Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei

What Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei does

Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LFA) is a state government research institution headquartered in Gülzow-Prüzen, Germany, under the Ministry of Agriculture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It conducts applied agricultural and fishery research organized across four units: the Institute for Plant Production and Business Economics (IPB), the Institute for Animal Production (IfT), the Institute for Fisheries (IfF), and the Horticultural Competence Center (GKZ). The institution is led by Director Dr. Peter Sanftleben and operates with a headcount of 16 disclosed employees.

LFA's core outputs are research-based knowledge products rather than commercial goods: official variety recommendations (Sortenempfehlungen) for crops including winter wheat, rapeseed, lupine, soybean, and potatoes adapted to sandy soils of northeastern Germany; annual test farm economic results (Testbetriebsergebnisse) drawn from a network of agricultural bookkeeping farms dating back to 2001/02; comparative compound feed tests (Vergleichender Mischfuttertest); agricultural meteorology services (ISABEL); and a regular newsletter (EVT-Newsletter) in German and English. Dissemination occurs through the landwirtschaft-mv.de website, LinkedIn, publications (LFA-Mitteilungen), and recurring demonstration events including the Weizentag (now in its 50th year), Schaf- und Ziegentag, and Branchentreff Gemüsebau.

The business model is non-commercial institutional funding: LFA is financed through the state budget of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern plus third-party grants (drittmittel) from federal and EU sources, with services and publications provided free of charge to farmers, cooperatives, and policymakers. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on direct government support, stakeholder networks, and field-based knowledge transfer rather than sales. Customers are agricultural practitioners and farms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; the institution explicitly serves as the bridge between agricultural science and on-farm practice, including through partnerships with LMS Agrarberatung, LALLF, LSZV MV, LAZBW, LLG Iden, and the Norddeutsche Kooperation.

Name

Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei

Legal name

Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Website

https://landwirtschaft-mv.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LFA is a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state research institution that conducts applied agricultural and fishery research through four institutes, providing variety recommendations, test farm analyses, comparative feed tests, and field demonstrations to farmers and agricultural policymakers in the region.

Ownership category

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Product category

Agricultural Research Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141), Aquaculture (11251), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) (BPAGABAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory) (AFACABAL), Forage & Feed Testing Services (Silage, Hay, Pasture) (AFACAKAM), Agricultural Water Testing Services (Irrigation, Groundwater, Surface Water) (AFACAKAC)

Keywords

• Agricultural research services
• Applied agronomy research
• Fisheries research
• Variety trial recommendations
• Livestock feeding research

Headquarters

HQ city

Gülzow-Prüzen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Government Funding: LFA is funded through institutional budget from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with additional third-party funded research projects (drittmittel) from federal and EU sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LFA conducts applied agricultural and fisheries research for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, operating four institutes covering plant production, animal production, fisheries, and horticulture. It delivers research-based publications, official variety recommendations, test farm economic analyses, comparative feed tests, and agricultural meteorology services, while organizing field days and seminars to transfer findings to regional farmers, cooperatives, and policy makers.

Product overview

Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei MV (LFA) is a state research institute for agriculture and fisheries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The institute operates through four main units: the Institute for Plant Production and Business Economics (IPB), the Institute for Animal Production (IfT), the Institute for Fisheries (IfF), and the Horticultural Competence Center (GKZ). LFA provides research-based publications and services including annual reports (LFA-Mitteilungen/Jahresberichte), variety recommendations for organic and conventional farming, test farm economic results, comparative feed testing, agricultural meteorology services, and regular newsletters. The institute focuses on applied agricultural research, variety trials, farm management analysis, and sustainable agriculture and fishery practices for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LFA-Mitteilungen (LFA Communications/Journals)
• Sortenempfehlungen (Variety Recommendations)
• Testbetriebsergebnisse (Test Farm Results)
• Vergleichender Mischfuttertest (Comparative Compound Feed Tests)
• Agrarmeteorologie (Agricultural Meteorology)

Quantifiable outcome

• 50-year tradition of wheat day (Weizentag) demonstrating parcellation trials and variety assessments with 17 different variety characteristics integrated into total variety evaluation

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LMS AgrarberatungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLMS (Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Mittleres Veterinärwesen und Gartenbau) collaborates with LFA on events such as the Schaf- und Ziegentag 2026.
• LSZV MV (Landesverband Schleswig-Holsteinischer und Mecklenburg-Vorpommerscher Ziegenzüchter)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with LFA and LMS on the Schaf- und Ziegentag 2026 in Lalendorf.
• INTERESSEN IM FLUSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for eel management (Aalmanagement) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with joint newsletter publication.
• LALLF (Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Lebensmittelsicherheit und Fischerei) - Regionaler Pflanzenschutzdienst SchwerincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the 50th Weizentag with LFA and Agrargenossenschaft Köchelstorf.
• Agrargenossenschaft KöchelstorfminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost partner for the annual Weizentag field event, collaborating with LFA on wheat variety trials.
• LAZBW (Landwirtschaftliches Zentrum Baden-Württemberg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint survey on feeding control systems in cattle farming with LFA and LLG Iden.
• LLG Iden (Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau Sachsen-Anhalt)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with LFA and LAZBW on survey of feeding management practices in cattle operations.
• Norddeutsche Kooperation (North German Cooperation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Norddeutsche Kooperation brings together research, advisory services, production practice, industry, and politics for vegetable cultivation, organizing the 2nd Branchentreff und Feldtag Gemüsebau.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI): Germany's federal research institute for animal health, operating nationally across livestock health, welfare and feeding. Comparable in animal production research scope but at national scale and with broader biosecurity remit than LFA's IfT.
• Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI): Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants in Germany, covering variety testing, plant protection and crop research at a national scale. Comparable as an applied research provider but operates across all of Germany, much larger and federally funded.
• Thünen Institute: German federal research institute under the BMEL covering agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural areas. Comparable in fisheries and farm economics research but at a national scale and broader portfolio than LFA.

Direct peers

• Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (LfULG): Saxony's combined state office for environment, agriculture and geology delivering applied agricultural research and advisory services. Comparable in mandate and operating model to LFA, serving Saxony instead of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• LLG Iden (Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau Sachsen-Anhalt): State agricultural and horticultural research institute in Sachsen-Anhalt with an identical mandate of applied research, variety trials, and advisory services. Direct collaborator of LFA on feeding management surveys and structurally the closest comparable German state research institution.
• Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL): Bavaria's state agricultural research institution with applied research and knowledge transfer across crops, livestock, horticulture and farm economics. Most directly comparable to LFA by structure and mandate, only larger in geographic scope.
• LAZBW (Landwirtschaftliches Zentrum Baden-Württemberg): State agricultural center for Baden-Württemberg operating applied research and knowledge transfer in crops, livestock and farm economics. Collaborates with LFA on cattle feeding surveys and is one of LFA's most direct institutional peers across state lines.
• LALLF (Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Lebensmittelsicherheit und Fischerei M-V): Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's state office for agriculture, food safety and fisheries. Co-organizer of the Weizentag and operates the Regionaler Pflanzenschutzdienst Schwerin. Overlaps with LFA in plant protection, fisheries and regulatory agricultural functions.
• LMS Agrarberatung: State agricultural advisory body for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern co-organizing events with LFA (e.g., Schaf- und Ziegentag). Closely adjacent in mission, sharing the same geographic mandate and practitioner base, making it a peer for state-level agronomy services.

Regional players

• Norddeutsche Kooperation (North German Vegetable Cooperation): North German cooperation network convened by LFA bringing together research, advisory, practice and politics for vegetable cultivation across the northern German states. Comparable as a regional applied-research ecosystem organizing field events and trials in horticulture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landesforschungsanstalt-f%C3%BCr-landwirtschaft-und-fischerei

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Profiles1 record

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