At the end, we set off for the depot. And if anyone has not been impressed by what they have heard and seen up to this point—at the latest here it was over. What has been set up there, a few hundred meters from the farm, commands respect. Two large vacuum coolers with high performance, one of them as a "continuous device," plenty of space for intermediate storage, and then four covered truck ramps, which allow forklift trucks to drive directly to the cargo holds, hardly anyone had seen that before. It was not without pride that Christian Besenthal reported on the peak day so far, on which 30 fully loaded trucks left the yard with cooled turf.
Te extremely interesting and impressive day ended with coffee and cake. Not without a thank you to the whole Besenthal family, expressed by Benedikt Wullengerd. Te Besenthal family really had something to show and put together a great summer conference in 2025.
Besenthal Group History and Overview
Table 1. Company History and Overview of Besenthal Group Year
Progress
1975 Henning + Helga B. take over his parents' business with 47 hectares (116.14 acres) 1999 Son Christian joins the business 2000 Founding of Besenthal Transport and Trade 2008 Brother Carsten joins us – founding of Besenthal & sons GbR 2009 Founding of Besenthal Stock und Logistik GmbH with various locations 2015 Handover of the farm to Christian and Carsten Besenthal 2020 Acquisition of a Hamburg transport company 2021 Founding of Besenthal Rollrasen – Turf production 2024 Founding of Ripdorfer Facilitymanagement GbR for the development of real estate in Uelzen
Today, the farm operates in the third generation. 1,000 hectares (2,471.05 acres) spread over four districts. It grows potatoes, onions, cereals, maize, sugar beet, and turf. Besenthal Transport & Logistik GmbH has a fleet of 52 semitrailer tractors and 87 semi-trailers, including refrigerated trailers, box trailers, and tarpaulin trailers. Agricultural transports of all kinds are carried out with tippers, belt trucks, and liquid transports. In this way, 1 million metric tons (1.102,311.3 short [U.S.] tons) are moved per year.
Besenthal Stock & Logistik GmbH has over 25,000 square meters (269,097.87 square feet) of warehouse space. It contains storage boxes for grain, oilseeds, animal feed, and storage vegetables. In addition, there are general cargo warehouses and crate cold storage with a capacity for up to 50,000 metric tons (55,115.566 short [U.S.] tons) of grain and 10,000 metric tons (11,023.113 short [U.S.] tons) of table potatoes. Besenthal turf started 2020 with two fields. From the very beginning, marketing was carried out via major customers. Two vacuum coolers and refrigerated trucks provide flexibility. Today, production is carried out on over 100 hectares (247.105 acres).
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