farm area:

182 ha, of which:

• 111 ha arable land
• 48,4 ha permanent grassland (thereof 35,1 ha extensive grassland)

Organic farming certified by Bioland and Naturland

Land use of the arable land:

Crop rotation: 2-year clover-grass - edible oats - potatoes or spelt - spelt or triticale (with clover-grass undersowing).

Animal husbandry:

• 80 dairy cows, Jersey or Jersey-Blackbunt crosses with offspring,
• 40 beef cattle (Jersey x Angus) Pasture fattening on extensive permanent grassland
• Free-range management of 5 Angler saddle sows plus boars, fattening and herdbook breeding (for direct marketing)
• 200 laying hens in a chicken mobile (eggs for direct marketing) 
• Lindenwohld beekeeping (for direct marketing).

Experimental activities:

Interdisciplinary research focus 'Organic Farming and Extensive Land Use Systems (since 1997) with investigations on the following topics: nitrogen flows in crop rotation systems, product quality, soil cultivation, weed control, forage production.

• Material and energy flows in agricultural production systems
• Eco-efficient pasture milk production
• Optimization of N fluxes in organic farming/N-fixation performance legumes.
• Development of dynamic models for the simulation of yield formation and forage quality dynamics
• Secondary plant constituents in legumes and forbs as a contribution to biodiversity research
• Greenhouse gas emissions of agricultural land use
• Root ecology