Last year, the EIP project "Mountain Dairy Cattle" was launched at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. This project focuses on documenting and evaluating structural solutions for the required conversion measures on dairy farms in extreme mountain locations in Austria. Currently, staff at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein are assessing the animal welfare and emission risk potential on these farms. The results will then be analyzed. 

Since adapting dairy barns, especially in mountainous regions, presents many challenges, the solutions developed by the participating farms are being collected and made available for consultation. Some of the approximately 30 mountain farmers involved in this project have already converted their barns; the remaining conversions will be carried out over the course of the project.