AMA inspector training in Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Nearly 60 participants took part in the 1.5-day training course for AMA inspectors and staff from investment subsidy approval agencies in the individual states. The aim of the event was to address uncertainties regarding...
Seasonal calving in suckler cow husbandry
While continuous calving is common in suckler cow farming in Austria, mainly due to the small-scale structure of this sector, countries with traditional suckler cow farming rely on block calving or...
Our agricultural training farm has received an award
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management and the Austrian Chamber of Agricultural Workers have awarded our apprenticeship program for agricultural specialists. We are delighted and thank you...
1st Meeting of the practice group “Cow‑tethered calf rearing“
Cow-calf rearing is an innovative system in dairy farming. The EU project TransformDairyNet aims to examine practical systems for cow-calf rearing and to facilitate the exchange and transfer of knowledge on...
Seminar "Organic farming in education" at Grottenhof 2025
This seminar has been cancelled for 2025 due to the current animal disease situation and will be postponed to 2026. Further information will follow. The next seminar for organic farming in the classroom, in which teachers from all over Austria train to...
Final conference of the LIFE VineAdapt project
The team of the Life project VineAdapt - Sustainable viticulture for adaptation to climate change invites winegrowers, fruit growers and all interested persons from upstream and downstream sectors of fruit and wine production to the final conference...
EPG project - Investigations into possible animal- and environment-related influences on the burden of pasture parasites in sheep
Between 2019 and 2021, in the research project DaFNE 101539, 20 young sheep each of the Jura sheep and Tyrolean mountain sheep breeds with good genetic foundations were purchased and placed in the experimental barn of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein...
LTER-Austria Conference 2024: A strong commitment to long-term ecological research
This year's LTER-Austria conference brought together leading environmental researchers in Vienna to discuss the latest findings and strategies for sustainable, long-term ecosystem research and conservation. Renate...
Digital technologies for more sustainable agriculture
With an innovative concept developed within the framework of the "Digitalization in Agriculture 2023/24" cluster, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is providing important impetus for promoting digital transformation in agriculture....
Project “Sow Condition” – Changing the body condition of organic breeding sows
Both the physique and body condition, which refers to the amount of fat cover, change in breeding sows over time. On the one hand, sows' growth is not yet complete at the time of their first farrowing; they continue to grow...