Goals and tasks
Herndl Markus, Dr.
- address
-
This email address is protected from spambots! JavaScript must be enabled to display. - phone
- +43 3682 22451-340
- More information
-
Scientific management of the department
- Assessment of environmental management on the farm
- Investigation of water and nutrient flows in grassland soils
WEBINAR: Location-appropriate and eco-efficient farming on the farm: competency-oriented and practical teaching with farmlife.at
Students should understand the economic-ecological interactions and the effects of their actions on the farm. Systemic thinking must...
SEMINAR FarmLife for teachers: Train the Trainer, 13/14. November 2024
Eco-efficient agriculture means recognizing the ecological connections and dealing with your own economic demands and possibilities...
Impact of drought on cocksfoot
With climate change and increasing droughts, cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) is becoming increasingly important for agriculture. This study, published...
Bavarian testing in exchange of experiences
On June 11th and 12th, employees of the Bavarian state testing department went on an excursion to HBLFA Gumpenstein. The group sat down...
FarmLife Science - scientific basis for FarmLife
You are here on the FarmLife learning platform in the area of the scientific principles of FarmLife. These are freely available for download...
FarmLife: work suggestions and games for lessons
You are here on the FarmLife learning platform in the area of work suggestions and games for lessons related to business management...
Development of measures to optimize animal welfare potential using the FarmLife Welfare Index for cattle
Animal welfare and the labeling of agricultural products are becoming increasingly relevant to society. The one at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenst...
Completed projects on the farm management tool FarmLife
Here you will find links to the already completed projects of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein eco-efficiency research group. ...
Meadow care with the scythe - combination course for mowing and trimming
Once you have mastered mowing with a scythe, it is the most environmentally friendly and easiest way to mow a meadow. In this workshop you can...
Application and further development of the FarmLife Welfare Index for cattle
Animal welfare and the labeling of agricultural products are becoming increasingly relevant to society. The one at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenst...
Currently ongoing projects for the farm management tool FarmLife
Here you will find links to the current projects of the eco-efficiency research group at HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. ...
Didactic evaluation and dissemination of the FarmLife educational concept
The project “Didactic evaluation and dissemination of the FarmLife educational concept” (FarmLife Education II) was successfully completed in December 2023...
New EU project: agrifoodTEF
Artificial intelligence will change the way we live and therefore the way we produce our food. ...
Workshop - Edible wild herbs in grassland
A contribution to regional and health-conscious nutrition. ...
Workshop - Further processing and preservation of edible wild herbs in grassland
A contribution to regional, sustainable and health-conscious nutrition. ...
Nutrient flows and environmental impacts of circular milk production in an extensive grassland area
As part of the Horizon 2020 project “Efficient Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus cycling in the European Agri-food System and related up- and down-st...
Concept and criteria for assessing environmental impacts when using digital technologies developed
In addition to a wide range of production technology and labor economic advantages, agriculture should also result in a reduction in the use of production resources...
FarmLife recognized as an innovation for mountain farm management!
On January 20, 2023, the “Alpen-Adria Agricultural Fair”, which only takes place every two years, took place at the Klagenfurt exhibition center. The fair...
Completion of the project “Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions”
The project report describes agronomic improvement options that can be used to continue food production in the agriculture sector.
22nd Alpine Expert Forum
Topic: Drought as a new challenge for grassland management...
Assessment of agriculture on the environment through digital tool
The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein and its partners have developed a digital tool called FarmLife in recent years. FarmLife be...
Open position as a research assistant
At the HBLFA Raumberg Gumpenstein you will work on aspects of circular agricultural production (optionally with a focus on dairy products...
Visit of the WKO - QM responsible for the food trade
On Friday, July 8th, a small but fine delegation from the WKÖ, quality management department in the food trade, visited the HBLFA Raumberg...
Make research work tangible
After a year of preparatory work, the exhibition and excursion area on the topics of “Soil-Water-Plants” was opened on Wednesday, June 22nd by Dr. Andre...
Life cycle assessments of practical and technical solutions to increase C, N and P recycling
Project objective: The EU project “Circular Agronomics” aims to evaluate practical and technical solutions to improve the current C...
Climate change adaptation - irrigation in grassland?
Project goal: The IrriGrass project aims to identify connections between climate change, biomass development, quality, water requirements and yield security...
Soil-water-root rocking cellar
The Soil-Water-Root Showcase is a station in the Soil-Water-Plant show area where the soil, the basis of life, is presented with all its functions...
Opening of the soil-water-plant show area
The opening of a soil-water-plant exhibition and excursion area will take place on June 22nd at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein research site...
Environmental assessment of organic dairy farms with closed regional production cycles in the Lungau district
Milk production in disadvantaged areas is very important in Austria. Nine out of ten liters of milk delivered are delivered to these areas...
Eco-efficiency of dairy farms in the Mur and Mürztal
In 2021, the research group “Eco-Efficiency of Agricultural Production Systems” developed a new methodological concept for eco-efficiency assessment...
Digital farm helper for assessing sustainability on the dairy farm
Project goal: The digital farm assistant is intended to show practical starting points for improvements for farmers and provide concrete assistance...
FarmLife BD - Biodiversity assessment concept
The aim of the FarmLife Biodiversity (FarmLife BD) project was to develop a system for assessing the effects of different agricultural practices...
Environmental assessment concept – simply explained
As part of the “Digitization in Agriculture” cluster, financed in the Austrian Rural Development Program 2014-2020, ...
Alpine lysimeter station at Stoderzinken
On Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 it was that time again, the environmental ecology department got back to work on the alpine lysimeter station at 1800m...
Nutrient source atmosphere - comparison of collection systems in the Stoderzinken alpine ecosystem
Alpine farming is part of Austrian mountain agriculture and makes important contributions to resource protection. ...
The eco-efficiency research group of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein introduces itself
For several years - officially since mid-2019 - there has been an inter-institute research group at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein...
Influence of snow cover on the water balance in an alpine ecosystem
The snow cover represents a very relevant reservoir for the Alpine water cycle. ...
Video about climate change
ClimGrass - climate impact research for grassland Due to the high vulnerability of the Alpine region to the fo...
Ecological assessment of the application of digital technologies in agriculture
With the ever-increasing digitalization in agriculture, the question increasingly arises as to how the impact of these technologies on the environment...
New eco-efficiency assessment developed
The research group “Ecoefficiency of Agricultural Production Systems” has been working for many years as part of interdisciplinary research...
FarmLife News: Feedback and wishes from teachers
A successful FarmLife Train-the-Trainer Webinar, held on 17/18. March 2021 is the occasion to present the feedback and thoughts from...
The Institute for Plant Production and Cultural Landscape introduces itself
The following video provides a brief insight into the tasks of the employees of the Institute of Plant Production and Culture...
Development of an animal welfare assessment system for implementation in the farm management tool FarmLife
The topic of animal welfare is becoming more and more important in agriculture but also in social discussions both nationally and internationally...
Biodiversity assessment on farms: concepts, models and application in life cycle assessment
The overview of the approaches shows that the topic of biodiversity assessment and advice at the farm level has recently...
Cultural landscape
Land use and cultural landscape The influences of land use, particularly agricultural use and usage tasks, on culture...
biodiversity
Species diversity, vegetation dynamics and nature conservation The floristic composition of the plant population and the plant species diversity are...
Nutrients
Soil, water and nutrient supply...
Didactic evaluation and dissemination of the FarmLife educational concept
Environmentally and climate-friendly agriculture is the order of the day in the spirit of sustainability. In recent years, FarmLife has proven to be a practical...
Workshop environmental assessment concept
As part of a workshop in Project V of the “Digitization in Agriculture” cluster, together with international experts from Germany...
Will local agriculture save conventional family businesses from extinction?
Applied research bears responsibility for stakeholders. In this sense, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is associated with the farms in Austria...
On the trail of drought
This spring was affected by severe drought in large parts of Austria. Especially at a time when grassland...
Concept and criteria for assessing environmental impacts when using digital technologies
Digitalization has become an integral part of our everyday lives and has long since found its way into agriculture. The biggest benefit...
Nutrient flows and environmental impacts of circular milk production in an extensive grassland area
This project applied for here represents the national part of an already approved Horizon 2020 project. The title of the project is: CI...
Water balance in the Stoderzinken alpine ecosystem - analysis of the influencing factors and their effects on soil, water and plants
Building on the completed projects (No. 100566, 100810), the basics already collected at the Stoderzinken research station are to be expanded...
Impact of climate change on the hydrology and productivity of alpine grassland using weighable lysimeters
The changed climate conditions in the form of increased CO2 concentrations predicted by the Austrian assessment report APCC “Climate Change 2014”...
Comparison and analysis of the synergies of environmental and sustainability assessments on dairy farms in Austria
In the context of future European agricultural policy, the competitiveness of the Austrian dairy industry depends on its ability...
Sustainable use of nutrients for sustainable agriculture
As part of the “Circular Agronomics” (CircAgro) project, the aim is to understand the cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus as the...
Individual life cycle assessment of agricultural businesses in Austria
Farmers are increasingly confronted with questions about resource consumption and the environmental impact of their production systems. Both aspects are closely...
Eco-efficiency in practice
Soil, plants, animals and fertilizer form a cycle in which food is produced. In a closed circuit, this is exactly how...
Scientific basis for eco-efficiency
Eco-efficiency expresses the relationship between environmental impact/resource consumption and the economic value of a production process...
Circular Agronomics - A Horizon 2020 project
The eco-efficiency working group of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is a partner in the Horizon 2020 project "CIRCULAR AGRONOMICS: Efficient Carbon, Nitrogen an...
Species and variety screening of grasses, herbs and legumes
Species and variety screening of grasses, herbs and legumes as a basis for grassland management on dry sites The permanent grass...
2005: Projects with teaching
teaching and research
2311: Farm fertilizer trial
Comparison of permanent grassland with different fertilization
2386: Farmlife
Individual life cycle assessment of agricultural businesses in Austria
2393: DATALYS
Development of a testing and analysis system for continuous data streams and their transfer into relational data models
2401: CCN grassland
Influence of climate change and nitrogen deposition on plant biodiversity in grassland ecosystems
2420: SpectroGrass
Implementation of field spectroscopy for the non-invasive examination of plant populations
2440: FarmLifeWF
Development of an animal welfare assessment system for implementation in the farm management tool FarmLife
2449: Reine Lungau
Presentation of results from Farmlife and Reine Lungau
2454: HyproGrass
Impact of climate change on the hydrology and productivity of alpine grassland using weighable lysimeters
2456: FarmMilk
Holistic eco-efficiency as a method to support the dairy industry
2918: Management systems MAB
Recording the management systems in grassland
3408: WT: N cycles in agricultural ecosystems
Nitrogen cycle in an agricultural ecosystem
3444: WT: Material load monolith lysimeter
Material loads monolith lysimeter
3450: WT: soil water content and (de-)nitrification rate
The influence of soil water content on the gross nitrification and denitrification rates in the soil
3476: WT: Stoderzinken mountain lysimeter
Mountain lysimeter Stoderzinken
3487: WT: DOC leachate
Dissolved total nitrogen and carbon in leachate
3550: WT: Species and variety screening
Species and variety screening of grasses, herbs and legumes to determine their suitability for a competition trial
3557: WT: GWStoder
Groundwater recharge dynamics in the Stoderzinken alpine ecosystem: Combined analysis of infiltration and drainage processes
3564: WT: ClimClass
Investigation of climatic demarcation criteria for the disadvantaged area of Austria
3566: WT: GwSchnee
Influence of snow accumulation and melting on groundwater recharge at the Stoderzinken mountain site.
3619: WT: Nitratmo
Further development and testing of a measuring system for quantifying atmospheric nitrogen deposition in a soil-plant system
3627: WT: Uranium Green
Behavior of uranium from phosphate-containing fertilizers in a grassland soil-water-plant system
3650: WT FarmLifeII
Toolbox eco-efficiency for agricultural advisory and educational practice
3651: WT FarmLifeApp
Practical application of the farm management tool “FarmLife” in the model region “Liezen District”
3652: WT BiLosKarst
Balancing of organic pollutants in karst areas using the example of PAHs
3673: WT SmartFarmLife
Comparison and analysis of the synergies of environmental and sustainability assessments on dairy farms in Austria
3680 WT: FarmEdu
Integration of the eco-efficiency tool FarmLife into the agricultural education landscape in Austria
3962: Agricultural Res.: Management of development areas
Management of development areas