Research projects

    Influence of spring grazing on the plant population of cut meadows - exact experiment

    Starz Walter, Dr.

    Dr. Walter Starz

    Organic grassland and agriculture

    As a permanent crop, grassland reacts to management measures with a delayed effect. Therefore, a project duration of 4 years of investigation (2011-2014) is aimed for. Within this term, influences from management should be measurable.

    Goals of the research project:

    This experiment aims to test the influence of spring grazing on the plant population. While the implementation-oriented part takes place on several practical farms, in this study an exact test is to be carried out on the organic farm of the LFZ Raumberg-Gumpenstein.

    The following hypotheses should be tested:

    • By overgrazing cut meadows early in spring, the plant population of meadows can be positively controlled.
    • Spring grazing increases stock density.
    • Accompanying overseeding with meadow bluegrass increases the population density of valuable forage grasses.
    Cow in pasture

    Cow in pasture

     HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein

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    National partners

    DAFNE

     

    Influence of spring grazing on the plant population of cut meadows - exact experiment (implementation project “Organic grassland research and advice” by Dr. Steinwidder under Dafne 100692 already covered in the FJF)

    Starz Walter (2011 - 2015)