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...

Award of the Young Science Seal of Approval 2020

The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein has once again been awarded the Young Science Seal of Approval by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Austrian Exchange Service. The seal is awarded every two years...

The BMLRT conducts research for quality of life

Researchers at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism (BMLRT) are getting to the bottom of things. The spectrum of their practice-oriented research ranges from food security to future-proof habitats...

Workshop Environmental Assessment Concept

During a workshop within Project V of the "Digitalization in Agriculture" cluster, initial approaches to an environmental assessment concept for digital... were developed together with international experts from Germany and Switzerland.

Calf and heifer rearing – the dairy cow of tomorrow!

Proper calf nutrition sets the course for successful dairy farming early on, as different feeding and rearing intensities demonstrably affect the metabolism of adult animals.

Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic awarded

At the end of September, Federal Minister Elisabeth Köstinger awarded the "Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria" to six former employees of our organization. We offer our warmest congratulations!

Establishment of seed multiplication facilities

In addition to ongoing trials, our experimental field also houses a large number of seed propagation operations. On the one hand, we produce basic grass seed for agricultural grassland as well as for upland and embankment revegetation...

Six variable round balers put to the test!

During the 2020 harvest season, six variable-speed round balers from well-known manufacturers were put to the test. The tests were conducted by the BLT Wieselburg, together with the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein and the technical team of...

The first "Innovation Farm Partner Day" was a complete success!

Since the beginning of the year, selected new digital technologies, trends and developments have been tested at the three locations Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Mold and Wieselburg, as well as at 20 other pilot and demonstration sites throughout Austria...

First manure testing facility in operation

The first Austrian testing facility for manure additives recently went into operation at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.