Association for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Fertilization

(VFuD)

 

Make knowledge accessible – network – overcome the challenges of agriculture together In the community, what seems unattainable to the individual becomes possible.

 

Association for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Fertilization e.V.

16303 Schwedt OT Zützen
Zützener Dorfstraße 22
vfud@mitak.org
www.mitak.org/vfud

Tasks and goals:

  • current information for our members
  • we are the contact for all questions about the field and an open discussion forum for farmers and scientists
  • joint further training of the association members through fertilizer meetings and practical seminars with competent discussion partners, as well as an annual specialist conference with agricultural scientists and speakers from all over Germany (Brandenburg Fertilization Day)
  • exchange of experience on practical questions of fertilization
  • publication of association information, especially on technical questions of applied plant nutrition
  • expansion of the “Agricultural Science Film Library” on the Internet
  • continuous media work

Our vision:

… is to summarize findings from agricultural science experiments and practical fertilizer advice in one institution. The main task in the future must be to make the most important work results (e.g. implementable fertilizer recommendations) available directly to farmers. This necessary collaboration between several areas is only possible under one “roof”.

 

Your advantages as a friend or member of the VFuD

  •  Advantage through knowledge: Access to useful and impressive information from agricultural research and practice •
  • Strong together: Networking with other farmers, experts in politics, administration and companies
  • Secure price advantages:
  • VFuD members receive exclusive offers for numerous services in the analytical field (biogas, soil physics) and various products

 

Fair prices – full service

Insert the prices for membership here News from the club’s life Photo from the Fertilization Day + link to the Fertilization Day playlist Information on new contributions with a link to the YouTube channel On the history of the VfuD In 1996, some farmers and committed citizens founded the VfuD in Blumberg in the Uckermark region. The vision was to pave the way for farmers and the environment to the agriculture of the future based on practical fertilizer advice. To date, a network of more than 300 farmers, scientists and independent consultants has been created. You can also find a historical review in this video:

The history of the fertilizer association VFuD in Brandenburg

– founded on August 2nd, 1996 (youtube.com) The milestones in the development of the VFuD The farmers Siegfried Preuß (Blumberg), Hermann Eggemann (Schönfeld), Thomas Frank (Passow), Frank Schütze (Schwedt) and the three interested citizens Manfred Zaspel (Schwedt), Erhard Bomke (Schwedt) and Grit Sternberger (Berkholz) founded the association VFuD (Association for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Fertilization) on August 2nd, 1996 in Blumberg (Uckermark). The first chairman was the former Blumberg estate director S. Preuß – a real visionary even at the age of 64. In January 1997, he paved the way for the nationwide expansion of the association’s work, which culminated in the organization of the Brandenburg Fertilizer Day. This has become an integral part of our work and has received a great response throughout Germany. The Fertilizer Association is now an associated member of the two large farmers’ associations in the states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In 2024, the 28th Brandenburg Fertilizer Day took place in Paulinenaue with over 100 participants in honor of Prof. Dr. Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich.

 

  • 08.1996 Founding of the VFuD in Blumberg (Uckermark) with 7 members, Siegfried Preuß becomes the first chairman
  • February 1997 Board decision to expand the association’s work to the entire state of Brandenburg
  • 02.1997 1st Brandenburg Fertilizer Day in Criewen with around 40 participants. from now on, the Fertilizer Day takes place annually
  • 07.1997 Hermann Eggemann (Schönfeld) becomes the second chairman of the association. Siegfried Preuß (Blumberg) is appointed the first honorary chairman
  • 02.2004 Wolfgang Lichtenberg (Kunow) is elected the third chairman of the association
  • 08.2005 The Nestor of German plant nutrition Prof. Werner Bergmann (Jena) becomes an honorary member
  • March 2007 The Fertilizer Association becomes an associated member of the State Farmers’ Association Brandenburg
  • 02.2009 13th Brandenburg Fertilizer Day with over 200 participants
  • 02.2010 Presentation of the 12 theses on improving the nutrient supply Brandenburg soils to Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck
  • 05.2011 Prof. Dr. Werner Bergmann is appointed the first
  • 02.2011 The long-time farmer and estate director Hermann Eggemann is appointed second honorary chairman
  • September 2015 The fertilizer association becomes an associated member of the farmers’ association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • 07.2018 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Breitschuh (Jena-Kunitz) is appointed second honorary president
  • 04/08/2022 Start of the “expansion of the “Agricultural Science Film Library” On the Internet
  • 10.2022 The initiator and mentor of the fertilizer association, Frank Schütze, dies suddenly and unexpectedly!
  • 10.2024 The fertilizer association elects at the general meeting in Zützen with Prof. Dr. Frank Eulenstein, Matthias Thielicke and Maik Nagel a New board

10.08.2024 Wolfgang Lichtenberg has been chairman of the Düngeverein for over 20 years