These experiences will be systematically evaluated over the next few years in an implementation-oriented research project on 10-15 organic pilot farms in Austria. The organic grassland consultants work together with the Organic Institute of the LFZ Raumberg-Gumpenstein. The project partners hope to achieve an improvement in grassland stocks and forage quality through this method.

In scientific activity, the following hypotheses are 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.