Innovations in biological sorrel control

It is particularly difficult for organic farms to achieve long-term decimation of the dock population without the use of herbicides. The control measures established so far are similar in that they are either time-consuming,...

Drones inspire grassland research

In the future, the HBLFA will use a new drone to create high-resolution images of grassland in the visible and near infrared range. Based on these observations, important yield and quality parameters as well as...

New management of the department for vegetation management in the Alpine region

Dr. Wilhelm Graiss has been appointed head of the department and will oversee Dr. Bernhard Krautzer take over. The existing orientation of the vegetation management department in the Alpine region with the current focus on ecological...

Millet silage – an alternative to corn silage in cattle feeding?

In recent years, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein has been investigating the feed value and fermentation properties of millet whole plant silages (GPS). How the feed value of millet silage can be optimized and how high it is compared to...

How dry will it be in Styria?

Agricultural production is directly dependent on the climatic conditions and therefore the emerging change in the climate represents an enormous challenge, especially for this sector. Many of the weather and...

Great interest in webinar for the 47th Livestock Industry Conference

At the beginning of April, the livestock industry conference of the Institute for Livestock Research at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein took place for the 47th time. However, due to the corona pandemic, this year's conference could not take place in the Grimming Hall of the...

Horse hay quality put to the test in Austria

The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, in collaboration with the Rosenau feed laboratory (LK Lower Austria), carried out a horse hay project in Austria for the first time in 2018 and 2019. A total of 512 test results were...

Milk fat quality is becoming more important

The milk fat composition is of particular importance for human nutrition. The effects of feeding on fat quality have now been examined in more detail at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute. Above all...

Deadly hydrogen sulfide from the manure storage facility

In addition to high demands for environmental protection and increasingly scarce resources, the need to save money and time is also increasingly coming to the fore in agriculture. The efficient and therefore low-loss application of...

Stoderzinken mountain lysimeter station

The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein has been operating a lysimeter and weather station at Stoderzinken at 1800 m above sea level since 2006. As part of a cooperation and a master's thesis, Reinhold Schöngrundner creates snow profiles in order to...