After two years of the “Added Value Mountain Agriculture” project, the stakeholders involved gathered for a final project meeting last week. The task of the HBLFA in the project was the individual company...
The Institute for Livestock Research at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is looking for a new employee in the cattle research stable. The extent of employment is preferably full-time and the start of employment would be as soon as possible.
Game and habitat - a look into the future Date: Thursday March 6th, 2025 to Friday March 7th, 2025 in the Puttererseehalle in Aigen im Ennstal The 30th Austrian Hunters Conference has chosen game and its habitat as a general theme...
In the “KECCbiocrust” project of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, an important experiment for climate manipulation was set up in the Großglockner area.
On October 22nd d. The 14th agricultural life cycle assessment platform of the Swiss research institution Agroscope took place in Zurich-Reckenholz. In the run-up to the event, the head of the life cycle assessment research group at Agroscope, Dr....
On World Food Day 2024, stakeholders in Graz discussed global agriculture and food sovereignty. Farmers from Argentina and Austria exchanged ideas over three years. You have demands for...
As part of the 2025 winter conference under the motto "Bringing the future down to earth", the grassland and livestock management day will take place in Raumberg-Gumpenstein on Thursday, January 30, 2025. In addition to the opening day, our conference...
A current educational project that was initiated by BIO AUSTRIA in close collaboration with the Organic Institute of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein deals with the topic of “organic cattle breeding”. How crucial is the importance of...
On October 15, 2025, the Alpine expert forum on the topic of “Grassland seed mixtures of the future” will take place in the Grimming Hall of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
The Gumpenstein greening conference on the topic of “flowering areas and flower meadows” will take place from June 3rd - 4th, 2025 in the Grimming Hall of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein was awarded the...
In September 2024, colleagues from Department II/3 of the BML visited the Bio-Institute of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein to discuss topics in organic research. Both the Moarhof in Stainach-Pürgg and the two...
The conference "Construction, technology and environment in agricultural animal husbandry" (BTU) is considered a regular industry meeting for agricultural research in the field of livestock husbandry. Every two years the KTBL, the Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik...
Berkshire is one of the oldest pig breeds in Europe and originally comes from England. Due to the special meat quality, the breed is also in increasing demand in Austria.
Eco-efficient agriculture means recognizing ecological connections and combining them with your own economic needs and the possibilities of the location. The farm management tool FarmLife can...
The LFI Steiermark is offering a sheep shearing course at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein from October 11, 2024.
The agriculture of the future, research, AI and digitalization! From September 5th to 8th, 2024, we, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein and the Innovation Farm, were represented at AgroTier Wels. We are extremely pleased to announce...
Practical and future-oriented: Invitation to the “Rund um's Rind” conference Be there when Saatbau, Lely, Pöttinger and the cooperation partners Raumberg-Gumpenstein and Innovationfarm take part in the “Rund um's Rind” at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein...
On Monday September 2nd, 2024, 30 Korean students from the Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries visited us along with their professor and interpreter.
Successful participation in the international animal science congress: HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein presents groundbreaking research results The European Association for Animal Sciences (EVT), founded as the 'European Association...
New online seminar series for teachers at agricultural schools The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is actively committed to quickly communicating research results to young people and improving teaching at agricultural schools...
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the practical seminar will examine the question of what the optimal soil is for sowing and growing young plants.
The webinar “Creating and maintaining wildflower meadows” will take place on April 3, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
On August 12th, the hail net was installed in the Gumpensteiner vineyard by the winemaking team from the Silberberg technical school. The vines are developing well and are now optimally protected from weather and browsing.
Extensive grazing with small ruminants in the Alpine region is of great ecological, social and economic importance. However, this requires well-trained shepherds. In cooperation with the Austria Center...
We are very pleased to announce that our administrative employee Celina Gröbl has passed the final apprenticeship examination with “Excellent Success”.
Quality hay for deer: expert feeding and preservation techniques Deer are small ruminants that prefer leafy, varied forage with a high concentration of protein and energy.
From July 22nd to 25th, project partners of the life project VineAdapt from Hungary, France, Germany and Austria met in southern Styria at the site of the educational center for wine and fruit growing in Silberberg.
The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute has been working closely with the LfL Organic Agriculture Competence Center in Bavaria for many years.
Climate change poses major challenges for agriculture. It is therefore important to support the farmers in this process. The educational offensive “Agriculture.Climate.Fit” offers extensive information and training...
There has been a successful cooperation between the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein and the “BeeWild” initiative since the beginning of the year. The focus of this initiative is to create an ideal food base and safe nesting sites...
BIO AUSTRIA has launched an exciting educational project on (organic) cattle breeding in 2024 in close collaboration with the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute and the main players in (organic) cattle breeding in Austria.
Raumberg-Gumpenstein has, for the first time, calculated the effect of all greenhouse gas emissions on the energy balance of the atmosphere for a region (the federal state of Carinthia). These results and additional life cycle assessments of...
Feed changes, such as at the beginning and end of the grazing season, also affect the digestive system of cattle, as the entire digestive system (especially the rumen) has to adapt to the new ration. With the help of feces screening you can...
The framework project is very diverse. One goal is to increase biodiversity on project farms in various EU countries through so-called “farmer clusters”. These farmer clusters are associations of...
Students research mobility with reference to agriculture and the environment On July 9, 2024, inquisitive participants from the Rottenmann Children's Academy aged eight to twelve researched the topic of "mobility" at...
With climate change and increasing droughts, cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) is becoming increasingly important for agriculture. This study, published in a peer-reviewed international journal, examines the effects...
The “Greenhouse Gas Efficient Organic Milk Production” project is now in its third year. At the same time as the interim project report, we would like to publish an update for the period 2023-2024.
