SAATEN-UNION Biotec: Planting plants at W. von Borries-Eckendorf

Breeding begins with the production of tens of thousands of genetically different plants in the laboratory. All plants shown in the film are varieties with different levels of productivity, which are produced in the laboratory and then grown under natural conditions as shown here. We want to know what performance they deliver and how they react to stress factors such as frost, heat, drought, diseases and pests. Only the high-performance varieties are harvested a year later. With each harvest, the number of varieties decreases and the amount of seeds that we can use to test and propagate the individual varieties increases. Years ago, each variety of today was one of the many plants that started their way in the breeding process as shown here.

Variety shows 2020 – and now updated with Corn!

The time has come! Our variety shows are updated with CORN: Click in, explore the two 360-degree variety shows, discover regional videos or make an appointment at a location near you!

Variety shows 2020 – very close and digital. (Teaser)

Visit our field days in 2020 despite #corona. Let yourself be surprised what will come soon!

MyRye – The future is rye | Trailer

Sell, store or feed? SAATEN-UNION, one of the leading hybrid rye breeders wants to create more transparency for all rye producers with the project "MyRye – The future is rye" in order to simplify business decisions.

MyRye – The future is rye | Feeding pigs successfully with the Rye Calculator.

https://www.saaten-union.com/index.cfm/action/myrye.html Phillipp Momeyer, independent farmer and pig feeder in conversation with Rainer Möller, project partner in the development of the rye calculator. This software, developed as part of the MyRye project, shows practitioners the advantages of using rye in pig feeding.

MyRye – The future is rye | Success with feeding rye to pigs

https://www.saaten-union.com/index.cfm/action/myrye.html Rye is underestimated, its economic potential is often not fully exploited – not only yield but also processing and marketing. As there is a wide range of processing possibilities, e.g. as grain, forage or wholecrop rye, a grower production strategy is needed. Selling, storing or feeding? SAATEN-UNION as one of the leading hybrid rye breeders wants to achieve with the project MyRye – growing with rye more transparency for all rye producers in order to simplify operational decisions. As part of the MyRye project, we here talk to Andrea Meyer of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture about the benefits of using rye in pig feeding.

Haferkongress 2020 | Impressionen

Der Veranstaltungssaal war bis auf den letzten Platz gefüllt, als sich am 22. Januar in Braunschweig Experten aus 15 Ländern zur Hafertagung versammelten. Die Gästeliste reichte von Vertretern aus Züchtung, Mühlen, Verarbeitung und Vermarktung bis hin zu wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen. Das Video gibt einen exklusiven Einblick in unsere Veranstaltung. #plantbreeding #vielfaltdrischtbesser

Haferkongress 2020 | Interview M. Hannsbauer, Bereichsleiter Hafer, Bühler AG, Uzwil

Interview in deutscher Sprache mit englischsprachigen Untertiteln.

Haferkongress 2020 | Interview Leandro Burguete, CEO Haferkater GmbH, Berlin

Interview in deutscher Sprache mit englischsprachigen Untertiteln.

Haferkongress 2020 | Interview Inga Pfannebecker, Food-Journalistin, Amsterdam

Interview in deutscher Sprache mit englischsprachigen Untertiteln.

Haferkongress 2020 | Alberto Loizate, Geschäftsführer Harivenasa S.L., Noain (Spanien)

Interview in spanischer Sprache mit Untertiteln in englischer, spanischer und deutscher Sprache.

Haferkongress 2020 | Ankündigung

Experten aus 15 Ländern treffen sich am 22. Januar in Braunschweig zur Haferkonferenz. Die Gästeliste reicht von Vertretern aus Züchtung, Mühle, Verarbeitung und Vermarktung bis hin zu wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen. Das Video stellt die Referenten vor.

Experience a typical work day at the Trial Station in Moosburg

We, as a motivated professional team that is always provided with innovative technology, are geared to sustainably meet the quality requirements of our breeders and contractors. Our common goal is to reliably secure and improve food resources. In keeping with the motto of the SAATEN-UNION: The future lies in breeding. https://www.su-moosburg.de/index.cfm

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Introduction

Our business partners, management staff and employees have the human touch and over the last 50 years have shaped the SAATEN-UNION with their personality and their personal dedication. And they also stand for service commitment in communication with the customer. We are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Inge Stoldt

My name is Inge Stoldt. I am in charge of the laboratory at Hybro and support the hybrid rye seed production management. I love to be in nature. I love nature, natural food and particularly enjoy rye bread. Hybro is a specialised hybrid rye breeder and markets the seeds through SAATEN-UNION. We have breeding stations in Kleptow and here in Wulfsode, and intensively work towards our aim of promoting the breeding progress to the farmers. Quality assurance is one of our central topics. The entire harvest is tested here in Wulfrode and we also run many testing stations in Germany and Europe, and also a modern seed processing plant in Kleptow. We offer the farmers the best yielding hybrid seeds on the market our turbo hybrids of the latest generation and that fills me with just a little pride. I am Inge Stoldt – and we are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Gero Heumann

My name is Gero Heumann and I am in charge at SAATEN-UNION for sales and merchandising planning of seeds, and for managing key accounts in Eastern Germany. When my young family leaves me any time, I like to do sports or follow my other great passion - hunting. If you want to be a successful hunter, you need mainly patience and you have to be able to assess the situation correctly when it counts. Similar demands are placed on me during production planning in the cereals department. As cereals are planted outdoors as we all know, we always have to plan a year in advance. The challenge is to balance demand and production regardless of those many unknown factors that can occur throughout a vegetation period. This can only be managed through market assessment in the most precise way possible, combined with close alignment with our customers. During a sales season, my colleagues and I move several thousand tonnes of seeds during a very short time span to customers at home and abroad. Timely delivery can only be assured by intensive communication with our partner companies and the logistics partners. The key account management in Eastern Germany is performed in collaboration with my colleagues from regional sales consultancy. We must be able to fulfil the individual customer demands on time and in my opinion, even in times of most modern communication paths, the personal communication is irreplaceable. I am Gero Heumann – and we are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Franz Unterforsthuber

My name is Franz Unterforsthuber and I am the consulting sales representative for SAATEN-UNION in the area of Southern Bavaria. I do sports as compensation and due to my closeness of the Alps I like to be in the mountains - no matter whether it is summer or winter, on skis or on foot. I love the superb views, the wide panorama and the quietness - no mobiles, no noise, no strenuous discussions, time to free the head while exercising the body. Many good ideas came to me during those moments. This recharges my batteries. The requirements placed on us sales consultants at SAATEN-UNION are very diverse due to the wide range of products for many agricultural crops. It starts at cereals, to rape and legumes, to maize and beets down to grasses and intercrops. Exactly that makes our task so interesting. We develop the varieties that are on the market together with our colleagues at the head office, the breeding centres and the SAATEN-UNION experimental station. We develop farming concepts and support our trading partners during the sales processes of our products. We are points of contact for trade, consultation and farmers for varieties and consultation of production technology. This wide field and the contact to people make it highly interesting to do this job for SAATEN-UNION. I am Franz Unterforsthuber – and we are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Tom Peters

My name is Tom Peters. I am head of the goods department at the partner P. H. PETERSEN. In this function, I lead a team of 15 persons and make it possible for more than 10,000 tonnes of seeds to arrive in time and in good quality at the customers. I am married and dad of two children and, as is typical in the North, a huge handball fan. And if you want to be successful while handball playing, what you mainly need is: team spirit, talent for organisation und good player qualities. Focus points at P. H. PETERSEN are intercrops, forage plants and cereals. A large part of this production takes place in the climatically best-suited areas in Hungary. For us, close monitoring of the crops goes without saying. We especially make no compromises when it comes to seed quality. For farmers, this is incredibly important from the aspect of plant hygiene. The seeds of the partner P. H. PETERSEN stem from one of the two processing plants in Lundsgaard or Sarbogárd (Hungary). Gentle processing and intensive cleansing guarantee seeds of exceptional quality, with a purity and germination capability that is above the legal standard. And when it comes to speed, we strive to make the ordering process swift and secure for our customers. Most orders already leave the storage unit within 48 hours and are on their way to the customer. Good packaging not only looks good but also protects during transit. The successful market positioning of SAATEN-UNION in the intercrop sector is supported by the combination of intensively monitored production, top varieties in exceptional quality and well thought-through logistics. Simply teamwork! My name is Tom Peters and we are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Stefan Kontowski

I am Stefan Kontowski and the head of the European wheat breeders at Borries-Eckendorf. We offer the best varieties for the European farmers in the SAATEN-UNION network. My hobby is my motorbike and this is mirrored in my job by through the need to always give the best under changing environmental conditions. When driving this means concentrating while moving; on the breeding plot it means selecting the best varieties for our farmers. The focus for our 6 wheat breeders at Borries-Eckendorf is always the requirements set by our farmers. Our team uses every opportunity to develop the best varieties every year. With that, we currently have the 4 best high yielding varieties in the German Descriptive Varieties List. And we are proud of this! Besides our large German breeding programme, we have further breeding programmes for England, France, Poland, and Middle and Eastern Europe. For these, we utilise a large network of own testing stations and many further experimental sites in Germany and Europe. To fulfil the future requirements for new varieties, we also use the most modern methods in addition to the classical breeding in the field. For this reason, SAATEN-UNION operates a joint laboratory in Hoevedissen and Gatersleben. This networks the mid-sized companies very well and positions them successfully for the future. We’re crazy about wheat. I am Stefan Kontowski – and we are SAATEN-UNION.

We are the SAATEN-UNION – Franz-Xaver Zellner

My name is Xaver Zellner and I am the head of the SAATEN-UNION Experimental Station Bavaria in Grünseiboldsdorf near Moosburg. When I have the opportunity to be out and about in nature, I love hiking in the mountains with my wife or we go cycling. I like to get up early and use this time to free my head and begin the day with replenished energy. The constantly up-to-date weather data and soil moisture values are our daily tools for checking, documentation purposes and decision making. In our station, the data streams are strongly networked - Controlling is an important element of our daily work. Our station is an agricultural testing station and we are part of SAATEN-UNION. We drill and harvest approximately 25 different types of crop over 300 hectares of arable land. The majority of our 50,000 test plots are used for variety development for our partners. We closely collaborate with science through various projects. We directly transfer the latest findings from this to the practical work of plant breeding and variety testing. Using this procedure, here in Moosburg we contribute to the highest efficiency in the breeding progress. And for this, we have a team of highly motivated and well trained colleagues. I am Xaver Zellner – and we are SAATEN-UNION.

Hybrid wheat - Innovation for consistent, sustainable wheat production (English)

France is the pioneer in the field of hybrid wheat cultivation and there it's an established culture with longtime experience. In this movie farmers and breeders impart knowledge about the cultivation and advantages of hybrid wheat.

The comeback of the beet (English)

Biogas can be obtained from a variety of agricultural substrates. Currently research is done to find alternative products for the biogas plant No. 1 - the maize. The cultivation of maize as monoculture poses some disadvantages. On good maize sites only the beet has a similarly high productivity in the field. The cultivation and harvest are somewhat more complex and costly than for maize. Above all, lacking harvesting, cleaning and storage technics were previously reasons why the beet largely was neglected in the biogas production. Modern fodder beet can be harvested with sugar beet harvesters. Depending on the degree of contamination a wet or dry cleaning still must be done afterwards. If the soil is sandy and has relatively little stones, it is probably enough with dry cleaning, as it is integrated with the T7 THYREGOD beet harvester already during the harvesting process. First the top is harvested. After the beets are lifted they run through two cleaning turbines, where the coarsest dirt is already removed. After that they are brushed on two rubber rollers brush the fine dirt and sand. Perpendicular to the direction of the beets there is a steel roller to remove the adherent stones. Then the chopped beets and together with the previously separate sheet put together. The top and the chopped beets can then be stored after the overloading. A maize silage makes up both for mixing the biogas plant, as well as possible for the dairy cattle a year-round use. To this a late silage maize type is needed, that achieves until the end of October between 30 and 35% dry matter content. Alternatively, the beets can be mashed and stored in a a folio tight basin, where they subsequently are getting ensiled and fed through a pump system to the plant. The benefits of fodder beets are obvious: - High biomass yields, - Low soil tare by the smooth skin and abdominal furrow significantly smaller than in sugar beet - High yields in the methane digester. In addition to the biogas production as well as many dairy farmers are interested in the fodder. Many biogas plant operators have recognized the great potential of energy beet. With increasing solutions to the technical challenges the beetwill take the place within in the rotation of energy crops and thus contribute to more diversity on the field. Production: SAATEN-UNION GmbH Director: Oliver Mengershausen Camera, Cut & Sound: Ralf Bieler

Maximum Maize | Maximum Energy

Maximum Maize | To fly at higher game

MyRye – The future is rye | The Rye Calculator and the way it works.

https://www.saaten-union.com/index.cfm/action/myrye.html Fenja Luhmann, product manager for hybrid rye at SAATEN-UNION and project manager of the MyRye project in conversation with Rainer Möller about the advantages and use of the rye calculator.