Agrar

A 3D-rendered image: it shows tomatoes in a greenhouse. Underneath are pipes through which data is also symbolically flowing.

Clean cultivation

Sustainable food production needs new forms of cultivation that use less land and water and require as few pesticides as possible. Evonik is helping to make this possible—with environmentally friendly chemistry and digital technology

Chart

My little server farm

Our diagram shows the opportunities that digitalization in agriculture already offers today.

Interview

Debate: Is smart farming worth it?

Thanks to smart technology, cows can be milked efficiently and crop protection agents can be precisely applied. At the same time, data gathering and processing is facing agricultural operations with huge challenges. Andreas Dörr, a farmer, and Johann Meierhöfer, an expert from a farmers’ association, talk about the opportunities and limits of digitalization

Graphic animal nutrition using the example of soy

Methionine

Feed analysis: Bon appétit

Modern compound feed has to fulfill many requirements. Not only must it provide animals with healthy nutrition and minimize the excretion of nitrogen—its production should also consume as few raw materials as possible. Evonik’s feed analyses and essential amino acids are making an important contribution to sustainable animal husbandry.

Data Mining

World market for animal feed

Where does the soy come from, what ends up in the feed trough? Our data mining provides information.

Additives

Precision Product

In many parts of the world, crop protection agents will be spread by drones in the future. The new technology places special demands on the spray mixture. Evonik has found a formulation that prevents unwanted drift and distributes the active ingredients as well as possible on leaves

Soil Protection

Biopesticides – sustainable crop protection

The search for environmentally friendly solutions that also protect plants and avoid crop failures is a pressing issue for many farmers worldwide, whether they practice organic or conventional agriculture.

A detailed view of the intricate and branching root system of a plant

Foresight

Metal Harvest

Many valuable raw materials cannot be extracted from the ground by means of traditional methods. However, plants could help us extract metals and rare earths in a new way. The age of agromining is dawning

A service ship is moored at sea next to tall wind turbines under construction.

SDG

We are powered by Wind

Evonik not only produces many materials for wind turbines, but is also increasingly converting its own energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable energy from offshore wind farms. The goal is to achieve production without carbon dioxide emissions.

Evonik Country

Japan: Roots and resilience

Japan is a highly developed industrial nation. But elements of the country’s rich cultural heritage are firmly anchored even in the midst of its bustling major cities. Whether it’s comics, cuisine or stagecraft, this island nation on the rim of the Pacific Ocean knows how to integrate tradition into modern life

In my Element

“Lead revolutionized book printing”

Christoph Sünder is a master printer. He’s the director of the workshop at the Druckladen, which is the department for educational programs at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. He regularly uses old type made of a lead alloy for his printing work

Growing Better