Nordic Field Trial SystemOats meeting 28 Sep, SLU/Alnarp

Thomas Nitschke - Agrotech, Århus/Denmark

Danish Agricultural Advisory ServiceNational Centre

Danish Agricultural Advisory Service

Research, trials, etc

Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre

Farmers

60 local centres

Technology transfer from science to farming

* A tradition of impartial trials

* Impartial field trials - the only way to obtain -knowledge

on varieties, pesticides, fertilizers and dosages

Opera(fungizide)

Winter wheat: 1 l/ha

Chemical company:

4

5

6

7

8

0,125 0,25 0,375 0,5 0,75

Dosages (l/ha)

Net

yie

ld

11 field trials:

Estimated savings for Danish farmers:

15 mio. US$ pr. yr.

Organization of national field trials

17 field trial units carry out the trials

These units and AgroTech have a contract regulating the co-

operation– Number of trials, economy– Requirements in relation to quality, documentation, equipment

NFTS background

* A Danish field trial system developed since 1992

* Meetings and contacts between Nordic countries since 2002

* A common Nordic system developed 2005-2006 by Danish

Agricultural Advisory Service

* Nordic Field Trial System introduced in 2006

Advantages of the system: Secure central data storage

Availability of all the experimental data at any time

Quick calculation and publication

Nordic Field Trial System (NFTS) 4 Modul:

Field Trial planning

PC Field Trial

Administration

Field Trial - Overview

Field Trial planning – Creation of the master plan

The field trial plans will be published on the internet!

Distribution of the individual trials

NFTS generated:

 Planting plans Harvesting plans

Individuelle adaptation of the design

Data Collection

Data Collection with the help of hand-held terminals

’Psion Workabout’

’Smart Trial’

Advantages:

PC Field Trial

Data is

transferred

directly into

the system

Saves time

Avoids

Transmission

error

Enables fast

data exchange

Barcodes and delivery notes for all the samples!

Advantages:

• Avoiding incorrect labeling

of samples

• Electronic transfer of

laboratory analysis results

• Prevention of transmission

errors