Farm and Mass Flow Management – networked agricultural economy in Schleswig-Holstein

Context: Testing ground digitalisation in agriculture
Start: 01.10.2019 – 30.09.2022
Duration: 3 years

Partner:

• Institute of Agricultural Engineering – ILV (The Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences of Kiel University)
• Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein (LKSH)
• Vocational training centre at the Kiel Canal (BBZ)
• DEULA Schleswig-Holstein GmbH

Associated partners:

• Ministry of Energy transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation (MELUND)
• Board of Trustees for technology and construction in agriculture (KTBL)

This project aims to develop an independent digital material flow model on agricultural test operations and fields with the help of various software and hardware systems and through the collection of data streams. The different sensors (e.g. NIR sensors, telemetry module, ground sensor, weather stations and many more) provide the necessary data basis for the agricultural practice. Through the integration of accounting data, previous table values can be replaced with actual values and therefore economic models can be developed. The collaborative work in science, education, praxis, politics and economy at the testing ground in Schleswig-Holstein enables practical solutions for digitalisation issues. The requirements and experiences of five agricultural testing operations and two testing operations in the various nature areas of Schleswig-Holstein form the basis for a knowledge and technology transfer into the broad practice. The aim is to use the results of the project for agricultural operations, in agricultural trainings, at vocational schools (BBZ am NOK), the University of Applied Sciences Kiel and Kiel University, the educational institution Deula and the Chamber of Agriculture to explain and evaluate new digital developments in agricultural practice and make them accessible.

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