Germany-Harvesting winter barley

Mae'r teulu Holtkoetter wedi bod yn ffermio am fwy na 11 cenedlaethau. Marcus Holtkoetter manages the pig farm and grows winter barley, gwenith gaeaf, corn a canola. Before planting, the pig manure is spread on the fields for fertilizer. Throughout the growing season, he has watched the crops grow while scouting for insects and disease. It is now harvest time, mae'n dangos ei fferm i ni tra'n sÃ´n am rai o'r strategaethau busnes, Marcus shows us the equipment used to bring the crop in from the field.

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Marcus Holtkoetter

Mae'r teulu Holtkoetter wedi bod yn ffermio am fwy na 10 cenedlaethau. After doing the typical trainee program, Marcus studied agriculture at the University of Osnabrueck. He manages the pig farm (3,000 moch bwydo) yn ogystal a 400 erw o wenith gaeaf, haidd gaeaf, corn a canola. Mae wedi croesawu defnyddwyr, ffermwyr a gwleidyddion ar ei fferm, yn ogystal Ã¢ rhannu stori'r fferm mewn cynadleddau. Mae'n weithgar ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol a chyda chyfryngau prif ffrwd. He helps connect other farmers across Germany to get more voices heard through co-founding Frag den Landwirt (Gofynnwch i'r ffermwr), AgChat yr Almaen a sbarduno rhaglenni cyfnewid GACC. Hefyd, cyd-sefydlodd Gyfarfod AgVocate y Byd a ddaeth Ã¢ dwsinau o bob rhan o Ewrop a Gogledd America ynghyd. He has an aptitude for listening to where other people are, finding common ground and then moving conversations forward from there. Marcus has been recognized by the GFN as a 2023 Kleckner Award for Global Farm Leadership award recipient. Marcus volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.