Experimental Farm Hohenschulen

Management: Prof. Dr. Henning Kage
Oper. Officer: Rüdiger Ströh
Postal Address: Olshausenstr. 40
24098 Kiel
Visitor Address: Inspektor-Weimar-Weg
D-24239 Achterwehr
Phone: 04340/43 82
Fax: 04340/95 94
Internet: www.hohenschulen.uni-kiel.de

 

Versuchsgut Hohenschulen

Farm area:

207 ha, of which 30 ha is permanent experimental area for plot trials. 

Land use of the farm areas:

Winter wheat, winter barley, winter rape, sugar beets.

Animal husbandry:

Pig farming: 120 sow and 500 fattening places.

Experimental activities:

  • Crop production: optimization of crop production systems [SFB 192]; crop rotation issues; production technology trials on cereals and canola; N fertilization; field forage production.
  • Pig production: breeding, husbandry, behavior and feeding.

 

Research Information:

Versuchsgut Hohenschulen