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    Guggenberger Thomas, Dr.

    Guggenberger Thomas, Dr.

    Livestock research
    Gumpenstein
    Altirdning 11
    8952 Irdning-Donnersbachtal
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    Head of the Institute for Livestock Research

    Employee of the eco-efficiency research group

    Lesson: Forestry

    ONLINE seminar: How do I run my farm in a location-appropriate and eco-efficient way?

    Eco-efficient agriculture means recognizing the ecological connections and dealing with your own economic demands and possibilities...

    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...

    Functional climate protection in Carinthian agriculture

    For the first time, Raumberg-Gumpenstein has examined the effect of all greenhouse gas emissions on the energy balance of a region (the federal state of Carinthia)...

    Farm Life Video

    Eco-efficient agriculture emphasizes ecological and economic values. This helps the operations managers to...

    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. ...

    Results from the EIP project mountain dairy cattle

    In the EIP project Mountain Dairy Cattle, innovative structural solutions for dairy cattle stables as well as pioneering alternative business development...

    Visit to the TTE Institute of BOKU Vienna at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein

    On April 30, 2024, the Institute for Animal Nutrition, Animal Food and Nutritional Physiology (TTE) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna...

    1. Workshop on pasture animal tracking with GPS tracker – Pasture GPS

    On January 26th, 2024, the 1st Weide-GPS workshop took place at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, where Reinhard Huber welcomed 26 participants. Besides the...

    3. Successfully completed diploma course to become an instructor in hoof care

    The examination for the 3rd diploma course in functional claw care to become an instructor took place on January 13th, 2024. In addition to a written test...

    European Champion of Environmental Sustainability - 52nd Podcast

    Milk from Austria is the European champion for environmental compatibility In the FarmMilk project, knowledge workers from the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein with 344...

    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. ...

    State-of-the-art technology for cattle breeding - 2 greenfeed systems in operation - 47th Podcast

    Research cooperation HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein and Rinderzucht Austria officially started with two GreenFeed systems In a large-scale...

    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...

    Raise and improve cow comfort with “FarmLife-Welfare”.

    As part of the Austria-wide seminar “Raising and improving cow comfort”, which took place on September 20, 2023 at the LFS Pyhra, the...

    The next diploma course to become an instructor in functional claw care is in the starting blocks

    It's almost that time again - the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, in cooperation with European Hoofcare, is organizing the next diploma course on...

    Looked at the cow's mouth

    Making a virtue out of necessity - participation in the Swiss conference was not possible, so for the visitors to the conference and for us...

    Water Storage Creation Planning Tool - 33rd Podcast

    Steirerteich.com - the planning tool for pond dimensioning in Styria Carry out pond planning directly on the affected properties...

    Ruminants and climate protection - no contradiction for us - 22nd podcast

    Killing ruminants in Austria for climate protection? No, because neither effective nor necessary! Austria's mountains ensure agriculture in many...

    High-tech on the pasture – sheep farming with GPS

    Alpine farming is very important in Styria. Around 15,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep are kept in Upper Styria alone. To...

    Students make newspapers

    Our students from 4 U took part in the Little Newspaper project “Students make a newspaper” and designed an interview with...

    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...

    Diploma course as an instructor in functional claw care

    The project goal is to promote animal welfare, animal health and economic efficiency in cattle farming, certificate course for instructor for func...

    Alpine pasture management in transition - 12th podcast

    Watch the spring and then quickly head to the Alpine pasture! The climate change that agriculture is clearly noticing on home farms is also taking place on...

    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.

    11th specialist conference for goat farming 2023

    On Friday, November 10, 2023, the 11th specialist conference for goat farming will take place as a hybrid event at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Grimmingsaal...

    50th Livestock Industry Conference 2023

    The 50th livestock industry conference will take place as a hybrid event from March 29th - 30th, 2023 at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. Program...

    New podcast series - climate crisis forever?! The late legacy of fossil energy

    Gaseous emissions, changes in land use and other physical effects are contributing to the global energy balance...

    EIP mountain dairy cattle – results on animal welfare potential

    Small-scale mountain dairy farming, which is widespread in the Austrian Alpine region, faces major challenges. ...

    Valuable content on the topic of alpine farming at the 12th Sheep Farming Conference on November 11, 2022

    The conference, which is usually dedicated to current topics in sheep farming, has this year for the first time a supplementary block on alpine farming...

    13th specialist conference for sheep farming

    On Friday, November 8th, 2024, the traditional sheep farming conference will take place again at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein as a hybrid event...

    Conference of feeding speakers and feeding consultants with a working session of the ÖAG feeding specialist group

    From September 19th to 21st, 2022, the annual conference of the feeding officers of the Chambers of Agriculture and the ...

    Diploma course as an instructor in functional hoof care from the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein at Matura level

    Project goal: Promotion of animal welfare, animal health and economic efficiency in cattle farming, certificate course to become an instructor for functional...

    EIP project mountain dairy cattle

    This EIP project was about the further development of husbandry systems for promising dairy farming in mountain areas - development...

    Studies to update the feed evaluation in the Rosenau feed laboratory

    The digestibility of the organic mass determines the majority of the energy concentration of a feed. A high-quality method for...

    Location-appropriate agriculture - 06. Podcast

    Resilience in business management - Agriculture appropriate to the location The sum of risks for agricultural businesses is increasing noticeably. Ver...

    How alpine farming affects carcass quality

    The word “Alm” has a very good image, which is why in Austria they are trying to promote and promote Alpine products such as milk and meat more...

    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...

    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...

    Valuable results for mountain companies

    Small farms in disadvantaged mountain areas make a valuable contribution to preserving the cultural landscape and food supply...

    Full house - mountain dairy cattle conference - review

    Small-scale mountain dairy farming faces major challenges. As part of the mountain dairy cattle conference at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstei...

    Job advertisement for agricultural skilled worker

    In the area of ​​the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Raumberg 38, 8952 Irdning-Donnersbachtal, g...

    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...

    Livestock Industry Conference 2022

    On April 6th and 7th, 2022, the 49th livestock industry conference of the Institute for Livestock Research took place at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein for the first ...

    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...

    +2+ °C: climate change in the alpine pastures

    In the period 2016-2019, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein carried out a project in the long-term test facility for the Johnsbach elevation profile (47° 31' 21.6984'' N 14°...

    12th Sheep Husbandry Conference 2022

    On Friday, November 11, 2022, the 12th specialist conference for sheep farming will take place as a hybrid event at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. {rsfiles...

    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...

    49th Livestock Industry Conference April 6-7, 2022

    The Institute for Livestock Research at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is hosting the 49th livestock industry conference on April 6th and 7th, 2022. ...

    First diploma course to become an instructor in functional claw care successfully completed!

    On December 16th - 17th, 2021, with a delay due to Corona, the first final exam for the instructor diploma course that started in 2020 took place...

    Accompanying manual to the FarmLife Animal Welfare Potential Assessment

    An assessment system for the animal welfare potential of dairy stables was developed at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein - the FarmLife Welfare I...

    Contribution to methane emissions in 3Sat Nano from September 15, 2021

    Methane emissions are one of the research focuses of the Institute for Livestock Research at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. ...

    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...

    Are cows climate killers?

    This question is posed by a contribution from the PM Wissen series on Servus-TV, which was broadcast on April 22, 2021. The post was recorded...

    Lemongrass makes cattle more climate-friendly

    On the initiative of Marcher Fleischwerke, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein under the project management of Dr. Thomas Guggenberger, head of the institute...

    New deputy head of the Institute for Livestock Research

    On April 7, 2021, Dipl. Ing. Dr. Georg Terler appointed deputy head of the Institute for Livestock Research. ...

    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...

    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...

    Regionality in a Nutshell

    Your area of ​​responsibility begins where you see the church tower. Regionality has many facets. ...

    Branded meat from the alpine pastures – survey of alpine farms

    A new branded meat program for alpine products is being developed - the opinion of the alpine farmers is now being sought...

    Analysis of the efficiency of measures to reduce greenhouse gases

    Analysis of the efficiency of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions In the project on “Analysis of the efficiency of greenhouse gas reduction measures...

    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...

    48th Livestock Industry Conference 2021

    The 48th livestock industry conference will take place on the 24th and 25th. March 2021 as a web conference. ...

    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...

    Educational project “FarmLife Education” successfully completed

    The first project dealing with the implementation of an interdisciplinary educational concept on the topic of sustainability assessment in agriculture...

    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...

    GIS-supported modeling of the nutrient balances of Austrian grassland farms

    Around 60,000 agricultural businesses produce high-quality food on more than 600,000 hectares as pure grassland farms. This be...

    7 Climate crisis forever?! - The energy transition

    The previous part was about explaining greenhouse gases and reducing them and their radiation efficiency. Now in the last part of the podcast...

    6 Climate crisis forever?! - A simulation into the future

    We have to think about how we want to shape our future and how we can best save greenhouse gases. In this part of the podcasts...

    5 Climate crisis forever?! - The effect wave

    The greenhouse gases that have already been described in the previous parts of the podcast series also have different effects over different lengths...

    4 Climate crisis forever?! - Emission quantity & radiation efficiency

    All greenhouse gases have different effects. You can compare this effect with the filter effect. While CH4 and N2O have a large...

    3 Climate crisis forever?! - The reduction of greenhouse gases

    The greenhouse gases CO2, N2O and CH4 take different amounts of time to break down because their extent is not the same. The most dramatic greenhouse...

    2 Climate crisis forever?! - The atmosphere

    Austria has been trying to give people a better life for 150 years and is therefore one of the 15 most successful countries...

    1 climate crisis forever?! - The introduction

    In the first part, Dr. Thomas Guggenberger, that the climate crisis in Austria can be viewed as a tsunami wave with an enormous stretch of water...

    Livestock Industry Conference 2020 - technical articles for reading

    The specialist contributions from the livestock industry conferences can be read...

    FarmLife educational tool for agricultural schools

    Sustainability assessment in agriculture as a trend-setting aspect in food production should receive (even) more emphasis in teaching in the future...

    Eco-efficiency of dairy farms

    Eco-efficiency of dairy farms...

    Videos of specialist lectures at the 2019 organic conference

    The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute was able to attract more than two hundred interested conference participants from...

    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...

    Integration of the eco-efficiency tool FarmLife into the agricultural education landscape in Austria

    In preliminary projects, the farm management and life cycle assessment tool FarmLife was intensively tested - especially in terms of practicality and applicability in...

    Holistic eco-efficiency as a method to support the dairy industry

    The concept of eco-efficiency in agriculture supports location-adapted and performance-oriented dairy farming in conjunction with...

    Implementation of the FarmLife tool in Austrian agriculture

    In a cooperation between the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute ( HBLFA ) Raumberg-Gumpenstein and the University of Agricultural and Environmental Education...

    Toolbox eco-efficiency for agricultural advisory and educational practice

    The previous work on FarmLife has laid the scientific foundations for a broad introduction of life cycle assessment in Austria.

    Milk production without purchasing feed in mountain areas using the example of Salzburg's Lungau

    A group of farmers in the Tamsweg district, together with SalzburgMilch GmbH, will produce a planned milk quantity of 3 million liters of milk per...

    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...

    Assessment of a new type of deep box with a rubber base using an animal positioning system

    In this project, a comparison was made between a conventional straw-manure mattress and a new deep box variant with a rubber base under...

    Regional use paths of bioenergy - structure and case study

    To map, evaluate and optimize biomass usage chains from the availability of individual areas to the valorization as a...

    Research and adventure workshop: Energy

    The project is part of the Regions initiative of the BMVIT (now: BMK) and BMBWF, which aims to set new strategies in the world of education. Boy ...

    Land Information Systems Austria (LISA)

    LISA (land information systems Austria) is an overall project by the FFG on behalf of the BMVIT with the aim of creating a digital, homogeneous...

    Development of agricultural geodata

    The aim of AGROGEO is to transform INVEKOS data into highly functional geodata sets. Existing scientific models should be...

    Study of the spread of tularemia under the aspect of climate change

    In the study area, a total of 271 cases of tularemia in brown hares were recorded and georeferenced between 1994 and 2005. Additionally...

    GIS-supported determination of changes in the habitat of endangered wild animal species

    The wild animal species black grouse, ptarmigan as well as chamois and ibex have, over the course of their evolution, adapted perfectly to life in alpine locations, mainly...

    2301: GF III

    Analysis of basic and concentrated feed according to the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System and the in-situ method

    2345: NEFA

    Material flows, feed yields and biodiversity with differentiated grassland management in Austria

    2348: SupGIS

    GIS as a control and optimization system for sustainable food and energy supply

    2355: Rumen sensor

    Relationships between rumen pH and feeding and significance for animal health

    2356: Quality lamb

    Production of slaughter lambs with “premium quality” through the use of the best basic feed

    2357: AGRAM

    Innovative alpine pasture management through targeted grazing with sheep

    2370: PanSens II

    Effect of different basic feed qualities on parameters of the rumen juice of cattle

    2386: Farmlife

    Individual life cycle assessment of agricultural businesses in Austria

    2415: TempSens

    Relationships between forestomach temperature and internal body temperature in cattle

    2426: WiPrax

    Transfer of scientific knowledge into agricultural practice

    2437: PanSens4

    Relationships between rumen pH and blood parameters in dairy cows depending on body condition in the peripartum period

    2440: FarmLifeWF

    Development of an animal welfare assessment system for implementation in the farm management tool FarmLife

    2456: FarmMilk

    Holistic eco-efficiency as a method to support the dairy industry

    2956: Protein supply - dairy cows

    Influence of protein supply on feed intake, milk performance, rumen and blood parameters, animal health and N excretion of dairy cows

    3496: WT: StartClim

    GIS-supported determination of changes in the habitat of endangered wild animal species

    3585: WT: Research experience

    Liezen research and adventure workshop: Energy – perceive energy use in your own environment and research consumption. Experience production and technologies.

    3591: WT: ICT cattle

    Comparative studies on different methods of measuring internal body temperature in cattle

    3594: WT: Delacon IPPC

    Investigation of a feed additive with regard to emission reduction and performance data taking into account the IPPC directive

    3609: WT: Mast-ph

    Use of various rumen buffers in bull fattening under practical conditions

    3623: BoxPos

    Assessment of a new type of deep box with a rubber base using an animal positioning system

    3649: WT Alm20

    Feed value, phenology and stand structure of alpine pastures in a 20-year comparison

    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”

    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