Mære Research and Development Arena
For researchers
At Mære, researchers can access modern experimental facilities and help with the practical implementation of research projects. The experiments are carried out with the assistance of experienced professional expertise at the school.
R&D arena
At Mære we meet around common challenges and here innovations for the future are created. Our task is to be a good arena for R&D, where we can contribute with buildings, land, livestock and skilled professionals as well as a large network within the agricultural industry. We believe in the meeting between researchers, farmers, business, employees and students. Mære and Skjetlein collaborate closely to be a good arena for researchers and innovators. Read more about our farm here.
Information
We arrange for the research project to fit into daily operations and for the right expertise to be connected.
Do you need someone to spar with?
Coordination of resources and agreements:
Rolf Kristian Wensbakk +47 482 85 472
World-class facilities
Mære has access to modern experimental facilities within conventional and organic free-range production, greenhouses, pig, suckler cow, and dairy barns, as well as access to laboratories via NIBIO and Nord University.
Experimental activities
Example of R&D activities at Mære
- Various plant trials on organic and conventional land
- Variable spraying and fertilization in open fields with RTK GPS
- Soil improvement experiments with, among other things, biochar and various growing media
- Growth experiments in a controlled climate with a separate department
- Feeding trials in pig, suckler cow and dairy barns
- Methane measurements with GreenFeed
- Living lab energy
Network and partners
- North University
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy
- SINTEF
- NTNU
- NMBU
- Skjetlein and Val high schools
- Norwegian agricultural advisory service
- GENEO
- North
- The joint purchase
- NTE and more