Four sites make up the education and research department of the state competence centre for training and services in agriculture and the food industry. The three Fendt tractors are used mainly on the main Lindau site, where most of the 4,549 students and advanced course attendees are trained. Alongside the administration buildings, campus and halls of residence, the site houses the new innovative “AgroVet-Strickhof ” livestock centre. A state-of- the-art agricultural education and research facility with dairy, fattening and other cattle sheds, which is used for research and educational purposes by Strickhof trainees as well as students from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. Around 45 hectares of arable land, 20 hectares of grassland, a four hectare orchard, and a vegetable garden make Strickhof Lindau an ideal place for study and research, and the perfect place to put the three Varios to good use.