BIO Forschung Austria - Events in February, March and April 2024

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We would like to invite you to our next events:

  • Soil practitioner arable farming certificate course 2024:  Course starts on Tue, 12.3.
  • Crop rotation-adapted cover crops - diverse effects on Tue, 27.2.
  • Nitrogen dynamics in livestock-free arable farming on Thu, 29.2.
  • Water-efficient arable farming on Fri, 1.3.
  • Excursion on multi-use hedges on Tue, 5.3.
  • Flexible revegetation management in viticulture and fruit growing, March and April 2024

 
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>> Soil practitioner arable farming certificate course

Course starts on Tuesday, March 12 at Bio Forschung Austria, 1220 Vienna

•  Course on soil management and soil ecology
•  alternating theory and practical exercises
•  9 course days, spread over the year 2024

Credit: 5 hours for ÖPUL-BIO and 10 hours for ÖPUL-Preventive Groundwater Protection

 

>> Webinar: Crop rotation-adapted greening - diverse effects

on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

•  What factors regarding plant species and machine use support successful intercropping?
•  How important is the location when growing cover crops?
•  What strategies can be pursued in dry periods?

Credit: 3 hours for ÖPUL-BIO

 

>> Webinar: Nitrogen dynamics on livestock-free arable farming

on Thursday, February 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

•  Basics of N-dynamics
•  Importance of nitrogen fixation by legumes
•  Simple method for estimating nitrate-N in the soil

Credit: 3 hours for ÖPUL-GWA (preventive groundwater protection - arable land)

 

>> Seminar: Water-efficient arable farming

on Friday, March 1 at Bio Forschung Austria, 1220 Vienna

•  Measures that increase the water absorption and water storage capacity of soils and help to avoid unnecessary water losses
•  Interrelationships between soil-plant-water balance and climate are explained in a practice-oriented way with show objects and best practice examples

Credit: 5 hours for ÖPUL-BIO, 4 hours for ÖPUL-GWA

 

>> Excursion multi-use hedges

on Tuesday, March 5 from 14:00 to 16:00, in 2011 Höbersdorf

•  Functions and effects of multi-use hedges
•  Other possible uses

Credit: 2 hours for ÖPUL23 - UBB or BIO-BIODIVERSITY
Costs: free of charge

 

>> Flexible revegetation management in viticulture and fruit growing, March and April 2024

on 20.3., 21.3., 3.4., 4.4. and 23.4.2024

•  Managing the vitality of vineyards and orchards
•  Methods for humus enrichment and erosion control
•  Measures to optimize the water balance

Credit: 3 hours for ÖPUL23 - UBB or BIO-BIODIVERSITY