Japanese knotweed hotspot – control measures in the Gesäuse National Park

On Tuesday, July 28th, 2020, a joint neophyte campaign took place with the Gesäuse National Park and the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. The team focused on an alluvial fan on the Enns at the level of the Finstergraben in the core area of...

ClimSchool: The “climate-fit school” project

Climate change undeniably requires strategies to use and protect our natural resources. The “ClimSchool” project was launched at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein last year, in which all...

Piglet castration under injection anesthesia - implementation and improvements

Organic farms and suppliers to the Hütthaler farm culture project have been obliged to castrate piglets under general anesthesia since 2018. The Institute for Biological Agriculture in Thalheim/Wels received two...

Global litter removal study

The breakdown of litter in the soil is of great importance for the carbon cycle. When litter is decomposed by soil organisms, the climate-relevant gas CO2 is released. The speed of litter removal depends primarily on the...

Secure the future

Regionality is currently the buzzword par excellence. The use of old and rare breeds in agriculture provides traditional and newly developed products with a regional reference. The majority of breeding animals are...

Questions and answers on the topic of “Smart Farming”

When filming on the topic of "Smart Farming" for the breakfast format Café Puls, {mosperson:466: Fasching Christian , DI:link} ( HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein) spoke about his specialist area at the Gschier family's organic dairy farm...

Show me your feet – professional hoof care for cattle

Claw diseases play a major role in everyday cattle life. Many factors are important for claw health: feeding and metabolism, for example, have a significant influence on the formation of healthy horn. Also the husbandry system...

ClimSchool: The beaver in the Styrian Ennstal

In the INTEREG project Camaro-D (Cooperating towards Advanced Management Routines for land use impacts on the water regime in the Danube river basin), a wide range of measures and workshops for flood and drinking water protection were implemented. The...

Spatial processing of weather and climate data

Spatial models for vegetation and yield dynamics in commercial grassland {jd_file file==12438} Optimization of temperature interpolation for mountain areas as a basis for investigating grassland-specific growth dynamics...

Spatial modeling of soil parameters

GIS for calculating the soil water balance {jd_file file==12408} Spatial modeling of soil temperatures for Austria {jd_file file==12409} Spatial modeling of soil temperatures for Austria - conference paper {jd_file...