Antal Berente

TMG Association board member, farmer

I farm on the sandy heath, in the vicinity of Kecskemét. Since 2012, my fields have been cultivated without rotation and then with min-till. Today more than 60% of the 100 hectares are no-till. Every year I use cover crop mixtures where crop rotation allows. These consist of 5-8 components.

I am constantly reducing the use of chemicals: I do not use fungicides or insecticides. The use of fertilisers has also been reduced to a fraction, a third to a quarter of what it used to be. I aim to reduce fertilisers completely and to further reduce the use of herbicides.