Preparations for the new "Interactive Brochure"
Communication is a constant flow of development!
Grand opening of the insect chalet village
At the Gröbming Technical School for Agriculture and Food Economics, the event took place on Friday, June 24th. A chalet village was ceremoniously opened.
2022
Organic field day 2022 in Lambach
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.
2022
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. Andreas Steinwidder - representing Dir. Johann Gasteiner - and Dr. Bernhard Krautzer, Head...
2022
Technology Day for Fruit and Viticulture
Project goal: The LIFE VineAdapt project aims to help improve the resilience of vineyard ecosystems to climatic changes.
2022
The broad spectrum of grassland management
Project goal: to provide insight into the broad spectrum of grassland management
2022
In-house repairs in pig farming
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...
2022
LK hay project 2022
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.
2022
Research up close – Science Week in Raumberg
For the 3rd grades of HLBLA St. Florian, “Science Week” was an impressive end to the school year – science and research up close.
2022
Annual meeting of the eco-efficiency research group with the Agroscope life cycle assessment research group
Based on the cooperation agreement between Agroscope and the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, the annual meeting of the life cycle assessment research group and the eco-efficiency research group took place on June 1, 2022.
2022-06
Digital VetMed seminar in Raumberg-Gumpenstein
On June 2, 2022, a Digital VetMed seminar for 30 students from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna took place in Raumberg-Gumpenstein. The theoretical part of the seminar took place at the teaching and research facility, with Dir. Dr. John...
Dissertation on the multifunctional eco-efficiency assessment of agricultural operations
Against the background of a growing world population and increasing demand for food, agricultural production has been intensified in recent decades, which has led to significant environmental impacts.
2022-05
Pasture in the mountain area - possibilities & limits
The “International Pasture Conference” takes place in Europe every two years. The event is primarily intended for the professional exchange of pasture experts from research centers in German-speaking countries. This year's...
The Enns is blooming – 30 years of LIFE projects in Austria
The Enns is flourishing – a track record for LIFE projects
Raumberg-Gumpenstein farm animal protection conference
This year's Raumberg-Gumpenstein farm animal protection conference took place on May 18, 2022.
Valuable results for mountain companies
Small farms in disadvantaged mountain areas make a valuable contribution to preserving the cultural landscape and food supply.
Visit by a delegation from Uganda
On May 12th and 13th, 2022, a delegation from Uganda, together with representatives from BOKU Vienna and PIG Austria GmbH, visited the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
Life farm4more - Meeting
On May 10th and 11th, the farm4more project team met at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein to discuss the results and strategies in the ongoing life project.
Norwegians in Gumpenstein
On Wednesday, May 4th In 2022, a group of Norwegian school principals and education managers visited HBLFA Gumpenstein. Above all, the transfer of knowledge from research in the areas of agriculture, sustainability...
Life cycle assessments of practical and technical solutions to increase C, N and P recycling
Project goal: The EU project “Circular Agronomics” aims to evaluate practical and technical solutions to improve the current C, N and P cycle in European agricultural systems using life cycle assessment.
We are at the Wieselburger Messe
Our expert for rare farm animal breeds and the gene pool will be represented again at the Wieselburg trade fair from May 12th to 15th, 2022. If you have any questions about gene preservation, artificial insemination or rare farm animal breeds - ask us...
Ambassador from Azerbaijan to HBLFA
On May 3, 2022, the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Rovshan Sadigbayli and employees found out about agricultural research and the school system at the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
Visiting the University of BONN
On April 28th, representatives from the University of BONN visited the Raumberg-Gumpenstein house. Through the EnergARA project, there is intensive cooperation with the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and the Department of Animal Husbandry Systems, Technology and Emissions.
Save concentrated feed with your brains
High concentrate feed costs are currently increasing the desire of many cattle farmers to feed less of it.
Climate change adaptation - irrigation in grassland?
Project goal: The IrriGrass project aims to investigate the connections between climate change, biomass development, quality, water requirements and yield security in grassland in order to...
2022-04
The standard - Do we need more cattle?
Beef and dairy products have a very poor CO2 balance - because cows emit climate-damaging methane. But if you keep the animals properly, they can even become climate protectors. In the end, don't we need less...
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 produced in these areas, often as organic milk.
Biodiversity initiative of the Gröbming technical school in cooperation with the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Plant biodiversity is the basis for all diversity in the landscape.
Podcast2go for the EU Life project Farm4More
On the move in the largest agricultural research center in Austria
klimaaktiv Gold - building standard for the organic institute building
Climate-active building and renovation stands for energy efficiency, ecological quality, comfort and quality of execution. In order to make the quality of a building measurable and comparable, the klimaaktiv building standard was developed. He...
Newsletter - Project EU4Shepherds
The 2nd newsletter is online and provides information about further steps and key data of the EU4Shepherds project.
Additional organic bull recommendations on our homepage
The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Organic Institute has been bundling the breeding bull recommendations for organic dairy farms for years and passing them on to the practice free of charge.
Sustainability research to secure the nutritional basis of our ruminants
With 1.34 million hectares, grassland is the largest agricultural crop in Austria.
EIP – grazing project started
The starting signal for the EIP project “Pasture Innovations” was given at the end of March, just in time for the start of grazing. The results of the project are intended to provide new knowledge about pasture farming for a large number of ruminant farms.
Promote soil life in permanent grassland
Soil fertility depends critically on the number, diversity and activity of soil organisms.
Land4Water - green spaces instead of concrete deserts!
Best practice for World Water Day! Although temperatures are rising, flooding is also increasing. A good option for natural retention areas are green spaces with different uses. These “Greens...
Annual report on activities for 2021
The annual report on the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein's activities in 2021 can be read and downloaded here as a full text version.
Review of the online information day on the topic of “stable and hall construction”
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, the online information day on the topic of “stable and hall construction” took place by Haas Agrarbau.