Static fertilization test
The static fertilization test in Bad Lauchstädt is a long-term agricultural test that Wilhelm Schneidewind started in 1902 and continues to this day on the site of the former agrochemical test station in Halle in Bad Lauchstädt, where the aim is to research the long-term effects of organic and mineral fertilization on the yields of crops that Crop quality and soil fertility is a concern.
Initially questions of increasing yields were the focus of research interest, later it was about the effective use of organic and mineral fertilizers. Today scientists mainly study the effects of fertilization on our environment. The static fertilization test in Bad Lauchstädt also provided data for meteorological yield analyzes .
In Germany there are currently around 30 long-term field tests that cover a wide range of different soil and climatic conditions. The most important of these is likely to be the " Ewige Roggenbau " ( Ewige Roggenbau ) established by Julius Kühn in 1878 and also continued to this day , which is the oldest continuous fertilization attempt in Germany.