10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening
Ing. Josef FRAUNDORFER, Managing Director SAATBAU LINZ

10:15 a.m. Current topics in agricultural policy
Mag. Norbert TOTSCHNIG MSc., Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

SAATBAU-ACKERdemie
11.00 a.m. Climate change as a challenge for plant breeding – Dr. Christian GLADYSZ, SAATBAU LINZ

11.45 a.m. Practical aspects of variable rate seeding of maize – Dipl.-HLFL-Ing. Albert MÜLLNER, SAATBAU LINZ

12.30 p.m. Soybeans in dry areas – Improvements through variety selection and inoculation – Ing. Andreas AUINGER, SAATBAU LINZ

13.15 p.m. Catch crop cultivation – How to keep soils stable – Andreas SARG, SAATBAU LINZ

14.00 p.m. Agriculture in dry areas – Practical measures to adapt to climate change – Ing. Hans GNAUER, Verein Bodenleben

14.45 p.m. Breeding resistant sugar beet varieties in the face of climate change – Dr. Heinrich REINEKE, SESVanderHave

Other highlights:
• Comprehensive variety exhibition including new breeds
• Guided visits of the variety trial plots: maize, soybeans, cereal, rapeseed and many more
• Special tours for organic farmers at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
• Advantageous marketing models through SAATBAU ERNTEGUT
• Innovations in fertilisation, plant protection and agricultural technology