We are not quite done yet…

The vast majority of AGRO employees are engaged in plant production or related tasks. We are very busy during the growing season, where we typically get valuable help from seasonal employees and Danish as well as foreign students. So, are we done with this year’s tasks? No, probably not quite yet…

For example, what do the headings below have in common?

• News about yellow rust in wheat
• Fertilization and nitrogen leaching in clover grass
• Ways to climate-neutral agriculture
• Update your knowledge on root and seed weeds
• Optimize the use of the soil
• Precision agriculture as an environmental tool
• Turnover and effect of phosphorus
• Plant biologicals - bio stimulants
• New nitrogen detergent catalogue
• After-effects of legumes and solid livestock manure

These are session titles at the Plant Congress 2020 - ten examples from the total of 28 sessions in which AGRO staff present research results from experiments during this or previous growing seasons. So, we are actually busy analysing our collected samples, purified grain and seeds, calculating yields, nitrogen leaching, statistical analyses - along with the long-term government tasks such as input to the nitrogen detergent catalogue.

The Plant Congress is a good example of AGRO's collaboration with the agricultural industry and the companies associated with the industry. Here we have the opportunity to present results so that they can be put into practice already in the coming growing season. At the same time, we get direct response to our results and conclusions: “But on my soil type…” “Can you now put your test results into practice?” “What if...” “Why didn't you investigate?” We always give a professional answer, and often we have to say, that in order to answer the questions we need new projects, and we just need some more funding.

It is truly unique to have an annual event where we can meet with farmers, businesses and authorities and discuss the future opportunities, challenges and perspectives for development. It provides a great deal of inspiration for upcoming projects, and it helps to qualify us to carry out research and work that is relevant to the agricultural industry.

It is important that we do our utmost. And although it is typically the scientific staff who has the "honour" of presenting the results, they are largely based on all the work done in laboratories, greenhouses, semi fields and fields throughout the season.

So, when it comes down to it, we're probably not quite done yet …