The course is offered by the Agriculture Department of the Ludwigsburg District Office. "Sound agricultural and business management expertise is the key to successful farm management. Of course, this also applies to part-time farming," said Luise Pachaly, Head of the Agriculture Department at the Ludwigsburg District Office, when handing over the certificates. The 24 participants in the Ludwigsburg course have successfully put this insight into practice. In addition to their main job outside of agriculture, they all work on their own farm or work in agriculture and have also attended the further training course at the district office. In terms of the grades achieved, the women came out on top: Andrea Möller from Vaihingen/Enz-Pulverdingen was the best of the year with an average grade of 1.3, followed by Rhiana Bäßler from Freiberg/Neckar (1.6) and Kerstin Gerhardt from Tiefenbronn (1.8). All three received a prize.
The 2019 graduates not only come from the district of Ludwigsburg, but some also from the district of Böblingen, the Enzkreis or the city of Stuttgart.
The final exam was passed:
Rhiana Bäßler (Freiber/Neckar), Simon Bäuerle (Iptingen), Stefan Bäuerle (Vaihingen/Enz), Maik Blattert (Murr), Michael Brust (Stuttgart), Lorenz Deuß (Leonberg-Eltingen), Kerstin Gerhardt (Tiefenbronn), Christian Grau (Sachsenheim), Iris Großmann (Ditzingen), Hannes Hild (Ludwigsburg), Nick Hönes (Korntal-Münchingen), Timo Kirn (Sersheim), Nicole Kopp (Tamm), Fabian Köstlin (Sachsenheim-Ochsenbach), Max Kurfiss (Iptingen), Christoper Mohl (Bietigheim-Bissingen), Andrea Möller (Vaihingen/Enz), Marcus Möller (Vaihingen/Enz), Ramona Reim (Neuhausen), Manuel Ritz (Stuttgart-Weilimdorf), Simon Schnaufer (Bietigheim-Bissingen), Klaus Stadelmaier (Ludwigsburg), Jacqueline Stadelmaier (Ludiwgsburg), Christoph Ziegler (Renningen).Ziegler (Renningen).
The further training at the agricultural department took place over two winters and one summer. The additional technical college qualification comprised a total of 600 teaching hours, most of which were completed in the evenings and at weekends. The focus was on environmentally friendly plant production, animal welfare and business management, ranging from business management to legal issues and agricultural policy. The participants, who in addition to their non-agricultural vocational training also have experience from a family farm or already run a part-time agricultural business themselves, have been equipped with the necessary basic technical knowledge through the course. In addition to theory, the course also included practical days in the summer and a two-week training course on animal husbandry at the state institute in Aulendorf or Boxberg.
Two of the newly qualified agricultural specialists already have their sights set on the next goal: taking part in this year's final exam in the farming profession and thus climbing another level in agricultural training and further education.
The next course for part-time farmers does not start again until October 2020. Information on this is available from the Ludwigsburg District Office, Agriculture Department, landwirtschaft[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de. The contact person is Martin Walter, tel. 07141 144-44916.
