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.
Hoof health in cattle has been widely discussed for years. It not only contributes to quality of life, but also to performance. Since the opportunities for training in hoof care are very limited in Europe, the...
On October 20, 2022, members of the board of BIOS Science Austria met for an internal retreat in the “Bio Institute Building Moarhof” of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. Behind “BIOS Science Austria” is an association that...
It is with great pride that we can present a special kind of performance showcase from our analytics: Participation in a total of 3 ring studies in 2022 enabled us to test the accuracy of analysis in analytics by independent...
On November 11, 2022, the traditional sheep farming conference will take place again as a hybrid event at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
On Friday, November 8, 2024, the traditional sheep farming conference will take place again as a hybrid event at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
The choice of variety plays a major role in the upcoming cultivation of winter cereals, especially in organic farming. Not only yield and ingredients play a role, parameters such as stability and resistance are also important in organic...
About a month ago, the Servus TV film team led by Rosi Bundz accompanied our experts Andreas Bohner and Kurt Krimberger on a film shoot about the importance of moors. The broadcast date has now been set - Thursday, October 20th, 2022 at 8:15 p.m. at...
At the beginning of October, around 20 Naturland consultants from Germany were guests at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute. With over 140,000 members, the Naturland Association is the largest international association for organic farming...
As part of the Luquasta project (immission and emission measurements of bioaerosols in the area of poultry and pig stables), which was carried out from 2018 to 2021, several master's theses were carried out by students of the institute...
From September 19th to 21st, 2022, the annual meeting of the feeding consultants from the Chambers of Agriculture and the special advisors for cattle feeding from Austria and South Tyrol took place in Tschagguns, Vorarlberg. This event...
Project goal: Promotion of animal welfare, animal health and economic efficiency in cattle farming, certificate course for instructor in functional hoof care, National Quality Framework (NQF) at high school level.
In September, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein started a podcast series on the topic “How can I prepare for climate change on my farm”. This audio and video series, which appears every 14 days, complements short...
On September 21, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Renate Mayer from the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein will design the topic “Mobility in the plant kingdom”. Aim of the program: Project CSI PhänoBiota Exciting information about invasive plant species in our...
As part of the LIFEstockProtect project, the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is a herd protection competence center, which organized a herd protection course for 50 students and 3 teachers. The students in our house are...
As part of the "Pansens4" project, a book entitled "Practical Precision Livestock Farming. Hands-on experiences with PLF technologies in commercial and R&D settings" was published in September 2022.
The rooms (cold room and pre-cooling room) for cooling and maturing the carcasses have been renovated and are now operational again. These were made with sandwich elements (Polystrol sandwich element Classic glass board/sheet metal 100) and...
Numerous interested parties from a wide range of disciplines attended the invitation from Dr. Bernhard Krautzer, Dr. Wilhelm Graiss and DI Lukas Gaier followed to the 1st Gumpenstein greening conference.
Intact moors provide numerous ecosystem services. They are large water reservoirs, the best carbon stores among terrestrial ecosystems and irreplaceable habitats for numerous rare and endangered plant and animal species....
Colleagues from the Animal Husbandry Systems, Technology & Emissions department took part in the 50th anniversary celebration of the pig producer association on Saturday, August 27th, 2022, at the invitation of Styriabrid.
The 3rd newsletter is online and provides information about further steps and key data of the EU4Shepherds project.
Project goal: Passing on knowledge on the topics of creating biodiversity areas in arable and grassland, converting and redesigning municipal green spaces and private garden areas
Project goal: Innovative training for sustainable herd management
People with special needs are at risk of segregation and their opportunities in the labor market are very limited. Promoting their professional integration is of utmost importance as it requires fulfillment, autonomy,...
On July 25th and 26th, representatives of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, the Austrian Bear, Wolf, Lynx Center and experts from AGRIDEA Switzerland met to exchange information and experiences on the topic of large carnivores. The wolf...
On July 14th and 18th, 2022 it was that time again - students from the Enns and Paltental visited the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
The Rigorosum by Dipl.-Ing. took place on July 1st, 2022. Florian Grassauer, BSc. at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. There he defended his dissertation entitled “Eco-efficiency of Austrian farms considering multiple functions of...
As part of this year's summer festival, our pensioners were farewelled on July 8, 2022.
On Friday, July 8th, a small but fine delegation from the WKÖ, quality management department in the food trade, visited the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. The aim of the 8-person delegation consisting of...
On June 30th, 2022 at 8:15 p.m. there was another Raumberg-Gumpensteiner contribution on Servus TV in the PM-Wissen series: Andreas Bohner was with the Servus TV production team on the grassland areas of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein on May 25th, 2022. ..
Communication is a constant flow of development!
At the Gröbming Technical School for Agriculture and Food Economics, the event took place on Friday, June 24th. A chalet village was ceremoniously opened.
The annual field day took place on June 21st at the Bio-Institut site in Lambach/Stadl-Paura. Very interested visitors found out about the experiments currently underway.
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. Andreas Steinwidder - representing Dir. Johann Gasteiner - and Dr. Bernhard Krautzer, Head...
Project goal: The LIFE VineAdapt project aims to help improve the resilience of vineyard ecosystems to climatic changes.
Project goal: to provide insight into the broad spectrum of grassland management
An alternative to purchasing gilts is to breed your own gilts on the farm. This is referred to as “self-reassembly”. Especially in organic pig farming, the sows have to fit the farm. With your own offspring you can...
The chambers of agriculture of the federal states and the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, together with the ARGE Heumilch, are organizing a test campaign for roughage for the 2022 harvest season in conjunction with a data evaluation and hay championship.
