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Auditing standards and commissions

The methods, test profiles and standards of the DLG Test Center are manufacturer-independent and based on state-of-the-art measurement and testing procedures. The DLG test guidelines are developed by test committees - consisting of leading practitioners, scientists, experts from associations, consultants and administrative experts - together with the DLG test engineers. The test guidelines reflect the current state of the art and are based on objective, recognised methods that provide reproducible results.

  • Honorary Chairman of DLG Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs:
    Prof. Till Meinel
    Faculty of Plant, Energy and Machine Systems, Institute of Civil and Agricultural Engineering in Cologne, Germany (IBL)
  • Strategy Advisory Board
    The Strategy Advisory Board is composed of voluntary representatives from industry, consulting and practice.
  • Technical Advisory Board
    The Technical Advisory Board is composed of the chairpersons of the individual DLG inspection committees.

DLG Commissions:

Animal Husbandry Technology

  • Cattle husbandry
    Chairman: Klaus-Werner Wolf, Höchst (Odw.) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Harald Reubold
  • Pig husbandry technology
    To be convened shortly

Agricultural Emissions

  • Exhaust air purification
    Chairman: Dr. rer. nat. Jochen Hahne (Braunschweig) – Responsible test engineer: Tommy Pfeifer
  • Indoor methods for emission reduction
    Chairman: N. N. – Responsible test engineer: Tommy Pfeifer

Crop Production Technology

  • Soil cultivation and sowing technology
    Chairman: Dr. Markus Demmel (Freising-Weihenstephan) – Responsible test engineer: Georg Schuchmann
  • Fertiliser technology (incl. solid/liquid separation)
    Chairman: N. N. – Responsible test engineer: Georg Schuchmann
  • Feed recovery technology
    Chairman: Heinz-Günter Gerighausen (Kleve) – Responsible test engineer: Georg Schuchmann

Digitalisation and Electronics

  • Digitalisation and electronics
     To be convened shortly

Vehicle Technology

  • Vehicle technology
    Chairman: Roger Stirnimann – Responsible test engineer: Stefano Mastrogiovanni (acting)

Farm Inputs & Consumables

  • Fertilising lime
    Chairman: Klaus Münchhoff (Derenburg) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Michael Eise
  • Soil protection lime
    Chairman: Dr. Klaus von Wilpert (Freiburg i. Breisgau) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Michael Eise
  • Foils and nets
    Chairman: Udo Dengel (Würzburg) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Harald Reubold
  • Feed
    Chairman: Prof. Dr. habil. Wilhelm Windisch (Freising-Weihenstephan) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Michael Eise
  • Silage additives
    Chairman: Dr. Johannes Thaysen (Kiel) – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Michael Eise
  • Hygiene in agricultural and food sector
    Chairman: N. N. – Responsible test engineer: Dr. Michael Eise

Prüfrahmen

  • Testing program for silage films that are free of regenerated material and contain regenerated material
  • Elastic walkway pads in cubicle housing
  • Elastic stable floor coverings
  • Fuel consumption of tractors - PowerMix
  • Fuel efficiency of tractors
  • DLG–PowerMix transport test
  • Isobus practice
  • Camera monitor systems
  • Seed drills
  • Precision seeders
  • Tillage implements
  • Hoeing machines
  • Mulching equipment
  • Straw harrows
  • Big balers
  • Round balers
  • Self-loading trailers
  • Mowers
  • Windrowers for harvesting fodder
  • Tedders and turners for harvesting fodder
  • Mixer feeders
  • Floor systems for horses - under revision
  • Sty floors for pigs - under revision
  • Ammonia resistance of (electrical) devices and components in barns
  • Grain moisture meters
  • Barn lights
  • Portable bidirectional satellite systems
  • Stationary bidirectional satellite systems
  • Liquid manure tankers and distribution systems
  • Sensors for determining constituents in passing slurry
  • Spreaders for solid farm and secondary raw material fertilisers
  • Mobile sensors on forage harvesters for determining the dry matter content in maize, grass and whole plant silage
  • Self-propelled forage harvesters
  • Exhaust air purification systems for animal husbandry facilities