Blooming Riverbanks - biodiversity on the banks

Strips of water and forest edges are usually neglected in the cultural landscape. They are often overgrown by neophytes or are mowed down. Due to missing or irregular water edge strips, water bodies are insufficiently...

Iris meadows show themselves in their full splendor

Iris meadows with the Siberian iris and star daffodil as key species were once defining elements of the cultural landscape in the Central Styrian Ennstal. The colorful, herb-rich meadows are populated in moderately moist to...

Assessment of soil quality

The suitability of a grassland area for a certain type of management and intensity of use depends crucially on the soil. The individual grassland soils differ in terms of yield potential, yield security,...

News about the Sparkling Science project “Game of Clones”

Originally native to Asia, knotweed was able to spread very quickly in North America and Europe. Once exposed as a privacy hedge or ornamental plant as well as over work tools or soil material...

The cow dung under the magnifying glass

Healthy, fertile and productive animals are the wish of every farmer. In order to achieve this goal, a lot of things about the company have to fit together or be optimized. Comfortable, well-air-conditioned stables,...

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...