Agricultural Experiment Station

Excellent agricultural research – Made in Hohenheim

Click on the play button to watch the video about the experiment station on the university’s YouTube channel.

The Agricultural Experiment Station provides a center for practical, regional, and international cutting-edge research. The 773-hectare network of 3 locations with a total of 7 sites forms a realistic representation of the ecosystems in Baden-Württemberg. The Experiment Station is a huge real-world laboratory where research, development, and testing are carried out under scientific conditions that can be quickly applied in agricultural practice, industry, and society.

The Agricultural Experiment Station includes:

Biorefinery pilot plant
Biogas research plant
Land-atmosphere feedback observatory
Long-term field experiments
Numerous animal breeding facilities

Hohenheim location with the sites:

Meiereihof

95 ha in size
Altitude: 395 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 685 mm
Average annual temperature: 8.8 °C
Focuses on high-yield dairy herd with 63 cubicles for cows to lie down

Heidfeldhof

110 ha in size
Altitude: 400 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 685 mm
Average annual temperature: 8.8 °C
Focuses on carrying out plot trials with cereals, maize, sunflowers, leguminous plants, and forage crops

Kleinhohenheim

61 ha in size
Altitude: 435 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 685 mm
Average annual temperature: 8.8 °C
Used exclusively for research and teaching in organic farming
Member of Bioland and Naturland (organic certification organizations)

Eckartsweier site

42 ha in size
Altitude: 141 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 726 mm
Average annual temperature: 9.9 °C
Thanks to the favorable climatic conditions, this location facilitates intensive research activities on maize, sunflowers, and soybeans.

Lindenhöfe location with the sites:

Unterer Lindenhof

104 ha in size
Altitude: 694 m – 755 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 941 mm
Average annual temperature: 6.8 °C

Oberer Lindenhof

110 ha in size
Altitude: 470 m – 558 m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 765 mm
Average annual temperature of 7.5° C

The two farms provide a central research infrastructure for livestock sciences (cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry), plant sciences, and bioenergy research.

Ihinger Hof site

251 ha in size
Altitude: 460 – 520m above sea level
Long-term precipitation of 690 mm
from April until September: 423 mm precipitation
Average annual temperature: 7.9°C
Average annual temperature from April until September: 13.1 °C
Tomorrow’s agriculture in the context of global competition: Researchers at Ihinger Hof use smart farming to test the efficiency and environmental friendliness of agronomy
Focuses on projects in crop science and agricultural engineering

Further information can be found on the website of the Agricultural Experiment Station.