorrow’s farmers, with a wide range of innovative equipment, adapted to the new needs of agriculture in Europe. Over and above the name change, this is the culmination of a carefully considered process of reflection around a ‘mono-brand’ strategy and positioning, since the first milestones in the transformation of this solid group were laid 10 years ago.
Together as one.
*To be one.
Our 10 agronomic and technological solutions
Precision fertilization
The Econov' technology on our fertilizer spreaders reduces fertilizer consumption by around 9% by limiting overdosing at crossings during spreading, but also underdosing thus ensuring even spreading (INRAE, 2015).
Sowing and planting cover crops
Sowing plant cover helps to absorb mineral nutrients from the soil and limit their leaching (loss of 50kgN/ha/year on average). Successful plant cover (6T of dry matter per hectare) also fixes 2.4tonnes of carbon per ha (N. Courtois, 2014).
Organic fertilizers for AB
Our trailed fertilizer drills and distributors enable the passage of organic fertilizers, providing a solution for organic farmers. Localized fertilization is thus also possible in organic farming, allowing for better crop start-up and greater fertilizer efficiency.
Sowing companion plants
Sowing companion plants with main crops reduces parasite pressure and crop soiling. For example, a combined (untreated) rapeseed will be 78% less attacked by weevils than a single (untreated) rapeseed (Arvalis, 2019).
Sowing mixtures
Our multi-hopper seeders make it easy to seed mixed species. These species mixtures have the advantage of limiting pest attacks and swarding, and result in better atmospheric nitrogen fixation by legumes, and therefore better nitrogen nutrition for grasses (ESA, 2007).
Managing soil pH
Liming helps to rebalance the pH (around 6.8), resulting in better availability of nutrients in the soil, and a reduction in the amount of chemical fertilizers required.
Limiting carbon emissions
Deep tillage releases organic carbon in the form of CO2 into the atmosphere: ploughed soil releases 1,597 kg/ha of CO2 vs. 154 kg/ha of CO2 for shallow stubble cultivation (Reicosky, 2014).
Mechanical weed management after seeding
E. Drive technology enables us to easily seed every other row by automatically blocking the seed lines, thus facilitating the use of mechanical weeding equipment and providing a solution to the problem of not using remedial herbicides.
Mechanical weed management before seeding
HDS and PCS methys are used to manage weeds in intercropping, providing a complementary solution to herbicides for controlling weed infestation.
Locate fertilization at seeding
Localized fertilization of spring barley saves 17kg of nitrogen per hectare, and yields a gain of 3.4 qtx/ha compared with broadcast nitrogen fertilization (Arvalis, 2010).
Burel group, specialist builder since 1936
Guided by its values of Confidence, Audacity, Responsibility, and Engagement (CARE), BUREL Group is accelerating the development of solutions that improve the environmental, social, and economic performance of the agricultural world, while taking care of the soil.
Our ambition is to ensure the long-term future and development of the Group by fully integrating corporate social responsibility challenges into our activities, based on a logic of pragmatism, realism, and progressiveness.
Our Vision 2030 structures this ambition around four pillars:
Cultivating a passion for the profession and customer satisfaction, Accelerating the development of solutions for soil preservation, Anchoring CSR at the heart of our family group, and Intensifying SKY Agriculture’s presence across Europe.
Our CSR commitments
- Satisfaire durablement nos clients
Offering reliable, high-performance, and durable products and services; Developing solutions that contribute to agriculture that is more respectful of soil and resources; Promoting ethical, transparent, and responsible business relationships.
- Développer des relations responsables avec nos fournisseurs et partenaires
Strengthening our requirements in terms of quality, safety, and social and environmental responsibility; Building lasting relationships based on trust and continuous improvement; Encouraging responsible practices throughout our value chain.
- Placer l’humain au cœur de notre performance
Garantir la santé, la sécurité et le bien-être de nos collaborateurs ;
Fostering skill development and individual empowerment; Maintaining an open social dialogue and a respectful, stimulating, and inclusive work environment.
- Reducing the impact of our activities and supporting the agricultural transition
- Managing our consumption of energy, water, and resources, and increasing the share of renewable energy in our energy mix;
- Reducing the carbon footprint of our activities according to the trajectory validated by the Executive Board: -35% on scopes 1 & 2 and -20% on scope 3 by 2035 (2021–2022 reference);
- Integrating eco-design into 100% of our new projects by 2030, to support the durability and repairability of our machines;
- Encouraging innovation in support of the agricultural and industrial transition, for the preservation of soil and biodiversity.
Rigorous management in support of our commitments
To structure and sustain these commitments, we rely on the ISO 9001 standard, which serves as a foundation for the management and efficiency of our organization. Our quality management system allows us to:
- Master the Group’s management;
- Enhance skills and expertise;
- Ensure the traceability of all our activities;
- Place continuous improvement at the heart of our performance.
A collective mobilization
Management is committed to mobilizing the human, technical, and organizational resources necessary to implement our purpose and the continuous improvement of our practices.
Everyone, at their level, is a stakeholder and guarantor of the quality of life at work and the quality of the products and services we deliver to our customers.
The members of the Executive Board count on everyone’s involvement to pursue and strengthen our
development, in the service of an agriculture that is more sustainable, more resilient, and prouder of its future.
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