Turning Waste into Value
Meat industry by-products shouldn’t go to waste, Lars Aashammer makes sure to emphasizes: His company, Biosirk Norge, processes them so they can be used to generate...
Interview with Lars Aashammer, CEO
Agriculture & Forestry
Agriculture and forestry play a key role in sustainability. In our interviews, experts share their perspectives on innovations and challenges in the industry.
Rooted in Rice
Founded from humble beginnings as an agricultural cooperative in 1948, Nagykun 2000 has evolved into one of Hungary’s premier rice producers, cultivating 4,300 hectares...
Interview with Tamás Bori, Managing Director
Interview with Lajos Szabó, CEO of HÓDAGRO Zrt.
Agriculture with Purpose: Innovation and Responsibility Go Hand in Hand
Few companies manage to combine full-cycle food production, agricultural innovation and long-term stability as seamlessly as HÓDAGRO Zrt. Once burdened by debt,...
Interview with Lajos Szabó, CEO of HÓDAGRO Zrt.
Interview with László Kőszegi, Owner, CEO and Dr. Zoltán Gergácz, Chairman of the Board of Hőgyèszi Agrokémiai Kft.
Hungary’s green growth
Climate change is real – and it poses growing challenges to food security. The need for innovative approaches in agriculture has never been more critical. Soil degradation,...
Interview with László Kőszegi, Owner, CEO and Dr. Zoltán Gergácz, Chairman of the Board of Hőgyèszi Agrokémiai Kft.
Interview with Kerstin Sobottka, Managing Director of Rijk Zwaan Welver GmbH
Vegetable Breeding Through the Ages
In times of climate change, pests, and diseases, the seed industry faces major challenges. Rijk Zwaan Welver GmbH, the German subsidiary of Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt...
Interview with Kerstin Sobottka, Managing Director of Rijk Zwaan Welver GmbH
Interview with Rudolf Behr, CEO of BEHR AG
Agriculture in Transition: Efficient and Sustainable
Innovations, direct marketing, and the future of vegetable cultivation – BEHR AG is one of the leading producers of field vegetables in Germany. For over 130 years,...
Interview with Rudolf Behr, CEO of BEHR AG
Knitting for Environmental Protection
In the automotive industry, technical innovations and sustainable solutions are crucial for success. Buck GmbH & Co. KG specializes in the production of damping...
Interview with Alfred Buck, Managing Director of Buck GmbH & Co. KG
Certification – Bridge between Politics and Practice
Agriculture operates in a field of tension between ever-increasing regulatory requirements and growing practical challenges in cultivation or breeding. As an auditor...
Interview with Andreas Kerßens, Managing Director of ACG Agrar-Control GmbH
Gentle Handling of Sensitive Products
Belgian know-how that is in demand all over the world? When it comes to the automatic handling of products, especially potatoes, onions, carrots, and other vegetables,...
Interview with Jeroen Deprez, Managing Partner and Mattias Mergaert, Head of Sales Agro at DEPREZ CONSTRUCT NV
Best Conditions for High-Quality Mushrooms
Traditional substrate for mushroom cultivation consists of only about 70% horse manure, the rest are straw, poultry manure, and gypsum. The mushroom substrate offered...
Interview with Holger Heitmann, Managing Director of Pilzhof Pilzsubstrat Wallhausen GmbH
The Seed Succeeds
Corn as far as the eye can see. About 2.5 million hectares of corn are currently cultivated in Germany. And for good reason. Corn is versatile, delivers above-average...
Interview with Matthias Kühlmann, Board Member of farmsaat AG
One Platform – Endless Applications
For 20 years, ANEDO has been providing basic technologies for agricultural engineering, significantly shaping the world of electronics in the sector. Just in time...
Interview with Andreas Ganseforth, Senior Product Manager at ANEDO GmbH
The Guardians of the Green
The ball rolls smoothly and without jarring, just like on a carpet. And that's what the perfectly maintained greens of numerous golf courses look like, thanks to...
Interview with Christian Engelmann, Managing Director of Engelmann Turf Care GmbH
Cultivating Herbs, Vegetables, Flowers at Home
More and more people enjoy cultivating vegetables, herbs, and flowers themselves. The success largely depends on the quality of the seeds used. The Dutch company...
Interview with Peter Laan, Managing Director of Tuinplus BV
We Cultivate the Grain of Tomorrow
Agriculture faces major challenges - on one hand the war in Ukraine, which also has consequences for the European grain market, and on the other hand the increasing...
Interview with Alexis von Rhade, Managing Director of Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH
"I know where our customers' shoe pinches!"
Similar to horse breeding, good genetic predispositions are also important in pigs, so that positive traits can be passed on to the next generation. As the German...
Interview with Eduard Eissing, Managing Director of TOPIGS-SNW GmbH
Power from the Tuber - Local and Meatless
For decades, potato starch has been a universal building block of life and can be found in a wide variety of products and applications. Against the backdrop of growing...
Interview with David Fousert, CEO of Royal Avebe
Reliable Partner of Farmers
In rural areas, he is almost indispensable – a reliable partner who provides various services, including for example the delivery of fertilizers and pesticides....
Interview with Jürgen Ströde, Managing Director of Friedländer Landhandels- und Dienste GmbH
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Intelligently Managed
The future of agriculture is digital. Smart Farming has already arrived at many farms today. Precision Farming leads to more targeted sowing, fertilizing, and irrigation,...
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How Much Mendel is Still in Plant Breeding?
Who, if not the seed industry, can ensure that yields in the fields are secured even in times of the climate crisis? This task has long become a routine for plant...
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Hemp – Medicinal Plant in Hype
It is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, excites in various areas with enormous potential – and had almost been forgotten due to decades of cultivation...
Interview with Mark Reinders, CEO of HempFlax Group B.V.
Harvest Helpers for the Mountains
Although agriculture is carried out on a large scale today, in the mountains, tasks such as manure spreading or harvesting can become real challenges. The family-run...
Interview with Heidi Lainer, Managing Director of Maschinenbau Otto Gruber GmbH
Our Strength is Our Growth Strategy
The fact that investments are being withheld due to the Corona crisis is a problem for many companies. Not so for the Bepco Group based in Liege, Belgium. The global...
Interview with Mike Nyren, Manager of Marketing and Communication, and Ralf Kruse, Managing Director DACH Region of the Bepco Group
Bee-Rent: Allied with the Bee
For experienced beekeeper Dieter Schimanski, it’s clear: To counteract bee mortality, conservation must become sexy. From this idea, his company Bee-Rent was born,...
Interview with Dieter Schimanski, Managing Director of Bee-Rent GmbH