The year is drawing to a close - we say thank you

We thank you for the good cooperation and wish you a blessed Christmas and a successful 2021

Yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea) - cultivation, harvesting, processing

Yellow gentian thrives particularly well in alpine climates and can easily be cultivated at altitudes of up to 1,600 m.

Closed-loop milk production in Lungau

Within the framework of the EU project "Circular Agronomics", six case studies are being used to try to better understand the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles in agriculture, increase the efficiency of nutrient use, and thus...

Sheep go online

It was not only the date, Friday the 13th, but also the general situation related to Corona that necessitated a new form of holding the 11th specialist conference for sheep farming.

Organic on the WWW

We are currently living in very challenging times, and this also affects the agricultural and food sectors. In recent months, for example, seemingly forgotten issues have regained importance:

Federal Minister Köstinger visits her research institution

Federal Minister Elisabeth Köstinger visited the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein to see the research being conducted and discussed it with the school's graduating students. Finally, she also toured the building currently under construction...

They are conducting research so that all animals can have a good time

The federal and state governments are investing heavily in animal-friendly Tasch. But who decides what constitutes animal welfare? A tour of a barn provides some answers.

Pasture Ambassadors – Successful Training

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 34 farmers and teachers successfully completed the seven-day pasture management training course. This course was offered by Bio-Austria in cooperation with the Organic Institute of...

Climate impacts on Austrian grassland farms

As part of a project on the "Analysis of the Efficiency of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures," the climate impacts of grassland-based food production were analyzed and prepared for advisory and practical use. The interplay...

1. Diploma course for instructors of functional hoof care at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein

At the beginning of October 2020, the time had finally come: 12 inter-farm hoof trimmers from all over Austria, South Tyrol and Germany gathered at the HBFLA Raumberg-Gumpenstein in brilliant weather to participate in the first Gumpenstein...