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Experience catalog for the IBeSt project available free of charge for pig farmers and interested parties!
The IBeSt project (“Innovations for existing pig rearing and fattening facilities in Austria – for the benefit of animals and humans”) was successfully completed in December 2025 and is therefore history…
New VDI guideline 3894 sheet 3: Emissions and immissions from livestock facilities - feed, feeding and emissions
At the end of 2025, VDI guideline 3894 (Emissions and immissions from livestock facilities) was expanded to include Part 3. VDI 3894 Part 3 deals specifically with the impact of feed and feeding practices on the generation of emissions.
New accompanying manual for teachers on the teaching concept with FarmLife
A new handbook offers teachers support for instruction on the topics of farm management, sustainability assessment, and environmental and resource management. Teachers of business administration/agricultural marketing, livestock farming, crop production, agricultural/mechanical engineering, and energy technology are the primary, but not exclusive, target group of the FarmLife accompanying handbook and the FarmLife teaching concept.
The invisible services of agriculture: 14 explanatory videos on the different agroecosystem services
Land management enables many different agroecosystem services. In 14 explanatory videos, we show what is meant by agroecosystem services and what supplying, regulating, and cultural services ecosystems and agriculture provide for society.
New brochures on the topic of "pasture innovations"
The "EIP Pasture Innovations" project was launched to meet the increased demands on pasture management, particularly in organic farming. The project's aim was to develop innovative solutions for various challenges in pasture management in collaboration with practitioners and to test their practical applicability.
The close collaboration between research, practice and consulting made it possible to gain valuable insights that should help farms to adapt pasture farming to the respective site conditions and to optimize it in the long term.
The resulting advisory brochures are now available for free download!
30 recommendations for dairy farms
Greater sustainability through information - Recommendations on greenhouse gas reduction and sustainability for dairy farms
The demands on agricultural businesses are increasing: greenhouse gas reduction and sustainability are also becoming a greater focus in the dairy industry . This involves ensuring future-proof, resource-efficient farming practices.