Tuesday at Fruit Logistica 2022

Torsten Spill

On April 5th, I want to dare: I throw myself into the crowd at the exhibition center in Berlin, but with an FFP2 mask! Dear network partner: You can recognize me like this.   But maybe we can meet up! Feel free to call me on 0172-289 88 77 or write a LinkedIn message. I… Continue reading Tuesday at Fruit Logistica 2022

Resignation: Farewell German Seed Alliance, Goodbye German Agribusiness Alliance

The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine means a fundamental paradigm shift for us. None of us thought it possible that in our GAA area could be a criminal breach of international law, death, suffering and misery for the Ukrainian people and a high level of disinformation, lies and closures towards the people of… Continue reading Resignation: Farewell German Seed Alliance, Goodbye German Agribusiness Alliance

I shook hands with Putin! I am ashamed and regret!

As part of my honorary posts as co-chair of the German Agribusiness Alliance and Russia spokesman for German agriculture, I was a member of the high-ranking delegation of the Eastern Committee of German Business in 2017 and 2019 in dialogue with President Putin and large parts of the Russian government. Even then, my Ukrainian colleagues… Continue reading I shook hands with Putin! I am ashamed and regret!

Generational change: Supporting the letting go of the founding senior with coaching?

Senior farmer and smiling young woman walking on agricultural field and talking

An exchange with a very successful entrepreneur in the last few months has moved me a lot. Why do many “company seniors” not succeed in retiring? Many pioneers founded their companies in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and in some cases led them to global success. My interlocutor can also look back on an unbelievable… Continue reading Generational change: Supporting the letting go of the founding senior with coaching?

Medium-sized plant breeders: German FCA believes in pioneering importance of this industry

School lab exploring new methods of plant breeding

I have already reported in detail on the radical results of the German Future Commission for Agriculture (FCA). I am convinced that the new federal government will follow most of the Commission’s demands and recommendations. The statements of the FCA about plant breeding are clear: the Commission sees new climate-adapted, robust, high-yielding varieties of as… Continue reading Medium-sized plant breeders: German FCA believes in pioneering importance of this industry

Strategy development for start-ups: Does the good old SWOT process work if nothing exists?

SWOT analysis, strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat words on blackboard.

I am pleased that I can once again accompany a start-up company. This time not as the founder’s coach, but as a strategy consultant in market and organizational development. The founder has an impressive mission for his to be founded company and has already made a sizeable real estate investment as a result. Now it… Continue reading Strategy development for start-ups: Does the good old SWOT process work if nothing exists?

The future of crop protection: FCA sets standards

Three cabbage caterpillars on an eaten cabbage leaf

The German Future Commission of Agriculture (FCA), with its members from all sectors of agriculture, NGOs and science, recommends that chemical plant protection will be eliminated in the medium term and replaced. The Industrieverband-Agrar, the association of the pesticide manufacturers, also publicly supports this statement.   It would be presumptuous to give the multi-nationals, that… Continue reading The future of crop protection: FCA sets standards

Perspectives on sustainable business: A newsletter with added value

Torsten Spill

The time has come next week: my third newsletter will be published! The topic of sustainability in business is on everyone’s lips. The focus of the discussion is the implementation of the content. But what does it do to people when a farm or a company changes its economy sustainably? In the newsletter I’ll report… Continue reading Perspectives on sustainable business: A newsletter with added value

Future of the fertilizer industry: Does the German Future Commission Agriculture show the industry the way?

tractor with tank that can directly inject liquid manure into the ground for optimum nutrient placement and odor control

Yes, the statements of the Future Commission for Agriculture (FCA) on the future of plant nutrition are headlines. If you consider that these were decided unanimously by the commissioners from all interest groups in our agricultural sector, then the statements are groundbreaking for the future of our soils! The visionary goals of everyone in our… Continue reading Future of the fertilizer industry: Does the German Future Commission Agriculture show the industry the way?

German Future Commission for Agriculture: The agricultural policy program for every new federal government

In my German newsletter I made it clear how groundbreaking I think the agreement of the Future Commission for Agriculture (FCA) is. The representatives of all groups relevant to our agriculture and food system have developed a common understanding of what will have to be changed over the next 10 years. My conversations over the… Continue reading German Future Commission for Agriculture: The agricultural policy program for every new federal government