6956: Organic farm KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH
{FACILITY} Wiebrechtshausen: Organic farm KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH.
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Summary
In 2002 KWS SAAT AG took a conventional arable farm on lease and converted it to organic farming. Management is done by the daughter company KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH. Due to EC-regulation 2091/92 and additionally to the guidelines of Naturland farming is performed.
The farm is aimed to produce seed (cereal, potato). Furthermore varieties and lines of different crops of the KWS group are tested on their suitability in organic farming. A specific breeding program for organic corn varieties is running.
Wiebrechtshausen is a location of the official variety trials in Lower Saxony.
The farm is involved in permanent investigations on seed treatment of various crops (cereals, corn, sugar beet) and in a two-years program on organic sugar beet growing.
| Keywords: | organic farm, breeding, seed multiplication, seed treatment, cereals, potato, corn, sugar beet |
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| Subject Areas: | Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Crop husbandry > Weed management Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation Crop husbandry > Production systems > Root crops Crop husbandry |
| Research affiliation: | Germany > Other organizations |
| Acronym: | Wiebrechtshausen |
| Location: | KWS Klostergut Wiebrechtshausen GmbH Wiebrechtshausen 1 D-37154 Northeim Germany |
| Type of Facility: | Experimental farm |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 6956 |
| Contact: | Tilcher, Dr. Ralf |
| Deposited On: | 27 January 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Research facility description |
| Related Links: | http://www.kws.de/aw/KWS/home/ueber_kws_3238196/~lfv/Oeko-Landbau_3239352/ |
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