Agriculture and forestry play a key role in sustainability. In our interviews, experts share their perspectives on innovations and challenges in the industry.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Interview with Fredo Harms, Managing Director of ANEDO GmbH
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...
Interview with Alexis von Rhade, Managing Director of Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH
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.
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
Plant and machine engineering drive innovation and efficiency forward. In our interviews, experts provide insights into technologies, trends, and the future of the industry.
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
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
For the managers of Quathamer GmbH Garten- und Landschaftsbau, quality comes before quantity. 'We get involved when a terrain has more corners: in complex projects,...
Interview with Markus Quathamer, Managing Partner at Quathamer GmbH Garten- und Landschaftsbau
The idea was to lift logs perfectly. With that idea, EPSILON Kran GmbH developed a completely new series of cranes based on the modular principle at the end of the...
Interview with Stefan Oberleitner, Managing Director of EPSILON Kran GmbH