Organic Agriculture 2030 – The Challenges
Organic farming is today the most important trendsetter in the direction of sustainable land management and quality food production. How organic developed, where organic stands today, what challenges it will face in the future...
No more mud!
What do time-saving, cost-effective and claw-friendly driveways look like? Which electric fence systems are there? You can get answers to this at the Bio-Institut. At the organic teaching and research facility “Moarhof” of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein in...
Milk production in a different way: not just think but also act
Low input in dairy farming means adapting the use of resources, machines and energy to the production goals of the farm. In this project, interested companies that are interested in the low input training...
Sulfur fertilization for fodder legumes - no rotten eggs
On the one hand, fodder legumes represent an important pillar in organic farming as high-quality feed and, on the other hand, they have a central place in arable crop rotations. The supply of sulfur is essential for the function...Fractionation and mobility of phosphorus in grassland soils
Research questions: Are the different P pools in the soil enriched differently through long-term fertilization? What influence does the amount of P fertilizer applied annually have? Are there differences between mineral and...Monitoring of selected alpine sites in the Gesäuse National Park with regard to soil and phytodiversity under the influence of climate change
Aims of the project: Investigation of the impact of changes in alpine use and the influence of climate change on phytodiversity. Nature conservation assessment of alpine ecosystems and comparison of different intensities...
A house for organic pigs
Two questions concern organic pig farmers when building a barn: function and price. The farrowing barn is the area of the stable that largely determines the success of pig farming. Piglets that are not raised cannot...
When cows take photos - press release on innovative organic research
When it comes to studying the grazing behavior of cattle, organic research in Raumberg-Gumpenstein also uses a very creative means...