We carry out research and monitoring in a variety of areas such as agricultural science, ecology, climatology, phenology, geochemistry, biology, agroecology, soil science, animal science, food science and environmental science.
At Röbäcksdalen in Umeå there are two sections, a field research station and research dairy farm facility, belonging to the department of Crop production Ecolofy respectively the VH faculty. Röbäcksdalen represents a district in Umeå and the Röbäck plains, which makes up the majority of Röbäcksdalen, is the largest continous agricultural land in northern Sweden. The urban location of the infrastructure open up opportunities and invites other research disciplines outside of natural science.
The entire infrastructure encompasses 280 hectares of fields and pastures. At the field research station about 40 field trials are conducted annually. The station also coordinates variety trials at three more field stations in northern Sweden with focus on crop science. At the research dairy facility there are 120 dairy cows available for doing trials focusing mainly on forage and sustainable food production.
