The Julius-Kühn-Field is home to some of the oldest agricultural field trials in Germany and Europe: The Eternal Rye and the Fertilization Trials by Karl Schmalfuß. In Merbitz, a new field trial with focus on climate change adaptation will be installed soon.
- The Eternal Rye trial, laid out in 1878 by Julius Kühn. Today, it is the oldest continuing field trial in Germany and the second oldest in the world.
- The long-term fertilization trials founded by Karl Schmalfuß in 1949 investigate the effects of different amounts and types of lime, potassium, phosphate, mineral and organic fertilizers.
- In a new organic crop rotation trial oil crops and legumes will be tested for sustainable and climate-resilient cropping systems.
Scientific head of the Crop Research Unit Dr. Thomas Reitz (Crop Research Unit), specialist supervision: Prof. Dr. Janna Macholdt (Department of Agronomy and Organic Farming), deputy supervision: Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter (Plant Nutrition lab). Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Look is head of technical management (Crop Research Unit)
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