> DLG-Feldtage 2022 brought 14,410 trade visitors to the Kirschgartshausen estate in Mannheim on 14–16 June for crop plots and field machinery.

Source: https://husfarm.com/event/dlg-feldtage/2022/

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# DLG-Feldtage 2022: what happened

DLG-Feldtage 2022 took place on 14–16 June at the Kirschgartshausen experimental estate in Mannheim, where 14,410 trade visitors walked crop plots and field machinery.

Dates14–16 June 2022
WhereVersuchsgut Kirschgartshausen, Mannheim — Kirschgartshausen🇩🇪 Germany
Trade visitors14,410

## What happened at DLG-Feldtage 2022

DLG-Feldtage 2022 was held from 14 to 16 June at Versuchsgut Kirschgartshausen, an experimental estate in Mannheim. DLG organised the three-day event, and according to DLG it welcomed 14,410 trade visitors. Unlike an indoor fair, the event is built around growing crops. Demonstration plots, variety displays and machinery for field operations sat side by side in the open, so visitors could look at the plants and the implements that produced them in a single walk.
The 2022 programme tied agronomy to what visitors could see in the ground. Plots made it possible to discuss varieties, soil and crop operations while standing next to the plants. A recurring question was what lay behind a difference you could see: when the crop went in, how dense the stand was, how wet the soil was, how it was fed or how the ground was worked. Experienced growers also knew the limits of a single plot. Without the field's history, an untreated comparison and a clear measurement method, a good-looking strip on one June day says little about performance over several seasons.
Crop growers and their advisers formed the core audience, joined by seed companies, implement makers and teams developing precision farming and robotics. Each group looked for something different. Farmers were after ideas that mean fewer trips across the field or better-timed operations. Robotics developers paid attention to the working environment: following rows, staying safe, remote oversight and handling odd situations. Visitors also had to tell prototypes from commercial systems and from services sold by contractors, because each leads to a different buying decision.
The most valuable thing to take home from Mannheim was a test plan rather than a list of brand names. Promising ideas from the plots could become a trial on the home farm, with a control strip, agreed measurements and a point at which to stop. Recording operator time, consumables and training alongside the crop effect gave a fuller picture of cost. In that way an attractive field demonstration turned into a precise question that the farm's own seasons could answer.

## Highlights

- Held 14–16 June 2022 at Versuchsgut Kirschgartshausen, Mannheim
- 14,410 trade visitors reported by DLG
- Demonstration plots linking varieties, soil and crop operations

## Sources

- [lobbyregister.bundestag.de](https://www.lobbyregister.bundestag.de/media/af/89/222500/Statistik_Jahresbericht_2022.pdf)
- [dlg-feldtage.de](https://www.dlg-feldtage.de/fileadmin/download/2022/Aussteller/Feldtage_2022_PSR_engl_internet02.pdf)

### Other editions

- [DLG-Feldtage 2024](https://husfarm.com/event/dlg-feldtage/2024/)

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