Summer Field Trials Trip

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Network excursion, featuring visits to interesting sites and organisations in Sweden.

What to expect from the day:

• Two buses, one network: Whether you join us from Denmark or Sweden, we’ll bring everyone together for a day full of inspiration, meaningful conversations, and new connections.
• Field trials at the centre: Our program shines a spotlight on practical field research. Visit innovative sites to see firsthand how cutting-edge trials are designed and conducted, including the equipment, statistical methods, and software that drive progress in the field.
• Meet the innovators: Discover how research and plant breeding are carried out — from the field, to greenhouses, to high-tech laboratories. Learn how extensive trial areas in Sweden and abroad help shape the future of agriculture.
• Explore genetic resources: Gain insight into vital work with experimentation, development, and the long-term maintenance of genetic diversity.
• Networking and knowledge sharing: Throughout the day, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet new people, exchange experiences, and spark new collaborations.
• Good food and great company: Enjoy lunch at Borgeby Restaurant, as well as coffee and cake along the way.

Sites we will visit:

• Hushållningssällskapet
  Presentation of the organisation and their extensive field trial work, including equipment and statistical methods.

• Nordic Beet Research
  Insights into their cross-border research structure and their approach to field trials and data analysis.

• Lantmännen
  Introduction to their breeding work, trial sites, and research facilities (field, greenhouse, and laboratory).

• Nordgen
  Overview of their experimental, development, and maintenance work with plant genetic resources.

Sign up:
Please register using the link:
https://forms.office.com/e/BmXCqi63hV?origin=lprLink

This will help us to arrange a suitable bus in Denmark, and possibly also in Sweden.

Wednesday, 18th June

• Time                    Activity

  06:30                  Coach departs from Skejby

  09:10 – 09:20      Stop Highway Exit 39, Slagelse

  09:20 – 11:00      Stop Copenhagen Airport (CPH)

  11:00 – 11:50      Coach journey to Borgeby

  11:50 – 12:30      Lunch in Borgeby with “Hushållngssällskabet” (HS) and Nodic Beet Research (NBR)

  12:30 – 13:50      Visit HS (Pernilla Wahlquist and Ulrika Dyrlund-Martinsson) and NBR (Joakim Herrström)

  13:50 – 14:25      Travel to Lantmännen Svalöf

  14:25 – 14:35      Coffee/Fika

  14:35 – 15:20      Visit Lantmännen (Desirée Börjesdotter)

  15:20 – 15:55      Travel to Nordgen, Alnarp

  15:55 – 16:40      Visit Nordgen (Jan Svensson)

  16:40 - 17:00       Possible travel to Borgeby to retrieve cars

  17:00 – 17:50      Travel to Copenhagen (CPH)

  17:50 – 18:30      Eventually stop for sandwich

  18:30 – 22:00      Travel to Skejby

Organised by:
The Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Reseach

NordicField Trial Network

Nordic-Baltic Plant Phenotyping Network