SoilTour Episode #4: Sowing on volcanic weathering soils in Hessen

This time we visit family Müller at their farm Marienhof in Bellersheim. The family runs a turkey fattening and breeding farm. They also do their own commercialisation. For Thorsten Müller, all of this is possible thanks in large part to soil cultivation. In this episode they are sowing on high-yielding soil. Even these soils present challenges.

Marienhof Müller KG farm

• Manager: Thorsten Müller
• Farm: turkey breeding and fattening with arable farming
• Farm size: 500 ha
• Crop: barley, among others
• Soils: Predominantly loess-loam soils
• Special feature: volcanic weathered soils
• Some direct sales through farm shop, weekly markets & online shop

The soil is our most important productive asset, which we must pamper.

Thorsten Müller