Field day: Subsoil - What do alfalfa and co. do?

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Together with the PFN-Hessen, the Department of Organic Farming and Crop Production invites you to the Hessian State Domain Frankenhausen on September 16th.

to the field day "Subsoil - What do alfalfa and co. do?".

This field day offers insights into subsoil development using alfalfa and chicory, as well as long-term trials on clover and alfalfa crop rotations

on farms without livestock. In addition, current strategies for optimizing the cultivation of forage legumes and perspectives with

plantain, perennial cereals and medicinal plants, which open up new opportunities for diverse and sustainable farming.

More information at: www.pfn-hessen.de

Registration by September 10: info[at]pfn-hessen[dot]de

An optional lunch will be offered for self-paying participants for €17. Please let us know in advance if you would like lunch and if you have any intolerances or

if vegetarian or vegan food is preferred.

Venue

Hessian State Domain Frankenhausen

Frankenhausen 1

34393 Grebenstein

Program

Lectures

8.30 Welcome coffee

9.00 Welcome
(Prof. Dr. Miriam Athmann, University of Kassel,
Organic Farming and Crop Production)

9.15 Presentations and discussion

Biopores: Securing yields in dry years?
(Prof. Dr. Timo Kautz, HU Berlin, Albrecht-
Daniel-Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production)

Forage legume cultivation in practice

(Dr. Harald Schmidt, University of Kassel)

10.15 Presentation of the PFN project "LEGUNA"

(Johanna Hoppe, PFN-Hessen)

10.45 Coffee break

Field inspection

11.15 Biopore genesis 1: Establishment, species mixtures and biopore

biopore genesis potential of legume-grass mixtures

( Dr. Christian Bruns, University of Kassel)

12:30Biopore genesis 2: Perennial wheat, caraway, fennel

(Laura Heckmann, University of Kassel)

13.30 Lunch

14.30 Biopore utilization: Carrots on loess

( Prof. Dr. Miriam Athmann, University of Kassel)

15.00 Alternative uses for legumes '
Grass mixtures in livestock-free/low-livestock
farms

(Morten Möller, University of Kassel)

16.00Biopore genesis on clayey soils and clover

clover grass cultivation in agroforestry
(Prof. Dr. Miriam Athmann, University of Kassel)

16.30 End of the event

We look forward to seeing you there!