Every year the Knowledge Centre for Agriculture, (Department for Crop Production) together with crop advisers throughout the country carry out more than 1000 practical field trials.
The trials are with different crop varieties and cultivation methods all in an effort to identify the optimal combinations that can give farmers the best production conditions for a high yield.
The National trials have a long history from the beginning of the 20th century. Every year since 1971 a book entitled “Oversigt over Landsforsøgene” (Summary of National Trials) has been published containing the results from all field trials carried out.
- The annual book becomes a bible for everybody interested in crop production and will be published this year for the 40th time, reports Merethe Egelund Olsen, who coordinates the work and collects all the material for publication.