From September 2011, the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences offers the course of studies „Agribusiness”, which will be tailored to the green industry. Since autumn 2010 the course of studies “Sustainable Agriculture “ is offered. Visit www.agrobusiness-niederrhein.de for further information.

Read more in on track 1/2011.

The state of technology and current developments, but also limitations, are discussed in the contributions of eilbote writer Christian Wick.

Read more in eilbote No. 17/2011.

Last Thursday the French agricultural exhibition SIMA ended. eilbote was in the city on the Seine and presents some interesting innovations.

Read more in eilbote No. 9 / 2011.

First uses in the Netherlands and Belgium. In recent years, Krone has converted several Big X to crawlers. This was for instance due to very wet soil conditions in different operational regions of the forage harvester. ?

Read more in eilbote 8/2011.

On 16 May 2011 the latest edition of „on track“ will be published. Target groups are students of agricultural sciences and engineering and students of agricultural colleges and schools for agricultural technology.

Themes of the current issue include:

• Bachelor graduates are facing the “Master” issue: Right to work or further studies? “on track” discussed with students of the Universities for Applied Sciences in Rendsburg, Cologne and Hohenheim.

• What happens if the junior is coming to the farm after studying? An example shows that the experiences are fertile for operations and influence decisions positively.

• Career in Finland: Pamela Engels (31) has lived eight years in Finland. She coordinates the website of the tractor manufacturer Valtra.

• Hendrik Schulze Zumkley tests a new force measuring system for tires and agricultural machinery for his graduation. He is working with manufacturers Goodyear, Fendt and Kistler-Igel.

• AGRITECHNICA: Freya von Rhade (27) is project manager for a year. “on track” spoke to her about her tasks and the challenges involved in organizing this major agricultural engineering event.

Since June 2010 the current issue of on track, No. 01/2010, is available for training in agricultural technology and agribusiness. For the first edition this year, we were again able to gather the participation of well-known actors in our industry for the promotion of young talents. Among other things, we have approached the issue of e-learning and asked a representative of John Deere, what young talent is like at an international conglomerate. These and many other articles can also be found on our website www.ontrack-online.eu. We appreciate your interest.

s part of our visit of the International Agricultural Fair Agmet in China, we have used the unique opportunity to learn more about the global giant China with its people and the incredible forces of nature. On a journalistic expedition, eilbote editor Bernd Pawelzik writes about his personal impressions and the Chinese agricultural technology market in the context of an editorial series in eilbote.

Very good participation rate on the third eilbote-author workshop

Specialist authors from Germany and parts of Europe accepted our invitation to the Lüneburg Heath. In addition to the project, we offered our editorial staff participants a seminar day with an interesting vocational training. After a writing exercise last year, we have put journalistic photography in this year´s focus. We were glad to win Bernd Beuermann as a teacher who gave valuable tips to the participants in terms of portrait, group and machine photography.

Aim for more than 600,000 kilograms of milk per work group

Dairy farming is changing. Persistent low milk prices paid, increased feed costs for some time and the operational requirements of higher animal numbers force dairy farmers to deal intensively with their feeding. The results of the survey were processed in eilbote No. 10/2010.

Lawyer Franz-Josef Möffert provides a full explanation of the subject

In a two-part series, eilbote technical writer and lawyer Franz-Josef Möffert shows legal rules and practical tips in the rental business. From the design of a written lease contract up to the liability limitation for owners read more in eilbote No. 10 & 11/2010.