1. Nordic Field Trial System Oats meeting 28 Sep, SLU/Alnarp Thomas Nitschke - Agrotech, Århus/Denmark

3. Danish Agricultural Advisory Service National Centre Danish Agricultural Advisory Service Research, trials, etc Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre Farmers 60 local centres

4. Technology transfer from science to farming * A tradition of impartial trials * Impartial field trials - the only way to obtain -knowledge on varieties, pesticides, fertilizers and dosages Opera (fungizide) Winter wheat: 1 l/ha Chemical company:11 field trials: Estimated savings for Danish farmers: 15 mio. US$ pr. yr.

5. Organization of national field trials  17 field trial units carry out the trials  These units and AgroTech have a contract regulating the co- operation –Number of trials, economy –Requirements in relation to quality, documentation, equipment

6. NFTS background * A Danish field trial system developed since 1992 * Meetings and contacts between Nordic countries since 2002 * A common Nordic system developed 2005-2006 by Danish Agricultural Advisory Service * Nordic Field Trial System introduced in 2006

7. Advantages of the system:  Secure central data storage  Availability of all the experimental data at any time  Quick calculation and publication Nordic Field Trial System (NFTS)  4 Modul:  Field Trial planning  PC Field Trial  Administration  Field Trial - Overview

9. Field Trial planning – Creation of the master plan The field trial plans will be published on the internet!

12. Distribution of the individual trials

13. NFTS generated: Planting plans Harvesting plans Individuelle adaptation of the design

14. Data Collection

15. Data Collection with the help of hand-held terminals ’Psion Workabout’ ’Smart Trial’ Advantages: PC Field Trial  Data is transferred directly into the system  Saves time  Avoids Transmission error  Enables fast data exchange

18. Barcodes and delivery notes for all the samples! Advantages: Avoiding incorrect labeling of samples Electronic transfer of laboratory analysis results Prevention of transmission errors