35th Asparagus Day as part of the expoSE on November 20, 2024
Messe Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Trade Fair), conference hall

Program

13:00
Welcome Dr. Ulrich Kraft
Head of Department 3, Regional Council of Karlsruhe

13:15
Cultivation and marketing of green asparagus in southern Spain
Cultivo y Comercialización del espárrago del sur de Espana
Antonio Zamora, President Centro SUR
Huétor Tajar, Spain
Translation Gwen Sanderson, Heidelberg

Der Vortrag und die Präsentation finden in spanischer und deutscher Sprache statt, Handouts in Englisch stehen zur Verfügung.
La conferiencia y presentación se lleverán a cabo en español y alemán, hay folletos disponibles en inglés.
The lecture and the presentation will be held in Spanish and German, handouts in English are available.

14:15
Asparagus replant experiment at Queckbrunnerhof
Dr. Sebastian Weinheimer
Operations Manager Queckbrunnerhof Schifferstadt, DLR Rheinpfalz

14:45
Increase in asparagus and bean flies – what to do?
Dr. Ludger Aldenhoff
Advisory Service Asparagus and Strawberries eV, Haßloch

15:15
Spotlight
Current information from the asparagus world in short format
Isabelle Kokula, asparagus consultant for the Karlsruhe district

15:30
Exploding costs
Is it still worth growing asparagus on my farm?
Ralf Große-Dankbar, asparagus consultant, Chamber of Agriculture NRW

16:00
Possibilities for reducing pesticides in asparagus cultivation
Tom Terbrüggen, Plant Protection Product Reduction Demo Farms Network, LTZ Augustenberg

Here you can find the program as a PDF: Programm_Spargeltag_2024

Here you can find the program in English as a PDF: Program_Asparagus Day_2024_Status_20.9.24_EN

The event is organized by the Karlsruhe Regional Council, the Karlsruhe District Office and the Association of South German Asparagus and Strawberry Growers (VSSE). Angelika Appel, Karlsruhe Regional Council, and Isabelle Kokula, asparagus consultant at the Karlsruhe District Office, will lead the program. Entry is included in the trade fair ticket.

Organization and contact persons:

Angelica Appel
Karlsruhe Regional Council
Schlossplatz 4–6
76131 Karlsruhe

Phone: +49 721/926-2758
Email: angelika.appel@rpk.bwl.de

Isabelle Kokula
Karlsruhe District Office - Agricultural Office
At Viehmarkt 1
76646 Bruchsal

Phone: +49 152/54210712
Email: isabelle.kokula@landratsamt-karlsruhe.de