Research

  • SatGrass App - Course Offerings

    Invitation image for the Digitization Conference 2026

    Online introductory course for the SatGrass app Gumpenstein

    Digitalization opens up exciting new opportunities for agriculture! With the SatGrass App Gumpensteinthroughout Austria from mid-March 2026 free of charge to farmers will be available for the first time a satellite-based toolthat provides simple and sound support for practical decisions on the farm.

    • With the SatGrass app, you can check the quality and yield of your meadows daily and individually for each plot on your farm, directly on your mobile phone or PC. Additionally, you can also estimate the future development of quality and yield using our weather data models!

  • Open stable door day in Thalheim/Wels

    Open stable door day in Thalheim / Wels

    The Institute for Organic Agriculture at its branch in Thalheim/Wels regularly opens its barn doors to visitors. Farmers, consultants, teachers, and other interested individuals are all welcome!

  • Graduation ceremony 2026

    The graduation ceremony - a formal send-off for our graduating students - will take place on June 19, 2026.

  • Science Days in Raumberg-Gumpenstein

    The next Science Day for our students in the 1st, 2nd and 4th year groups will take place on Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 .

    in Gumpenstein The first advanced training course, as well as the 1U and 1L cohorts, and the 2L, 2U, and 4U cohorts, will meet branch offices for organic agriculture in Wels and Lambach The second advanced training course and the 4L cohort will visit 

  • 14th Sheep Conference 2026

    The 14th Sheep Symposium will take place on November 6, 2026.  
    Location: HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Grimming Hall

    More information to follow...

     

  • Open House

    On the second Saturday in November (tentatively November 14, 2026), open house the HBLFA. Take this opportunity to see for yourself what we're all about. Come and visit us – we look forward to meeting you!

Conference review
  • March 30, 2026

53rd Livestock Farming Conference: Professional exchange and new impulses in retrospect

On March 25 and 26, 2026, the Institute for Livestock Research at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein hosted its annual Livestock Farming Conference. The event was held as a hybrid conference, allowing for online participation. Experts from research, consulting, and practice presented new findings on dairy management, feeding, breeding, and beef cattle fattening, as well as on the quality of silage maize and the adaptation of grassland to climate change. The conference provided the approximately 300 participants with a platform for intensive professional exchange between science and agricultural practice.

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