RESEARCH PROJECT

Agricultural Water Management, subject area within SLU Agricultural long-term experiments

Updated: October 2025

Project overview

Project manager: Orjan Berglund

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Short summary

Within the field of agricultural water management, there are long-term experiments in the sub-areas of organic soil and land drainage. All experiments are situated at private farms because the soil type is decisive for the choice of experiment site.

Overview of long-term field experiments in agricultural water management

Series (number of trials)

Start (year)

Sites and coordinates

Field lab Broddbo, organic soil. Four field trials; Subsidence, grass types/compaction, sand addition and liming experiments

1986-2017

Broddbo, Uppsala county,
(60°1’40’’N, 17°25’47’’Ö)

R1-150 Controlled drainage. One trial with two treatments.

2009

Gärds Köpinge, Skåne county, (55o56’N, 14o10’Ö)

L1-151 Subsurface drainage. One trial with four treatments.

2019

Gölja, Västmanland county, (59o48’26’’N 16o47’09’’Ö)

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Field lab Broddbo

R1-150 Controlled drainage

L1-151 Subsurface drainage

 

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