Farmer Bernd Olligs and his family live and work on the Damianshof farm. The Olligs family has been managing this farm for six generations. Click through the carousel to learn more about this Bayer ForwardFarm.
1. Seeds: High-quality, certified seeds are the basis for good yields.
2. Bayer SeedGrowth®: A holistic approach helps farmers make full use of the potential of their seed.
3. Integrated crop protection: Chemical crop protection products guarantee the health of crops and protect them from diseases and pest infestation.
4. Weather station: Continuous monitoring and documentation of weather data, such as temperature, precipitation, and leaf wetness, optimizes targeted crop protection measures.
5. Digital solutions: Digital solutions support the farmer in decision-making. Crop protection applications are optimized, and the environment is preserved.
6. Safe storage and safe use of crop protection products: Safe storage of crop protection products, the proper use of personal protective equipment, as well as an easyFlow M-system protect both the environment and users.
7. Soil health and erosion prevention: New techniques, such as cross-dyke ridging in the cultivation of potatoes, protect the topsoil and reduce the danger of flooding.
8. Phytobac® and water protection: Microorganisms break down crop protection residues in the Phytobac® system, thus protecting water bodies.
9. Flower strips and flower meadows: Annual and perennial flower strips in strategically favorable locations protect the flora and fauna, including birds, beetles and earthworms.
10. Bee houses, beetle banks and earth piles: In addition to providing important nesting opportunities, these nesting aids offer wild bees along with other pollinators and insects protection from predators and bad weather conditions.
11. Skylark plots and nesting boxes: Small un-tilled patches in cereal fields help the endangered skylark to safely land and build nests. Protected nesting aids help cave and cavity breeders like swifts and swallows to raise their young in safety.
12. Partnerships: Uniting competencies from a wide range of stakeholders to jointly meet the challenges of sustainable agriculture.
The Power of Microorganisms
During the cleaning of the field sprayers, crop protection residues can become a problem. To ensure that these residues do not enter the water system, Bernd Olligs uses an innovative biological system called Phytobac®. Installed on Damianshof back in 2012, it reliably removes any residues of crop protection products and protects the local water source. How does the solution work? From a watertight concrete platform, where the sprayer is filled and cleaned, the wastewater is channeled and collected in buffer tanks and then flows to a watertight basin that is filled with a substrate mix of soil and straw. The cleaning water can drip onto this mix, which is the heart of the system. The microbes living in the mix biologically break down any residues found in the water.
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