GUIDE for ANIMAL TREATMENT in ORGANIC FARMS
In the wake of the publication of the two new EU organic regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008, the interpretation of controversial questions in animal treatment is necessary. A team of experts addresses these questions.
100% ORGANIC FEEDING
The care of lactating breeding sows in organic farming represents a major challenge. The effect of two rations with different ingredients on the health and performance of the animals is tested over 2 years.
Business development plans (BEP-VET)
Farm development plans are an instrument for individual business advice and are drawn up jointly by the farmer, consultant and veterinarian.ORGANIC PROTEIN
Flat peas are an undemanding alternative to other grain legumes. The project is testing the effects of the antinutritive ingredients on the growth of weaned piglets
Herbenterosan
The optimization of a herbal mixture that has already been tested at the Institute of Biological Agriculture should lead to a further reduction in the frequency of diarrhea in weaned piglets.
Corn rootworm (Diabrotis virgifera)
The corn rootworm (Diabrotis virgifera) is a beetle from the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. This beetle came to Europe from America in the 1990s and has been spreading continuously ever since. The beetle is very...
Comparison of different types of spelled, yield and quality at different locations in Europe
Spelt has been an important cereal in Central Europe like in the Western parts of Austria, in Southern Germany or in Switzerland for many centuries (ZELLER, 1987; WINZELER and RUEGGER, 1990). As well it has been the main cereal for making bread in...
Selenium in spelled
Spelled or spelled wheat (Triticum spelta) is an old cultivated plant that - as the name suggests - is related to wheat. In the area of Southwest Asia, spelled was already around 6000 BC. Cultivated and used. Over the course of...
Checking carbon dioxide-based foliar fertilization on a permanent meadow
At the organic teaching and research facility at the LFZ Raumberg-Gumpenstein, exact experimental plots are being created on a 3-cut permanent meadow. The area is located at 740 m and provides a good average yield in terms of yield...
Options for adapting montane organic permanent grassland meadows to intensification of use
More than half of the agricultural land in Austria is grassland. In Styria, around a fifth of the meadows and pastures are managed according to the guidelines of organic farming.