World Water Day - Indicator plants for soil water balance
Indicator plants for the soil water balance in cultivated grasslands as important bioindicators for the rapid assessment of the soil water balance Our contribution to World Water Day on March 22, 2024 - Andreas Bohner, Head of the...
Crash course for shepherds on sheep and goat pastures
Shepherds have to cope with a wide range of tasks in alpine farming and need comprehensive knowledge of how to implement them in practice. In a 4-day practical course, participants learn the basics of guided pasture management...
First animal experiment course for large animals
Research projects with farm animals, such as those carried out at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, sometimes fall under the Austrian Animal Experimentation Act, for example when blood samples are taken for experimental purposes. The relevant expertise...
BML department ski championship in Zauchensee
Our skiers were again very successful at the department ski championship. Last Friday, the departmental ski championships of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and...
Our hay milk is a world cultural heritage
In 2018, the process to include the “Traditional Hay Milk Industry in the Alpine Arc” in the FAO’s agricultural world heritage site was started at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. The application process was intensive, although all...
International Women's Day in Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Women as researchers and knowledge brokers, strong-willed, determined students at the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for Agriculture Raumberg-Gumpenstein For more than 75 years, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein...
3rd Austrian Organic Livestock Day 2024
Organic Livestock Day 2024 - for organic farmers and everyone who wants to become one: “The Organic Livestock Day gives us the opportunity to discuss our research results directly with the farmers and...
Federal Minister Totschnig visits the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Our Federal Minister Norbert Totschnig visited us on March 4, 2024 under the motto “Shaping the future - agricultural teaching and research in tune with the times”. At the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Unit Raumberg-Gumpenstein, over 80...