The Innovation Farm is part of the “Digitization in Agriculture” cluster project approved in spring 2020 with the aim of making new technologies and innovations for agriculture visible, tangible and, above all, usable. The project will enter its new round in 2021 - further innovations will be used on practical farms.
Resource efficiency
In order to noticeably reduce the amount of plastic waste on the farm, a film that can be used for several years is used in the silage production on the silo. Due to its high weight, this can be rolled up and unrolled on a motor-driven winding and unrolling unit that moves on the silo walls. The functionality, work and resource efficiency of the mobile silo covering system and the effects on feed quality are examined at the Innovation Farm. The product “Siloschani” from Agrotel is used.
Animal welfare
Clean, dry walking surfaces in the cattle barn have a direct impact on animal welfare, emissions and hoof health. The “Lely Collector” manure removal robot independently cleans the walking surfaces of feces and urine several times a day. As part of the project, surveys are carried out on practical farms regarding cleanliness and functionality over a year inside the stable and in the paved run.
Current information about these and completed use cases can be found on the homepage www.innovationfarm.at or the Facebook and YouTube channels.
team
DIin Edina Scherzer
Scientific project assistant
DI Alfred Pöllinger-Zierler
Innenwirtschaft