BALLIN

Location
Ballin is situated in southeast Mecklenburg Western Pomerania – on the northern edge of the Feldberg lake landscape – about 35 km from the rural district administrative town of Neustrelitz.





Altitude 100 m
Annual temperature Ø 7.9 °C
Annual precipitation Ø 530 mm
Type of soil: sandy and clayey loam, greying end-moraines
Agricultural land grade ~39

Agriculture
Arable area  1,091 ha
Forest      20 ha
Culitvation 2011
Winter wheat    789 ha
Winter rape    202 ha
Maize      20 ha
Grass seed production      54 ha
Other area      25 ha

Seed production
Preparing and marketing pre-basic, basic and certified seeds.


Pig production
Farrow production and pig fattening.


Biogas plant
Renewable raw material plant with 185-kW spark-ignition gas engine. Substrates: liquid pig manure and corn Waste heat used in the farrow production.