New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation
Digital Agricultural Forum 2021 Today, the annual Agricultural Forum of the University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen took place, this time in digital form. In addition to the latest news, e.g. the introduction of new degree courses at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Bernd Pölling presented new business models in agriculture. In doing so, he explained […]
Agricultural education is key “Young professionals in agriculture need prospects for the future! They demand modern education with content which is nationally uniform, up-to-date and practice-oriented. They also require appropriate remuneration,” says Mara Walz. With these words, the deputy chairwoman of the Federation of German Rural Youth (BDL) summarizes the BDL’s new policy paper on […]
Hofsuchtbauer.de is a website which takes over the mediation between farm owners and newbies without an own farm. This is the key element of the website: the farm exchange market. The site offers information on the topic “I hand over”. One can obtain free information about extra-familial farm succession, handover possibilities, phases of farm handover, […]
How will European farming look like in 2040? Which kind of farms will be present and who will be the farmers? These and further questions were discussed during the discussing circle “farmers of the future” in early 2020. Fachhochschule Südwestfalen organized in cooperation with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) this workshop […]
Under the motto “A lot helps a lot ? Farm diversification today for tomorrow” the German Rural Youth Association (BDL), the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) and the Federal Information Centre Agriculture (BZL) invited young agricultural players to discuss future prospects. In days of Corona, the Farmers Lunch took place at the 25th of June as […]
At the beginning of April, the German Newbie-Team had this year’s first steering group meeting. What was planned to be a nice gathering in the vineyard of Weingut Walz with Newbie and BDL vice-president, Mara Walz, turned out to be a video conference after all (#stayathome). After a short overview on the overall as well […]
