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Oberdingen plant protection filling stations: pioneering work has not yet found imitators

2021-08-12T10:14:42.240Z


Numerous farmers in the municipality of Oberding are doing pioneering work in water protection with their two filling stations for plant protection equipment. After a year the balance is positive - only there are still no imitators who would be desirable.


Numerous farmers in the municipality of Oberding are doing pioneering work in water protection with their two filling stations for plant protection equipment.

After a year the balance is positive - only there are still no imitators who would be desirable.

Oberding - Now in the second summer, numerous farmers in the community are driving their heavy vehicles to the two filling stations for plant protection equipment in Oberding and Niederding. It was almost exactly a year ago that the first of the two pioneering stations went into operation on Oberdinger Moosstrasse - as reported at the time, with great media interest including TV. "It's going very well," said Vice Mayor Anton Nussrainer, the father of the project, in an interview with our newspaper, taking stock of the first twelve months. Other municipalities have not yet imitated the Oberdingen variant - contrary to what had been hoped for. The reason is probably the pandemic.

If you don’t remember our report from a year ago, dear readers, we’ll be happy to explain again what is special about it all. The background to this is that farmers have a great deal of responsibility when filling their crop protection equipment. Because if something overflows, pollutants can get into the water. 40 to 90 percent of the pollution of pesticides in bodies of water can be traced back to this.

That cannot happen in the two timber construction halls of the project. The farmers fill up with water there, and they can regulate the amount using computers. Then they fill in their pesticides. The liquid that is sprayed does not end up in the water, but runs through grids in the ground into the subsoil. The water collects in a container via mud traps. The dirty water is pumped back to the surface into a second container, and from there, eight plastic containers are sprinkled with the liquid. These are located outside the wooden hall and are filled with a mixture of straw and earth. In it, microorganisms continuously break down the active ingredients in the crop protection system.

The containers are covered with plastic glass. When exposed to sunlight, water can evaporate so easily. The remaining, now cleaned water flows back - a cycle is created. The system is called Phytobac. While large farms with 1000 hectares or more have their own stations, it is particularly helpful for small farms to practice environmentally friendly plant protection.

According to Nussrainer, almost everyone in the village of Oberding is now heading for the filling station there - with the exception of three or four smaller farmers who would not have wanted to be there from the start. Things are going well in Niederding too. According to Nussrainer, around 35 of the 60 farms in the municipality use the two stations. Even if there have already been inquiries from Notzing, there is still no farmer here - “possibly because of Corona,” says Nussrainer. Because of the pandemic, there have not yet been any on-site meetings at which the project could be presented to interested parties in detail.

It takes a bit of persuasion, as it did at the very beginning of the project.

Because the handles had to be diligently cleaned until enough farmers were found who wanted to take part.

The preparatory work took five years.

A local association takes care of the stations in each town.

According to Nußrainer, there are also some farmers from Schwaig who head for the station in Niederding.

However, no one from Aufkirchen was there - "that's too far for them," said the Vice Mayor.

The investment costs with personal contribution amount to 340,000 euros per station, with the “Leader” program receiving a maximum of 150,000 euros in subsidies.

Nußrainer currently considers 130,000 euros to be realistic.

52 percent of the costs are borne by the farmers, 48 ​​percent by the community.

The spark of the pioneering project has not yet spread to neighboring communities. There was definitely a local group from outside or a company visiting, but more has been broken down due to the corona, says Nussrainer, who is nonetheless satisfied. “The stations really make work easier for many. And environmental considerations also play a role. ”According to him, no further filling stations are currently planned in the community.

Source: merkur

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