Meadow maintenance with a scythe – combined course mowing & sharpening
For anyone who wants to manage their meadows sustainably – completely without machine noise and gasoline. This course is aimed at farmers, hobby gardeners, and home gardeners who want to learn how to use a scythe from scratch or improve their technique...
Project Life VineAdapt: Promoting biodiversity by planting flowering strips in viticulture
The EU project VineAdapt aims to preserve European vineyards as valuable cultural landscapes while simultaneously strengthening their resilience to the challenges of climate change. By increasing...
Listen now: Specialist lecture on cattle husbandry - Essential contribution of holistic organic agriculture
In November 2024, the ARGE Natürlich Bio (Working Group Naturally Organic) organized a specialist event on the topic of cattle farming – a key contribution to holistic organic agriculture in the Waldviertel region. Walter Starz from the Organic Institute of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein...
Focus on large predators: EU delegation visits Raumberg-Gumpenstein
On April 15, 2025, Direktor Johann Gasteiner welcomed nine Members of the European Parliament from as many countries to Raumberg-Gumpenstein. During their three-day fact-finding visit, they...
Guide for animal treatment on the organic farm updated
Animal owners bear the valuable responsibility of promoting their animals' health and protecting them from disease through appropriate measures. To best support them in this endeavor, the Rural Training Institute...
Silage Championship 2024/25 - Winner Award Ceremony
In 2024, 30% of project participants achieved faster lactic acid fermentation and thus better grass silage quality on average with the high-performance forage harvester chain, in combination with the short cutting length of less than 3 cm. Current...
Foot-and-mouth disease – information and video!
Since the beginning of 2025, foot-and-mouth disease has once again come into focus. On April 2nd, two further cases were confirmed in Hungary, in addition to the already known outbreaks: three in southern Slovakia and one more in Hungary...
EmiMod Project Meeting 2025
The annual meeting of the German collaborative project EmiMod, led by the KTBL (German Association for Technology and Construction in Agriculture), took place on April 1st and 2nd in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. The Institute for Animal Health,...
Bio Institute presented research results in Luxembourg
The Legume Symposium, themed "Soybeans, Lentils, Chickpeas – From Field to Plate," took place in Luxembourg for the 13th time. This symposium is organized by the Luxembourg Institute of Organic Agriculture (IBLA).
Valuable environmental services of agriculture – HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein at “Speeding Up Innovation”
On April 29, 2025, the event "Speeding Up Innovation – Environmental Services of Agriculture" will take place at the University of Agricultural and Environmental Education in Vienna. The aim is to highlight the central role of agriculture for a healthy ecosystem...