Hülsenhain: Nordsaat

Nordsaat Hülsenhain Landwirtschaftliche Betriebsges. mbH

This facility, which has been leased since 1982, is located on the Schwansen peninsula, a glacial stamped landscape to the north-east of Schleswig-Holstein.

Two additional parts of the facility, the Rathmannsdorf estate and the Grönwohld estate, are located in the Danish Wahld, to the north of Kiel.

Equable climate is assured due to proximity to the Baltic Sea.

The distance between some parts of this facility is up to 45 km. Individual areas are however demarcated at different locations.

altitude above mean sea level	0-20 m
rainfall over many years Ø	720 l/m²
rainfall in 2012	937 l/m²
number of plates	28 - 66, Ø 43 BP

soil types
- predominantly sandy loam, very short merging into sand, moor and loam
- marly till, therefore, widely differing levels of supply to the soil

ratio of crop types in % of the agricultural area
cereals (winter wheat + winter barley + winter rapeseed): 57.0 %
rapeseed: 34.0 %
silage maize: 6.0 %
set-aside: 3.0 %

transport condition
- agricultural field size: Ø 28.50 ha (2 to 77 ha)
- field to farm distance: Ø 18.6 km (0 to 45 km)

The facility primarily focuses on the seed breeding of winter wheat/winter barley and hybrid rye.