At the initiative of the Institute of Agricultural Research in Novi Sad, in 1965 a total of 12 experimental fields were established at agricultural stations across Vojvodina.
Their establishment created conditions for linking agricultural practice with scientific research, which later significantly contributed to the improvement of agricultural production in Vojvodina.
In the same year, within the former Agricultural Station Pančevo, an experimental field was established eight kilometers along the Pančevo–Vršac road, in the cadastral area of Kačarevo, covering an area of 40 hectares (44°56’21.8″N 20°43’21.1″E).
From the very beginning, applied research was intensively carried out at the experimental field. The results and knowledge obtained were used to improve crop production in the South Banat region. The area was divided into four equal parts, with a four-field crop rotation system including cereals, maize, sunflower, and sugar beet.
The advisory service, in cooperation with plant breeding companies, continuously worked on the regional adaptation of new varieties and hybrids and their introduction into agricultural production.
Efforts were also made to introduce new field crops into production. For example, soybean was introduced in 1975, followed later by other crops such as triticale, oilseed rape, and others that are now widely grown in South Banat.
In this process—from the introduction of new varieties to the adaptation of cultivation technologies based on the biological characteristics of varieties and hybrids—the experimental field played a very important role, since all agrotechnical practices were first studied and verified through field trials. In addition to numerous variety trials, agrotechnical experiments were also conducted.